keywork

noun — 2 senses

keywork

noun

Etymology From key + work.

1

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music Collectively, the mechanisms of a woodwind musical instrument such as a flute or clarinet that support the operation of its keys.

  • The fingering challenges that arise are similar to those above, involving unorthodox key usage, half- and sometimes quarter-holing, and unusual configurations of keywork.2017, Eric F. Clarke, editor, Distributed Creativity: Collaboration and Improvisation in Contemporary Music:
2

UK The form of social work done by a keyworker.

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