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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Free reed aerophone
		In the related "fixed reed" instruments, a vibrating reed is used to set a column of air in vibration within the instrument.
		A free reed aerophone is a musical instrument where sound is produced as air flows past a vibrating reed in a frame.
		A free reed aerophone is a musical instrument where sound is produced as air passes a reed in a chamber, causing the reed to vibrate.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Free-reed-aerophone (659 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Reed organ
		A reed organ is an organ that generates its sounds using free metal reeds, similar to an accordion.
		Reed organs and melodions were mostly of American manufacture and operate on vacuum.
		Musical instrument stubs A free reed aerophone is a musical instrument where sound is produced as air passes a reed in a chamber, causing the reed to vibrate.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Reed-organ (964 words)

	Free reed aerophone - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In a free-reed instrument, it is the physical characteristics of the reed itself, such as mass, length, cross-sectional area and stiffness, that primarily determine the pitch (frequency) of the musical note produced.
		This contrasts with the situation in fixed reed instruments where the pitch is primarily determined by the length of the column of air which vibrates in sympathy with the reed.
		The oldest known free-reed instrument is the Laotian khene, widely accepted as the musical ancestor of the harmonica and accordion.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Free_reed (214 words)

	Free reed aerophone Information
		A free reed aerophone is a musical instrument where sound is produced as air flows past a vibrating reed in a frame.
		One side of the reed frame is omitted from the images for clarity; in actuality, the frame surrounds the reed on four sides.
		In a free-reed instrument, it is the physical characteristics of the reed itself, such as mass, length, cross-sectional area and stiffness, that primarily determine the pitch (frequency) of the musical note produced.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Free_reed_aerophone (382 words)

	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 the four main classes (class 4) of instruments in the original Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, the other three being idiophone, membranophone and chordophone (a fifth class, electrophone, was added in a later revision).
		This class includes free reed instruments, such as the harmonica, but also many instruments unlikely to be called wind instruments at all by most people, such as sirens and whips.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ae/Aerophone.html (189 words)

	Omnipelagos.com ~ article "Free reed aerophone"
		One side of the reed frame is omitted from the images for clarity; in actuality, the frame surrounds the reed on four sides.
		The most likely precursor to free reed aerophones is the Jew's harp, an instrument known to many cultures throughout the world, and by many names.
		In the related woodwind instruments, a vibrating reed is used to set a column of air in vibration within the instrument.
	www.omnipelagos.com /entry?n=free_reed_aerophone (419 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Squeezebox
		The term Squeezebox is a colloquial expression referring to any musical instrument of the general class of hand-held bellows-driven free reed aerophones.
		The term is so applied because such instruments are generally in the shape of a rectangular prism or box, and the bellows is operated by squeezing.
		Keyboard instruments A button accordion An accordion is a musical instrument of the handheld bellows-driven free reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as squeezeboxes.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Squeezebox (735 words)

	The Classical Free-Reed, Inc. Taxonomy of Musical Instruments
		The aerophones are divided into two subsets: the pipe aerophones and the free aerophones.
		Many free aerophones do not use pipes (accordion, concertina, etc.), but for those instruments that do have pipes (such as the shêng, sho, khaen and organ reed pipes), pipe length has no effect on the pitch, although the pipe does function as an acoustical reinforcement for the sound.
		Organ reeds are referred to as beating reeds because the tongue is larger than the shallot opening and therefore beats against it.
	www.ksanti.net /free-reed/description/taxonomy.html (1825 words)

	Accordion - Wikivisual
		An accordion is a musical instrument of the handheld bellows-driven free reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as squeezeboxes.
		The accordion is played by compression and expansion of a bellows, which generates air flow across reeds; a keyboard controls which reeds receive air flow and therefore the tones produced.
		There are various free bass systems in use; most consist of a rotated version or mirror image of one of the melody layouts used in chromatic button accordions.
	en.wikivisual.com /index.php/Accordion (2504 words)

