Single reed

Single reed (Fr.: anche simple; Ger.: einfaches Rohrblatt; It.: ancia semplice), single blade of cane, metal, or other material that serves as sounding apparatus of certain instrs. Single reeds are idioglott or heteroglott. Among the idioglott we distinguish between upcut and downcut reeds, i.e., between those cut from the bottom up and left attached at the upper end, and those cut from the top down and left attached at their lower end. We also distinguish between *beating, *retreating, and…