Dictionary entry
Woodwind
Pronunciation: /ˈwʊdwɪnd/
Pronunciation
/ˈwʊdwɪnd/
Myanmar Meaning
သစ်သားဖြင့် ပြုလုပ်သည့် လေမှုတ်ကိရိယာ (မြွေ၊ လဲကဲရဲနက်၊ နှဲ၊ ဆက်ဆိုဖုံး)။ ၎င်းတူရိယာတစ်မျိုး။
Definition
woodwind /'wƱdwÇnd/ n [Gp] သစ္သားေလမႈတ္ တူရိယာ။ ယင္း တူရိယာသည္။ The flute, the clarinet and the oboe are woodwind instruments. ❍ the woodwind section. ❍ MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
Examples
- ‘This requires that when the violins are playing
- a camera is on the violins
- ditto the brass
- ditto the woodwind and every other section of the orchestra
- with occasional shots of the conductor
- preferably when he's at his most histrionic.’
- ‘The categories of competition are woodwind
- brass
- strings
- piano and vocal.’
- ‘Piano classes start on Thursday
- together with brass and woodwind instruments and handbell orchestras.’
- ‘Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony displayed the orchestra's qualities to the full
- with rich soloistic playing by woodwind and brass sections
- notably the horn solo in the slow movement and its imitation by oboe and strings.’
- ‘The Lismore Music Festival Society will hold its 92nd Eisteddfod in August and September this year with sections in woodwind
- piano
- string
- vocal
- spoken word and dance.’
- ‘With the brass and woodwind programs repair bills are very expensive.’
- ‘Judd made no attempt to tidy up the sheer chaos of this music
- presenting its many dynamic extremes without apology
- never subduing its often seemingly random accompanying noises of bells
- woodwind flutterings and bassoon growls.’
- ‘The shortcomings of the Queensland Orchestra's woodwind and brass sections are widely discussed in arts circles.’
- ‘The business end of the Compton Organ - there are hundreds of settings and keys allowing the player the option of car horns
- percussion
- keyboard
- brass and woodwind sounds and more.’
- ‘I did also play in a woodwind orchestra
- but the trumpet is very traditional and plays a big role in mining bands.’
- ‘The 40-piece band
- led by flight lieutenant John Buckley RAAF
- includes woodwind
- percussion and vocal ensembles.’
- ‘The groups which performed include strings
- woodwind and brass musicians and performances were also be given by some vocal soloists.’
- ‘The entire woodwind and brass sections were all off stage!’
- ‘The performances by the school orchestra and woodwind
- brass and string soloists delighted a 120-strong audience of family and friends at the Granville Road school.’
- ‘It would be misleading to assert that a woodwind trio (oboe
- clarinet
- bassoon) has a propensity for entertaining music rather than solid serious stuff.’
- ‘Feldman scored it for an ensemble consisting of doubled woodwind quartet
- brass septet
- string quartet
- and a trio of harp
- and vibraphone.’
- ‘The same general comments apply equally well to other musical instrument capable of a sustained tone such as the woodwind and brass instruments.’
- ‘The Waterloo Stage production loses some of the bigness of the musical numbers
- however
- by replicating the brass and woodwind instruments on a synthesizer.’
- ‘Today we find women in brass
- percussion and woodwind sections
- as well as the safe-havens of strings and harpdom.’
- ‘These charming songs exist in two different versions
- the first for baritone and string quartet
- and the second for tenor and woodwind quartet (oboe