Has a Single Reed?

Single reed instruments are woodwind instruments that use a single reed to produce sound. Very much in contrast to double reed instruments, which use two reeds to produce sound, single reed instruments only have one reed and require a mouthpiece to produce sound.

How does a single reed make sound?

Sound on a woodwind instrument comes from a vibrating column of air inside the instrument. ... A single reed is clamped to a mouthpiece at the top of the instrument and vibrates against the mouthpiece when air is blown between the reed and the mouthpiece. Two reeds tied together are commonly known as a double reed.

What is a reed in music?

Reed instrument, in music, any of several wind instruments (aerophones) that sound when the player's breath or air from a wind chamber causes a reed (a thin blade of cane or metal) to vibrate, thereby setting up a sound wave in an enclosed air column (in reed pipes) or in the open air (usually free reeds).