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The flute has 6 finger holes (3 for the right, and 3 for the left hand), which covers one full octave. To make the sound better, the pyzhatka flute is usually moistened before play, as it seals the holes and makes the notes clearer. [2] Other local alternative names for pyzhatka include pazhatka, puzhatka, pikla, travyanka.
The name "sea flute" is most common in Numedal, Telemark and Agder. On the west coast they are called "German flute", for its nation of origin. In Gudbrandsdalen, where it is found many 1700 numbers flutes, [citation needed] it is often called the "wooden flute." Egil Storbekken created his flute based on one found in Gudbrandsdalen.
The word bansuri originates in the bans (बाँस) [bamboo] + sur (सुर) [melody]. [citation needed] A phonetically similar name for the same instrument, in early medieval texts, is the Sanskrit word vaṃśi which is derived from root vaṃśa (Sanskrit: वंश [12]) meaning bamboo. [11] A flute player in these medieval texts is ...
A Flute method is a type of specific textbook-style pedagogy for learning to play the flute. It often contains fingering charts, scales , exercises, and occasionally etudes . These exercises are often presented in different keys in ascending order to aid in difficulty, known as methodical progression, or to focus on isolated aspects like ...
In 1832 Boehm introduced a new conical-bore flute, which achieved a fair degree of success. Boehm, however, continued to look for ways to improve the instrument. Finding that an increased volume of air produced a stronger and clearer tone, he replaced the conical bore with a cylindrical bore, finding that a parabolic contraction of the bore ...
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Tarka (flute). Kids playing the tarka. The tarka (Quechua, Aymara: tharqa) is an indigenous flute of the Andes.Usually made of wood, it has 6 finger holes, fipple on mouth end and free hole on distant end.