Flute

Wind Instruments

The flute is a family of woodwind instruments and an aerophone, producing sound from a vibrating column of air as the player blows across an opening. A player is called a flautist or flutist. Paleolithic flutes are the earliest known identifiable musical instruments, with examples found in present-day Germany dating to about 53,000–45,000 years ago. Flute traditions also have long histories in Asia and the Americas.

Instrument family: Woodwind
Sound production: Air flows across an opening
Player: Flautist or flutist

Sources and credits

Article: Flute (English Wikipedia)
Wikidata: Q11405
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Illustration: By Photos by Yasuhiko Sano, Nov 2005, Buffet Crampon and Yamaha; Editing + Collage Gisbert König. Public domain · File page on Wikimedia Commons
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