aulos

[ aw-los ]

noun

, plural au·loi [aw, -loi].

1. an ancient Greek wind instrument, a double pipe played with a double reed.

Word History and Origins

Origin of aulos¹

From the Greek word aulós tube, pipe, flute

Example Sentences

Because it took more skill to play the aulos, you would need training from a teacher – or perhaps, if you were wealthy, you could just hire experienced musicians to play for you.

From Salon

The aulos was a more sophisticated woodwind instrument consisting of two pipes.

From Salon

I was happy to read Gioia on many fascinating topics: the songful Sumerian priestess Enheduanna; the musical innovations of Sappho; Plato on his deathbed summoning an aulos, the bassoon-like “flute” he had long disparaged; the bells that dominated the “soundtrack of European life for a thousand years”; Christianity’s propensity to condemn and nurture music simultaneously; the thralldom wealthy patrons forgotten by history imposed on composers who are now household names.

From Los Angeles Times

He ignores Dionysus and “Dionysian” Greek tragedy, much of which was sung with aulos and kithara accompaniment.

From Los Angeles Times

The phorminx, the kitharis, the krotala and the aulos - string and wind instruments reconstructed by musical group Lyravlos - echoed among marble statues in Athens’s National Archaeological Museum as part of World Music Day celebrations.

From Reuters