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

  1. ‘This requires that when the violins are playing
  2. a camera is on the violins
  3. ditto the brass
  4. ditto the woodwind and every other section of the orchestra
  5. with occasional shots of the conductor
  6. preferably when he's at his most histrionic.’
  7. ‘The categories of competition are woodwind
  8. brass
  9. strings
  10. piano and vocal.’
  11. ‘Piano classes start on Thursday
  12. together with brass and woodwind instruments and handbell orchestras.’
  13. ‘Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony displayed the orchestra's qualities to the full
  14. with rich soloistic playing by woodwind and brass sections
  15. notably the horn solo in the slow movement and its imitation by oboe and strings.’
  16. ‘The Lismore Music Festival Society will hold its 92nd Eisteddfod in August and September this year with sections in woodwind
  17. piano
  18. string
  19. vocal
  20. spoken word and dance.’
  21. ‘With the brass and woodwind programs repair bills are very expensive.’
  22. ‘Judd made no attempt to tidy up the sheer chaos of this music
  23. presenting its many dynamic extremes without apology
  24. never subduing its often seemingly random accompanying noises of bells
  25. woodwind flutterings and bassoon growls.’
  26. ‘The shortcomings of the Queensland Orchestra's woodwind and brass sections are widely discussed in arts circles.’
  27. ‘The business end of the Compton Organ - there are hundreds of settings and keys allowing the player the option of car horns
  28. percussion
  29. keyboard
  30. brass and woodwind sounds and more.’
  31. ‘I did also play in a woodwind orchestra
  32. but the trumpet is very traditional and plays a big role in mining bands.’
  33. ‘The 40-piece band
  34. led by flight lieutenant John Buckley RAAF
  35. includes woodwind
  36. percussion and vocal ensembles.’
  37. ‘The groups which performed include strings
  38. woodwind and brass musicians and performances were also be given by some vocal soloists.’
  39. ‘The entire woodwind and brass sections were all off stage!’
  40. ‘The performances by the school orchestra and woodwind
  41. brass and string soloists delighted a 120-strong audience of family and friends at the Granville Road school.’
  42. ‘It would be misleading to assert that a woodwind trio (oboe
  43. clarinet
  44. bassoon) has a propensity for entertaining music rather than solid serious stuff.’
  45. ‘Feldman scored it for an ensemble consisting of doubled woodwind quartet
  46. brass septet
  47. string quartet
  48. and a trio of harp
  49. and vibraphone.’
  50. ‘The same general comments apply equally well to other musical instrument capable of a sustained tone such as the woodwind and brass instruments.’
  51. ‘The Waterloo Stage production loses some of the bigness of the musical numbers
  52. however
  53. by replicating the brass and woodwind instruments on a synthesizer.’
  54. ‘Today we find women in brass
  55. percussion and woodwind sections
  56. as well as the safe-havens of strings and harpdom.’
  57. ‘These charming songs exist in two different versions
  58. the first for baritone and string quartet
  59. and the second for tenor and woodwind quartet (oboe