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单词 dulcian
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Definition of dulcian in English:

dulcian

noun ˈdʌlsɪənˈdəlsēən
  • 1An early type of bassoon made in one piece.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Sackbuts are the forerunners of the modern trombone, and dulcians of the modern bassoon.
    • As for Alvanchez, he shall play tenors and the dulcian.
    • Another marked difference between the bassoon and the dulcian is that as was common with other Renaissance instruments, it came in a consort or family.
    • Follow Piffaro on an enchanting journey into the musical world of shawms, sackbuts, slide trumpets, dulcians, racketts, krummhorns, recorders, bagpipes, lutes, guitars, and all manner of percussion.
    • Early dulcians were often carved from a single piece of wood; the modern bassoon has four wooden joints together with a curved metal crook or ‘bocal’ and double reed.
    • The curtal (or dulcian as it was known in Germany) has a conical bore doubled into a ‘U’ to produce a much more compact instrument than for example the larger shawms.
    • Developed from the dulcian, the bassoon has never acquired a fashionable status among woodwind instruments.
    • The shawm, baroque oboe, baroque bassoon and dulcian can overblow without the use of a thumbhole.
    • Their difference is the shawm has only one bore, the dulcian has two and it is folded at the bottom.
    • The band includes 3 cornetti, 2 trombones, 3 dulcians, chitarrone, and organ in various configurations.
    • The dulcians have a removable plug to convert their instruments from open to closed bell models.
    • One of the set of seven dulcians from the Este collection in Catajo, now in Vienna, is built in three separate joints like a bassoon.
    • Shawms, sackbuts, dulcians, recorders, krummhorns, bagpipes, lutes, guitars and percussion provide the fascinating aural dimensions to an entertaining Piffaro performance.
    • The Gabrieli Players, an ensemble of cornetts, shawms, dulcians, sackbuts, and recorders, bring to life here the rich world of the Spanish wind band, used often in Spanish cathedrals.
    • As a result of this attention to detail, our dulcians are delicate instruments which can be played with many nuances and which always produce a full and rich tone.
    • Bring your crumhorns, cornamusen, racketts and dulcians to play and share.
    • The dulcian was made in several sizes and has a range of about two and one-half octaves.
    • Voice, shawms, and dulcians will bring to life the rarely heard music of early Guatemalan manuscripts, found in Bloomington's own famed Lilly Library.
  • 2Any of various organ stops, typically with 8-foot funnel-shaped flue pipes or 8- or 16-foot reed pipes.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from German Dulzian, or a variant of dulciana.

 
 

Definition of dulcian in US English:

dulcian

nounˈdəlsēən
  • 1An early type of bassoon made in one piece.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Their difference is the shawm has only one bore, the dulcian has two and it is folded at the bottom.
    • The Gabrieli Players, an ensemble of cornetts, shawms, dulcians, sackbuts, and recorders, bring to life here the rich world of the Spanish wind band, used often in Spanish cathedrals.
    • One of the set of seven dulcians from the Este collection in Catajo, now in Vienna, is built in three separate joints like a bassoon.
    • Developed from the dulcian, the bassoon has never acquired a fashionable status among woodwind instruments.
    • As for Alvanchez, he shall play tenors and the dulcian.
    • As a result of this attention to detail, our dulcians are delicate instruments which can be played with many nuances and which always produce a full and rich tone.
    • The dulcians have a removable plug to convert their instruments from open to closed bell models.
    • Sackbuts are the forerunners of the modern trombone, and dulcians of the modern bassoon.
    • The band includes 3 cornetti, 2 trombones, 3 dulcians, chitarrone, and organ in various configurations.
    • Voice, shawms, and dulcians will bring to life the rarely heard music of early Guatemalan manuscripts, found in Bloomington's own famed Lilly Library.
    • Follow Piffaro on an enchanting journey into the musical world of shawms, sackbuts, slide trumpets, dulcians, racketts, krummhorns, recorders, bagpipes, lutes, guitars, and all manner of percussion.
    • The shawm, baroque oboe, baroque bassoon and dulcian can overblow without the use of a thumbhole.
    • The curtal (or dulcian as it was known in Germany) has a conical bore doubled into a ‘U’ to produce a much more compact instrument than for example the larger shawms.
    • Shawms, sackbuts, dulcians, recorders, krummhorns, bagpipes, lutes, guitars and percussion provide the fascinating aural dimensions to an entertaining Piffaro performance.
    • The dulcian was made in several sizes and has a range of about two and one-half octaves.
    • Bring your crumhorns, cornamusen, racketts and dulcians to play and share.
    • Early dulcians were often carved from a single piece of wood; the modern bassoon has four wooden joints together with a curved metal crook or ‘bocal’ and double reed.
    • Another marked difference between the bassoon and the dulcian is that as was common with other Renaissance instruments, it came in a consort or family.
    1. 1.1 Any of various organ stops, typically with 8-foot funnel-shaped flue pipes or 8- or 16-foot reed pipes.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from German Dulzian, or a variant of dulciana.

 
 
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