keywork

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English

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Etymology

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From key +‎ work.

Noun

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keywork (uncountable)

  1. (music) Collectively, the mechanisms of a woodwind musical instrument such as a flute or clarinet that support the operation of its keys.
    • 2017, Eric F. Clarke, editor, Distributed Creativity: Collaboration and Improvisation in Contemporary Music:
      The fingering challenges that arise are similar to those above, involving unorthodox key usage, half- and sometimes quarter-holing, and unusual configurations of keywork.
  2. (UK) The form of social work done by a keyworker.

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