aerophone

aerophone
Any musical instrument which produces sound primarily by causing a body of air to vibrate, without the use of strings or membranes, and without the vibration of the instrument itself adding considerably to the sound.

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  • aérophone — ● aérophone nom masculin Tout instrument de musique produisant des sons grâce à la vibration de l air ambiant (rhombe) ou contenu dans un tube (flûte, clarinette, saxophone, etc.). ⇒AÉROPHONE, adj. et subst. masc. I. ORNITH., adj. Qui a une voix… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Aerophone — A [ e]r*o*phone , n. [A[ e]ro + Gr. ? voice.] (a) A form of combined speaking and ear trumpet. (b) An instrument, proposed by Edison, for greatly intensifying speech. It consists of a phonograph diaphragm so arranged that its action opens and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Aerophone — An aerophone is any musical instrument which produces sound primarily by causing a body of air to vibrate, without the use of strings or membranes, and without the vibration of the instrument itself adding considerably to the sound. It is one of… …   Wikipedia

  • Aérophone — Instrument à vent Un instrument à vent (ou aérophone) est un instrument de musique dont le son est produit grâce aux vibrations créées par une colonne d air provenant du souffle d un instrumentiste, (flûte, trompette… ), d une soufflerie… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • aerophone — /air euh fohn /, n. any musical wind instrument. [1875 80; AERO + PHONE] * * * ▪ musical instrument       any of a class of musical instruments in which a vibrating mass of air produces the initial sound. The basic types include woodwind, brass,… …   Universalium

  • Aerophone — A|erophone   [zu griechisch phōneĩn »einen Ton hervorbringen«], Singular A|erophon, das, s, nach der Systematik der Musikinstrumente die Gruppe der Instrumente, bei denen die Luft das schwingende Medium ist. Ist die Luftsäule nicht (durch das… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • aerophone — n. any of a class of musical instruments in which a vibrating mass of air produces the initial sound …   English contemporary dictionary

  • aerophone — noun Music a wind instrument …   English new terms dictionary

  • aerophone — aero·phone …   English syllables

  • aerophone — /ˈɛərəfoʊn/ (say airruhfohn) noun a musical instrument which produces sound by means of a vibrating column of air, as the pipe organ or the flute, oboe, etc. Compare chordophone, electrophone, idiophone, membranophone. {aero (def. 1) + phone} …  

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