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Free reed flutes: Bawu (transverse free-reed flute) Hulusi (vertical gourd free-reed flute normally with one or two drone pipes) Chinese flutes are generally made from bamboo (see bamboo flute) and belong to the bamboo classification of Chinese music, although they can be (and have been) made of other materials such as jade. [1] [2] [3] [4]
While there is no exact date that the alto flute was created, large flutes have existed for several hundred years. [1] Some problems with early alto flute design included the long length of the tube, troublesome cross fingerings, inconsistent intonation, finger holes that were too wide across, and how far one’s arm had to be stretched in order to reach the finger holes, particularly in the ...
Another division is between side-blown (or transverse) flutes, such as the Western concert flute, piccolo, fife, dizi and bansuri; and end-blown flutes, such as the ney, xiao, kaval, danso, shakuhachi, Anasazi flute and quena. The player of a side-blown flute uses a hole on the side of the tube to produce a tone, instead of blowing on an end of ...
Several Indigenous American flutes, including the double chamber instrument commonly known as the Native American Flute, the latter usually have an edge slanted toward the inside of the instrument, and a primary air chamber before the constricted air canal or windway, created with a separate mobile piece tied to the instrument's body, an ...
Modern flutes may have a longer foot joint, a B-footjoint, with an extra key to reach B 3. From high to low, the members of the concert flute family include the following: Piccolo in C or D ♭ Treble flute in G; Soprano flute in E ♭ Concert flute in C, described above; Flûte d'amour (also called tenor flute) in B ♭, A, or A ♭ Alto flute ...
The dizi as we know it today roughly dates to the 5th century BC, [4] and there have been examples of bamboo dizi that date back to 2nd century BC. [5] These flutes share common features with other simple flutes from cultures all around the world. Multiple examples from different cultures consist of a drilled piece of bone, which is well-suited ...