Flute

Generic term, a flute is a Musical instrument with wind whose its is created by the Vibration of a breath the air being split on a Biseau right, in notch or ring. This breath can be directed by a conduit or the lips of the instrumentalist or come from a mechanical blower (see " Flute: organ stop "). Generally of tubular form but sometimes globular, in Graminaceous, Wood, Os or horn, but also in stone, Terra cotta, plastic, Metal (Gold, Money…), in Ivory and even in Crystal, the flute can be made of one or several pipes, with or without holes, or even a slide!

Of very remote origin, as of the Prehistory, it is found everywhere in the world under all kinds of forms.

Some, at the time baroque, are transfered added a system of key making it possible to block the holes. This invention, of which it is impossible to trace the origin, was in particular developed by Theobald Boehm at the 19th century.

One distinguishes:

  • the flutes with conduit :

    • the flageolet;
    • the Recorder;
    • the chock whistle (Irish flute);
    • the harmonic Flûte (even if all are not with conduit);
    • the Flabiol, the Galoubet, the Txistu;
    • the Andean Pinquillo (Bolivia and Peru);
    • the Tarqa and the Andean Anata (Bolivia and Peru);
    • the Andean Moceño;
    • the Suling (flute indonésienne);
    • the Sodina (Malagasy flute );
    • the Slovak Fujara;

  • the cross flutes :

    • the fifre;
    • the Flute traditional;
    • the piccolo;
    • the Flute baroque (sometimes called Traverso of Italian flauto traverso );
    • the Banshrî or Bansuri, Indian flute;
    • the Palahuito, Andean flute
    • the Dízi (flute Chinese), including the Bāngdí (piccolo) and the Qudi (flute);
    • the Taegum flute Korean tarversière near by its organology to the Dizi Chinese, used in the music A' ak, Korean equivalent of the Gagaku Japanese
    • Japanese flutes (generic name: Fue or Yokobue): Ryuteki (flute of the Gagaku), Nohkan (flute of the Theater No), Komabue (flute of the Gagaku), Kagurabue (flute of the Gagaku), Dengakubue (used in the ceremonies related to rice: Dengaku), Shinobue, Misatobue,…
    • the Flute peule

  • the flutes with notch :

    • the xiao Chinese
    • the Quena, Andean flute of reed (mainly with the Peru and in Bolivia), and its alternatives of large (Quenacho and of small size Quenilla)
    • the Shakuhachi, Japanese flute of bamboo ;

  • the oblique flutes :

    • the nay (or ney ), Eastern flute, Gasbâ (flute Tunisia), Egyptian Qawala;
    • the Turkish Kaval;
    • the Bulgarian Kaval ;
    • the Armenian Blul;

  • the panpipes;

    • the Siku of the Indians Aymaras of the Andes (Argentinian Bolivia, Peru and ), also called Antara in language quechua and Zampoña in Spanish, with his models of various sizes: Toyo, Chile, mala and Sanka, of largest with smallest the
    • the Rondador of the Ecuador
    • the Paixiao Chinese
  • the flute with slide:
    • the Jazzoflûte.

  • but also (to be classified):

    • the aulos, of the old Greek : this instrument with Anche is not a flute, but is however almost always called " flute double" in the literature;

See too

Simple: Flute

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