keywork

English

Etymology

From key +‎ work.

Noun

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.

Translations

collectively, the mechanisms of a woodwind musical instrument such as a flute or clarinet that support the operation of its keys

• Finnish: koneisto (fi)
• French: clétage (fr) m
• Polish: mechanizmy klawiszowe m pl