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	Western concert flute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Western concert flute or C flute is a transverse (or side-blown) flute, a musical instrument of the woodwind family.
		The standard concert flute is pitched in C and has a range of about three and a half octaves starting from the musical note C4 (corresponding to middle C on the piano).
		The modern professional concert flute is generally made of silver, gold, or combinations of the two.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Western_concert_flute (2239 words)

	Flute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In non-fipple flutes, especially the concert flute and piccolo, the player must form and direct the stream with his or her lips, which is called an embouchure.
		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 recorder, ney, kaval, quena, shakuhachi and tonette.
		Less commonly seen flutes include the treble flute in G, pitched one octave higher than the alto flute; the soprano flute, between the treble and concert; and the tenor flute or flûte d'amour in B flat or A, pitched between the concert and alto.
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	FLUTE - LoveToKnow Article on FLUTE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The bore of the early flute with six finger-holes was invariably cylindrical throughout, but towards the end of the i7th century a modification took place, the head joint alone remaining cylindrical while the rest of the bore assumed the form of a cone having its smallest diameter at the open end of the tube.
		Musical instruments, such as flutes, in which a column of air is set in vibration by regular pulsations derived from a current of air directed by the lips of the executant against the side of the orifice serving as embouchure, appear to be of very ancient origin.
		Fluting is sometimes introduced into capitals, as in the tomb of ~sIylasa, and in friezes, as in the theatre at Cnidos, the Incantada at Salonica, and a doorway at Patara.
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	Facts about flute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In western classical music the standard concert flute is pitched in C and has a range of about 3 octaves starting from middle C.
		The familiar concert flute, piccolo, fife, and Indian bansuri are examples of transverse flutes, in which air is blown from the mouth across a small hole at the top of the instrument.
		The organ pipe, ocarina, pan-pipes, concert whistle, jug, police-whistle and bosun's whistle are closed-ended.
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	We Know: All About Buying a Flute
		The most common concert flute is the transverse, or side blown flute, like the western concert flute, piccolo, fife, or bansuri.
		Put the flute together once before deciding, and inspect the keys and their mountings carefully to make sure there are no loose wires or places where the padding beneath the keys is coming apart.
		Professional flutes also may have an extra key at the end to reach the B below middle C. Open-hole flutes, with holes through many of the fingering keys, are preferred by concert flautists because of the louder and clearer sound in low ranges and for special advanced tones.
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	Western concert flute: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Western concert flute is a traverse flute which is closed at the top.
		The standard concert flute is pitched in C and has a range of about 3 and a half octave octave quick summary:
		These simple system flutes continue to be used in folk music (particularly Irish traditional music[For more, click on this link]) and in "historically informed" performances of baroque (and earlier) music.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/we/western_concert_flute.htm (3110 words)

	Flute, Flute review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The flute (technically transverse flute) is a musical instrument of the woodwind family.
		A flute is an open-ended reedless tube with circular finger holes, which can be used to produce high and low sounds depending on which finger holes are opened or closed.
		In western classical music the standard concert flute is pitched in C and has a range of about 3 octaves starting from middle C. Also commonly used in orchestras is the piccolo, a small flute usually pitched an octave above the concert flute.
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	Flute -
		A flute made from a mammoth tusk, found in the Swabian Alb and dated to 30,000 to 37,000 years ago;CBC Arts one seven-hole flute made from a swan's bone in the Geissenklosterle Cave in Germany to circa 36,000 years ago;Zhang et.
		A flute produces sound when a stream of air directed across the top of a hole bounces in and out of the hole.Wolfe Some engineers have called this a fluidic multivibrator, because it forms a mechanical analogy to an electronic circuit called a multivibrator.
		The Indian flute, one of the oldest instruments of Indian classical music, appears to have developed independently of the western flute.
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	OUR STORY \| Flute History
		The flute, the oldest known wind instrument, dates back to the 9th century B.C. Today, the flute is an integral part of almost every type of music, from classical to contemporary to jazz.
		Realizing that this tone would have to be imitated for a concert flutist to be successful, and understanding that the tone holes would have to be spaced for good intonation rather than for the convenience of the fingers of the player, Boehm designed a new mechanism that functioned as an extension of the fingers.
		This conical flute of 1832 was gradually accepted by the most important players of the time, and by 1843 Boehm had licensed flutemakers in London and Paris to manufacture this new instrument.
	www.gemeinhardt.com /story/flute.html (1153 words)