	Free reed aerophone: Encyclopedia II - Free reed aerophone - History
		The most likely precursor to free reed aerophones is the Jew's harp, an instrument known to many cultures throughout the world, and by many names.
		In this instrument, the main sound producer is the vibrating reed tongue itself, rather than the air flow.
		Various free reed instruments appear to have been invented since antiquity, and are depicted in literature from Greece and Egypt.
	www.experiencefestival.com /a/Free_reed_aerophone_-_History/id/1405847 (392 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Free reed aerophone
		In a free-reed instrument, it is the physical characteristics of the reed itself, such as length, cross-sectional area and stiffness, that determine the pitch (frequency) of the musical note produced.
		This contrasts with the situation in fixed reed instruments where the pitch is determined by the length of the column of air which vibrates in sympathy with the reed.
		The oldest known free-reed instrument is the Chinese sheng, widely accepted as the musical ancestor of the harmonica and accordion.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Free_reed_aerophone (345 words)

	Classifying Musical Instruments
		In aerophones, the sound is produced by vibrating air (usually inside the instrument).
		In reed instruments, the vibration of a reed or reeds begins the air vibration.
		In single reed (saxophone, for example) and double reed (oboe) instruments, the one or two reeds are part of the mouthpiece.
	cnx.org /content/m11896/latest (1517 words)

	Glossary: Aerophone \| Sweetwater.com
		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.
		Hornbostel-Sachs divides aerophones by the fact whether vibrating air is contained in the instrument itself or not.
		This class includes free reed instruments, such as the harmonica, but also many instruments unlikely to be called wind instruments at all by most people, such as sirens and whips.
	www.sweetwater.com /expert-center/glossary/t--Aerophone (241 words)

	Info-Authority: Bellows
		Aerophone Instruments: Bellows were put to use in powering hand-held free reed aerophone instruments (also called “squeezeboxes”) such as the accordion.
		The accordion is played by compressing and expanding the bellows, which drives air across reeds inside.
		A keyboard controls which reeds receive airflow, thereby controlling the tones produced.
	www.info-authority.com /Bellows.htm (283 words)

	Free reed aerophone - Operation
		Free reed aerophone - Operation is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
		The following illustrations depict the type of reed typical of harmonicas, accordions and reed organs as it goes through a cycle of vibration.
		Various free reed instruments appear to have been invented since antiquity, but were unknown in the West until comparatively recently.
	www.experiencefestival.com /free_reed_aerophone_-_operation (616 words)

	Free Piano Sheet Music
		The accordion is played by compression and expansion of a bellows, which generates air flow across reeds; a keyboard or buttons control which reeds receive air flow and therefore the tones produced.
		Classical music is a broad, somewhat imprecise term, referring to music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of, Western art, ecclesiastical and concert music, encompassing a broad period from roughly 1000 to the present day.
		Jazz is a musical art form that originated in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States around the start of the 20th century.
	www.free-piano-music.com (415 words)

	Free Reed Festival 2000:
		Aside from the traditional music with which the accordion is linked, the Free Reed Fest will offer musicians from all over the world with an equally far-flung approach.
		Cliff Furnald would be the first to admit that he has a sort of wacky passion for all things accordion.
		Right now, he's sitting at his computer producing the Third Annual Free Reed Festival, a month-long celebration of the accordion being held exclusively on the Internet.
	www.rootsworld.com /freereed/2000/press.html (1335 words)

	Bawu - China-related Topics BA-BD - China-Related Topics
		Although shaped like a flute, it is actually a free reed aerophonefree reed instrument, with a single metal reed.
		It is typically used as a solo instrument, and is often featured in film scores; it is sometimes also heard in popular music recordings.
		This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Bawu (201 words)

	Free reed aerophone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		A free reed aerophone is a musical instrument where sound is produced as air passes a reed music reed in a chamber, causing the reed to vibrating vibrate.
		This contrasts with the situation in fixed reed
		Jonathan King launched his own record label UK Records to distribute his own releases and some other artists in 1972.
	www.uk.fraquisanto.net /Free_reed_aerophone (401 words)

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