The vertical flute is either (1) a rim-blown (notched or unnotched) flute, (2) a tubular duct flute, with tapered bore or (3) a transversely blown flute, Giorgi flute, designed to be played in an upright position. The vertical flute is contrasted with the "cross flute" (or "transverse flute") and "globular flute", and in stricter usage may refer only to the first category above (Marcuse 1975, 187).
The most familiar ducted vertical flutes are the recorder, tin whistle, and tabor pipe. One historical variety has a slightly tapered (decreasing diameter) bore with 6 tone holes on the top side. A dorsal thumb hole is absent. It sometimes has a small foot section with a single key. The range is a little more than two octaves and the common keynote is "D" major. The instrument is often mistaken for a recorder with keynote C, but. like the tin whistle and tabor pipe, relies on overblowing to change registers instead of pinching open a thumbhole, recorder style, to "cancel" the fundamental harmonic (Bessarabov 1941, p62 – p63).
An unusual case of a transversely blown but vertically held flute is a special variation of the standard flute, or, more specifically, the Western concert flute, designed to be played in an upright position. This version uses a standard cross-blown flute head joint bent in a "?" question mark shape.
verticalflute is either (1) a rim-blown (notched or unnotched) flute, (2) a tubular duct flute, with tapered bore or (3) a transversely blown flute,...
flute) Hulusi (vertical gourd free-reed flute normally with one or two drone pipes) Chinese flutes are generally made from bamboo (see bamboo flutes)...
classification. The flutes may be double because they have parallel pipes that are connected with a single duct. They may be "double verticalflutes" without a...
The flute is a member of a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, producing sound with a vibrating...
of its Chinese name of dòngxiāo) is a Korean notched, end-blown vertical bamboo flute used in Korean traditional music. It is similar to the danso, but...
The Okraulo (Japanese: オークラウロ) is a verticalflute that is named after its inventor Baron Kishichiro Okura of the Hotel Okura in Tokyo, Japan. "オークラウロ...
The bamboo flute, especially the bone flute, is one of the oldest musical instruments known. Examples of Paleolithic bone flutes have survived for more...
one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. Flute (Êdê language: đing): đing năm, ky pah, đing tak ta (or đing buốt klé),...
vases as early as 3000 BC. The civilization also made use of sistra, verticalflutes, double clarinets, arched and angular harps, and various drums. Little...
chamber music, usually in combination with instruments such as the danso (verticalflute) and yanggeum (hammered dulcimer) The instrument was referred to historically...
The bass flute is a member of the flute family pitched one octave below the concert flute. The tubing length is twice as long at 146 cm (57 in), which...
houses. He also invented the musical instrument the Okraulo, a type of verticalflute. Kikuchi Dairoku Suematsu Kenchō Inagaki Manjirō Anglo-Japanese relations...
– A small notched vertical bamboo flute with four finger-holes Tungso (hangul: 퉁소; hanja: 洞簫) – A long notched vertical bamboo flute with five finger-holes;...
Japanese flutes are called fue (笛). There are eight traditional flutes, as well as more modern creations. Hocchiku (法竹) – vertical bamboo flute Nohkan (能管)...
(transverse flute), and xiao (verticalflute). Occasionally, the duxianqin (single-stringed zither) and hulusi (three-piped gourd flute) are employed...
(unpaginated). ISBN 978-0-252-05589-8. Footnote 37. ...and yamudi ("mother duck" flute, also known as shuguan [verticalflute]) in the wenchang. v t e...
predominantly show transverse flutes being played horizontally (with a downward tilt). However, beginning in the 15th century, vertical end blowing style are...
of the last five centuries, and representative works for the early verticalflutes known as recorders, was presented by the Trapp Family Choir at their...
either for the C flute or for the piccolo. The standard concert flute, also called C flute, Boehm flute, silver flute, or simply flute, is by far the most...
(the rebab, a name illustrative of Islamic influence), plucked siter, verticalflute suling and voices. The rebab is one of the main melodic instruments...
recorder, it has a fipple (mouthpiece), and so is classified as a duct flute. A dentsivka is made from a tube of wood approximately 30 to 40 centimetres...
species. Pingkullwe: a transverse flute with 5 holes, made of colihue wood (Chusquea culeou). Pifüllka or : a verticalflute with a closed end, made of wood...
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