The Flute |
Listen to the sound of the Flute
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The flute is one of the oldest instruments within the woodwind family. It differs to most other wind instruments because it requires no reed; it is played by air travelling (blown) across a tone hole of the mouthpiece.
The modern flute has a range of just over three octaves. There are also larger, lower pitched flutes (alto) and a smaller higher pitched model (picollo). |
Flutes, though generally silver plated, are made from either nickel silver or sterling silver, with different combinations of the two giving a different sound.
The flute is divided into three sections called joints; the head joint, the body joint and the foot joint. These pieces are connected by thinner metal tubes called tenons. |