Definition of Reed section

1. Noun. The section of a band or orchestra that plays reed instruments.

Generic synonyms: Section
Specialized synonyms: Clarinet Section

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reed Section

reed-sternberg cells
reed bed
reed beds
reed bunting
reed buntings
reed instrument
reed instrument theory
reed instruments
reed mace
reed organ
reed pipe
reed rhapis
reed section (current term)
reed sods
reed stop
reedbed
reedbeds
reedbird
reedbirds
reedbuck
reedbucks
reede
reeded
reeden
reeder
reeders
reedes

Literary usage of Reed section

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of the Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments by Frederick Stearns, Albert Augustus Stanley (1921)
"Section E. Vibrating Column of Air in a Vertical, Cylindrical Tube, with lateral Openings, and Modified by the Action of a Single Beating-Reed. Section F. ..."

2. Catalogue of the Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments by Frederick Stearns, Albert Augustus Stanley (1918)
"Section H. Vibrating Column of Air in a Vertical Cylindrical Tube, Modified by the Action of a Free Reed. Section I. Vibrating Free Reeds Actuated by ..."

3. Nonfiction Reading Practice, Grade 6 by Ellen Linnihan (2003)
"Which of these statements is true about the instruments in the reed section of a big band? ® No reed instruments are played in a big band. ..."

4. Acts of the State of Ohio by Ohio, Ohio General Assembly, Ohio Secretary of State (1894)
"... HH Reed. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. ALEX. BOXWELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1903)
"To refresh your memory I will now reed section 7 referred to, and also section 8, which is somewhat analogous. It will be seen that section 7 provides for ..."

6. Past and Present of Clinton County, Michigan by Sherman B. Daboll, Dean W. Kelley (1906)
"Benjamin Merrihew, section 7, 80 acres. Isaac L. Austin, section 5, 50 acres. Ransom Reed, section 7, 232 acres. Orange Ferguson, sections 7, 8 and 18, ..."

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