	Jayanta Banerjee - Bansuri Virtuoso (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Flutes and Drums are among the most primitive and most commonly found instruments all around the world.
		The bamboo flute is equally popular among the rural as well as the urban populace.
		Whether it is the Shakuhachi Bamboo Flutes of Japan with four finger holes and one thumb hole, the ancient bamboo flutes of China or the end-blown bamboo flutes popular in the Arab nations, the bamboo flutes are found all around the world.
	bansuri.org /bansuri.htm (450 words)

	ipedia.com: Flute Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A musician who plays the flute is sometimes called a flutist or flautist., part of the Dayton C. Miller Flute Collection.]] Table of contents...
		instrument and type of pan pipes.]] Flutes may be either transverse or end-blown, and their tubes may be either open or closed.
		End blown flutes, include the recorder, organ pipe, ocarina, the tin whistle, kaval, and the shakuhachi.
	www.ipedia.com /flute.html (2589 words)

	Flute Case (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Another division is between side-blown (or transverse) flutes, such as the Western concert flute, piccolo, fife, and bansuri; and end-blown
		Edit: In non-fipple flutes, especially the concert flute and piccolo, the player must form and direct the stream with his lips.
		However, it also makes the transverse flute immensely more difficult start of edit: for a beginner to get a full sound out of end of edit: than the recorder.
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	Nose Flutes -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		It is played with the nose over a slanted, sharp edged hole that splits the air stream into two fluctuating streams (air reed), which sets the air inside the flute (air column) into a vibrating state, the same principle that sounds other types of flutes.
		The tube of bamboo is cut with one closed end node wall, and with one open (distal) end of the tube, which in playing position, is pointed away from the player.
		An interesting variation, the ''Fangufangu'' nose flute of the island of Tonga is made with intact node walls at both ends of the bamboo tube, with the nostril holes on the side in front of the nodes (along with side finger holes) and
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/105/nose-flutes.html (1189 words)

	Chinese Music Society of North America
		Its concert performances and master class teaching in North America and throughout the world have caused a lustrous history of musical and cultural exchange to be written.
		Special concerts are highlighted with the enormously popular informance on the musical, cultural, and historical background of the program by Dr. Shen during the concert.
		The fiddles in silk and bamboo acoustics are supported in ensembles by the end-blown flute, the reed- membrane side-blown flute, the pear-shaped lute known for its five-finger strum, and the grand dulcimer.
	www.chinesemusic.net /concert_lecture_info.php (2406 words)

	Articles - Flute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A musician who plays the flute is generally referred to as either a ´´flautist´´; or a ´´flutist´´.
		The earliest transverse flute is a ´´chi´´ (
		To distinguish separate notes, one pushes down the keys of the flute in distinct.
	www.proalto.com /articles/Flute (2140 words)

	ILIO - World Winds Liner Notes
		This is in contrast to the transverse flute which is blocked at the top end, the sound being produced by blowing across a hole in the wall of the instrument.
		The sub-Saharan flute is purely African; It takes you right out of the western frame of reference and far away to the morning of the world.
		As an instrument with a skilled tradition attached, it requires a lot of practice (like the Highland pipes, preferably in a sound-proofed room or somewhere far from human habitation.) The bag is made from the uncut skin of a goat, with pipes inserted where the head and forelegs used to go.
	www.ilio.com /ilio/worldwinds/linernotes.html (3660 words)

	WCU NEWS - WESTERN TO PRESENT FLUTE CONCERT, MASTERCLASS FEB. 20 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Renowned flutist William Bennett (left) and Western's flute professor Eldred Spell.
		Western's own Lillian Pearson, associate professor of piano, and Eldred Spell, professor of flute, will join Bennett in the grand finale, Doppler's “Valse di Bravura.”
		The visit is made possible by the Western Carolina Flute Society, WCU Visiting Scholars Program, Colloquy Fund of the Dean of Arts and Sciences, WCU music department, Jackson County Arts Council, WCU's professional music fraternities and the Mountain Area Flute Association.
	www.wcu.edu /pubinfo/news/Bennett022005.htm (366 words)

	Dolmetsch Online - Music Dictionary W - We
		In 1936, a prototype of such an organ was demonstrated in a concert in Berlin
		also called 'concert flute' or 'C flute', the main flute in a modern symphony orchestra, a member of the family of transverse flutes
		Western promenade dance from which this short extract has been taken
	www.dolmetsch.com /defsw.htm (3213 words)

	Home Page of multidirectional Flute Soloist Pedro Eustache (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Below there is a list of some of the instruments I regularly use in concerts,
		Soon, I hope to post tables with their ranges, basic scales, and basic use
		Other Flutes: Pinquillos, Pitos, Mari machos (all in diff.
	www.pedroflute.com /page9.htm (167 words)

	Dolmetsch Online - Music Dictionary C - Cg
		in most Western and Western-influenced music (including jazz and "world" musics), harmony is by far the most important signal of cadence.
		The guitar, first heard on early gramophone records, brought with it country and western music, which was to have a definite impact on Cajun music.
		The other half of the choir is referred to as the decani which is to the right of the congregation, i.e.
	www.dolmetsch.com /defsc.htm (10242 words)

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