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No, they are types of tin whistles and recorders. :)
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What is a blockflute?
Block flute is an English literal translation of the German Block Flote (with an umlaut over the o in flote) which primarily meant the instrument we now call Recorder. The name refers to the wooden shaped block, called a 'fipple' in England, which fits into the player's end of the bore. It is shaped to form the bottom of the windway (the top and sides are cut into the body of the instrument) and the bottom of the mouthpiece, as such. The fipple-flutes (recorder, pennywhistle, flageolet) used a shaped windway to direct the player's air to a carved 'lip' or 'labium', where the air would vibrate the air column in the bore. Fingering the holes changes the length of the bore, changing the pitch played. Because the player's lips do not form the stream of air, fipple flutes are claimed to have less expressive capabilities than the transverse flutes, where the player controls the stream of air, directing it against the far side of a later hole in the body. While this is true as relates to volume, other performance techniques (ornamentation, time-adjustment, and to some extent articulation) allow the fipple flutes to be played with great 'affekt'.
What is a fipple?
A fipple is a block which forms the means by which wind is transmitted down the mouthpiece of a wind instrument, such as a recorder or flute.
Was the flute famous in medieval times?
Flutes were widely used, and if you include all kinds of flutes, side blown and end blown, they were among the most common of medieval instruments. There is a link below.
What are variations of the flute?
There are many variations of the flute...the most common and the ones that most relate the the common "C" flute are the piccolo, alto flute and bass flute. There are glass flutes, bamboo flutes, Irish flutes, etc.
What were medieval flutes made of?
Medieval flutes were usually made entirely of wood. There were transverse flutes and beaked flutes. We do not see all that many wooden transverse flutes today, though they are made and sold for various kinds of music. Beaked flutes include recorders, which were used in the Late Middle Ages or earlier in a form very like what is widely available in music shops today.
Are flutes pretty?
flutes ARE pretty!
Wood wind instruments?
Flute Saxophone Clarinet Oboe Bassoon Piccolo NON WOODWIND (BRASS) Trumpet! Trombone Tuba Euphonium Baritone Contrabass Tuba Flugelhorn
How long are flutes?
flutes are 67.5 cm long
What phobia is the fear of flutes?
aulophobiaThe fear of the flutes is known as aulophobia. It can be defined as an abnormal and persistent worry of the flutes.
Are Jean Baptiste flutes a good brand?
Jean Baptiste flutes are reliable, reasonably priced starter flutes.
Do flutes have reads?
No Flutes are aerophones so they don't have reeds
When was Miyazawa Flutes created?
Miyazawa Flutes was created in 1969.
