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Definition of Melody pipe
1. Noun. Reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Melody Pipe
Literary usage of Melody pipe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Musical Terms: Containing Upwards of 9,000 English, French by Theodore Baker (1895)
"... 3 drones (single-reed pipes tuned to a fundamental tone, its fifth and its
octave, and sounding on continuously), and I melody-pipe, the chanter (a sort ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... the melody-pipe, having according to the variety of the bag-pipe a conical or
а cylindrical bore, lateral holes, and in some cases keys and a bell; ..."
3. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by John Alexander Fuller-Maitland, George Grove (1880)
"... remarked upon the perfection of the intervals of the Irish chanter (or
melody-pipe), which he had never met with in the pipes of North Britain. ..."
4. English Music 1604 to 1904: Being the Lectures Given at the Music Loan by Worshipful Company of Musicians (1906)
"I mention all this to let you see how old this simple melody pipe is. FIG.
90.—STRAW REED PIPE, There are three forms of reeds used in musical instruments—a ..."
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