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Woodwind vs Chalumeau - What's the difference?

woodwind | chalumeau |

As nouns the difference between woodwind and chalumeau

is that woodwind is any (mostly wooden) musical instrument which produce sound by the player blowing into them, through a reed, or across an opening. Woodwind instruments include the recorder, flute, piccolo, clarinet, oboe, cor anglais and bassoon while chalumeau is a woodwind instrument which was the predecessor of the clarinet.

As an adjective woodwind

is related to a woodwind instrument.

woodwind

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (musical instruments) Any (mostly wooden) musical instrument which produce sound by the player blowing into them, through a reed, or across an opening. Woodwind instruments include the recorder, flute, piccolo, clarinet, oboe, cor anglais and bassoon.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Related to a woodwind instrument.

    • Related terms

    * brass instrument * keyboard instrument * percussion instrument * string instrument

    chalumeau

    English

    (wikipedia chalumeau)

    Noun

    (chalumeaux)
  • (musici) A woodwind instrument which was the predecessor of the clarinet.
  • The lowest range of the clarinet, reaching up to written B? (B flat) above middle C.