what kind of musical instrument uses a reed to provide vibrations
Reed instrument, in music, any of several wind instruments (aerophones) that sound when the playerâ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).
wind instrument. 1  any musical instrument that uses air as the primary vibrating medium for the production of sound. ... 2  any of a group of wind musical instruments, composed of the flutes and reed pipes (i.e., clarinet, oboe, bassoon, and saxophone).