flute

Flute

Name: Flute - a wind musical instrument made out of wood, bone, metal or some other materials in the form of a tube with various round holes that are covered by fingers or keys. The instrument is played by blowing a stream of air into the tube through a sharp edge opening.

Class: aerophone

Variations

  • Flutes of India: bansi, bansuri, murali, venu, bansoori, venoo, Wenu, murli
  • Flutes of Scandinavia: salgflojt (willow flute, Sweden), seljefloyte (Norway), and pitkahuilu (Finland)
  • Overtone flutes: Kalyuka (Russia and Ukraine), willow flute (Scandina), fujara (Slovaki), koncovka (Slovakia)

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flute.txt · Last modified: 2011/11/11 16:09 by angelromero