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Flute
The flute, a reedless instrument in the woodwind family of instruments, has a unique sound in both bands and orchestras. Questions about flutes, flute players, and flute music belong here.
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What does a piccolo sond like?
it sound similar to a flute but really really..........high pitched and loud it is recommended if playing near metal to wear ear plugs sometimes it can over shot the band it in a school band
The flute vibrate when you blow air across the embrochure, causing the air to vibrate inside the flute which causes the sound to come out the end of the flute.
Flutes in general are very ancient. It is believed by scholars that the transverse flute, with the player blowing across a hole in the side of the tube, migrated to Europe in the 11th century, settling in France and the German states. The Germans made much use of this variety of flutes in military bands, possibly because of the difficulty of playing recorders (the 'other' flute) outside in even the lightest breeze. It is known variously as Transverse flute (because the player blows across the tube and holds it across their body), Piffari/Piffaro, German flute, French flute, and by the names of the inventors and innovators in its fingering and keying systems, such as Bohm flute.
Since the 11th century time, the term "German flute" has been applied to specific sub-categories of flutes. Because the instrument developed separately in France and Germany, it has a dual history between those nations. In the Baroque, while the French were making much of the Oboe as a primary instrument and the recorder and transverse flute as 'obvious' secondaries, the Germans were focusing on the transverse flute. During the time of Fredrick II of Prussia, for instance, JJ Quantz, Fredrick's flute tutor, was elevated to the position of "the only man in Prussia who was allowed to criticize Fredrick's playing." Quantz left a volume devoted to the flute, its technique, and the music of the time, a treasure-trove to modern and historically-minded flutists, today!
In the 19th century, different fingering systems led to the title "French flute" and "German flute" being applied to different wooden flutes. The french flute maintained the open holes without any keys near the holes, while the German flutes used keying. Modern flutes fall into these categories, still, with open-hole systems (using keypads with holes in the middle for the finger to be able to 'shade' notes if needed) and closed-hole systems exist today, with the open-hole flutes generally reserved to professional and more advanced players.
There is another French-German nomenclature matter with flutes: the materials flutes are made from today. German silver (also called nickle-silver, an alloy of only 1.25% silver, 63% copper and additional components of nickel, zinc and lead) is often used for flutes, but some are made from French silver (95% sliver, 5% copper). Additionally, Brittainia silver (95.8% silver), Sterling sliver (92.5% Ag) coin silver (90% silver) and other mixtures are used.
But in no way was the transverse flute originated solely in Germany!
Who are 5 FAMOUS people who play the flute?
-alyssa milanno
-Oscar robertson
here's an extra -James maddison
Kokopelli
Kokopelli is a fertility deity, usually depicted as a humpbacked flute player (often with a huge phallus and antenna-like protrusions on his head), who has been venerated by many Native American cultures in the Southwestern United States. Like most fertility deities, Kokopelli presides over both childbirth and agriculture. He is also a trickster god and represents the spirit of music.
Because of his influence over human sexuality, Kokopelli is often depicted with an inhumanly large phallus. Among the Ho-Chunk, this penis is detachable, and he sometimes leaves it in a river in order to have sex with girls who bathe there. Among the Hopi, Kokopelli carries unborn children on his back and distributes them to women (for this reason, young girls are often deathly afraid of him). He often takes part in rituals relating to marriage, and Kokopelli himself is sometimes depicted with a consort, a woman called Kokopelmana by the Hohokam and Hopi.[1]
Kokopelli also presides over the reproduction of game animals, and for this reason, he is often depicted with animal companions such as rams and deer. Other common creatures associated with him include sun-bathing animals such as snakes, or water-loving animals like lizards and insects. Because of this, some scholars believe that Kokopelli's flute is actually a blowgun (or started out as one), but this is a minority opinion.
In his domain over agriculture, Kokopelli's fluteplaying chases away the Winter and brings about Spring. Many tribes, such as the Zuni, also associate Kokopelli with the rains. He frequently appears with Paiyatamu, another flautist, in depictions of maize-grinding ceremonies. Some tribes say he carries seeds and babies on his back.
In recent years, the emasculated version of Kokopelli has been adopted as a broader symbol of the Southwestern United States as a whole. His image adorns countless items such as T-shirts, ball caps, and keychains. A bicycle trail between Grand Junction, Colorado, and Moab, Utah, is now known as the Kokopelli Trail.
Origins and development
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Kokopelli has been worshipped since at least the time of the Ancient Pueblo Peoples. The first known images of him appear on Hohokam pottery dated to sometime between AD 750 and AD 850.
Kokopelli may have originally been a representation of ancient Aztec traders, known as pochtecas, who traveled to this region from northern Mesoamerica. These traders brought their goods in sacks slung across their backs, and this sack may have evolved into Kokopelli's familiar hump (in fact, many tribes make Kokopelli a trader in this way). These men also used flutes to announce themselves as friendly as they approached a settlement. This origin is still in doubt, however, since the first known images of Kokopelli predate the major era of Aztec-Anasazi trade by several hundred years.
Another theory is that Kokopelli is actually an anthropomorphic insect. Many of the earliest depictions of Kokopelli make him very insect-like in appearance. The name "Kokopelli" may be a combination of "Koko", another Hopi and Zuni deity, and "pelli", the Hopi and Zuni word for the desert robber fly, an insect with a prominent proboscis and a rounded back, which is also noted for its zealous sexual proclivities. A more recent etymology is that Kokopelli means literally "kachina hump". Because the Hopi were the tribe from whom the Spanish explorers first learned of the god, their name is the one most commonly used.
Kokopelli is one of the most easily recognized figures found in the petroglyphs and pictographs of the Southwest. The earliest known petroglyph of the figure dates to about A.D. 1000. Kokopelli was one of several kachina dolls sold to tourists. The Spanish missionaries in the area convinced the Hopi craftsmen to omit the phallus from their representations of the figure. As with most kachina dolls, the Hopi Kokopelli was often represented by a human dancer. These dancers apparently had great fun with missionaries and tourists by making obscene and sexual gestures that the foreigners did not understand.
A similar humpbacked figure is found in artifacts of the Mississippian culture of the U.S. southeast. Between approximately 1200 to 1400 AD, water vessels were crafted in the shape of a humpbacked woman. These forms may represent a cultural heroine or founding ancestor, and may also reflect concepts related to the life-giving blessings of water and fertility.
Kokopelli bears a passing resemblance to Bradshaw Paintings of North-West Australia (examples), which could be mere coincidence or sign of a common origin; some have suggested that ancient astronaut theories in the model of Erich von Däniken have attributed both to a common celestial source.
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the flut is a rod with holes that the player will cover according to the note that needs to be issued.
