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The ocarina went on to become popular in European communities as a toy instrument. [1] Ocarina, c. 1900, Museu de la Música de Barcelona. One of the oldest ocarinas found in Europe is from Runik, Kosovo. The Runik ocarina is a Neolithic flute-like wind instrument, and is the earliest prehistoric musical instrument ever recorded in Kosovo. [4]
F ♮ is an uncommon note in traditional music for the five-key flute, but where it appears the short F key is sometimes awkward to play. The keys of the 19th-century five-key D flute include an E ♭ key, F key, G ♯ key, and either a C key or a long left hand additional F key. The modern five-key flute is conical in bore, with a cylindrical ...
A vessel flute with two fingering holes of the same size can sound three notes (both closed, one open, both open). A vessel flute with two fingering holes of different sizes can sound four notes (both closed, only the smaller hole open, only the bigger hole open, both open). The number of notes increases with the number of holes:
Taodi and Wudu (Chinese ocarina.) Free reed flutes: Bawu (transverse free-reed flute) Hulusi (vertical gourd free-reed flute normally with one or two drone pipes) Chinese flutes are generally made from bamboo (see bamboo flute) and belong to the bamboo classification of Chinese music, although they can be (and have been) made of other materials ...
The double contrabass flute (sometimes also called octobass flute) is pitched in the key of C, three octaves below the concert flute (two octaves below the bass flute, and one octave below the contrabass flute). Its lowest note is C 1, one octave below the cello's lowest C. Despite the tendency of the larger sizes of flute to be quiet, the ...
If the space between the hands is made smaller or the opening made larger, the pitch becomes higher: the principles are the same with an ocarina or Helmholtz resonator; see vessel flute for details of the acoustics. The best hand flute players have a range of up to 2.5 octaves. [2]
The gizmo key is illustrated in red. The gizmo key is a key commonly found on the B foot joint of certain models of flute . It closes the low B tone hole without closing the low C tone hole or the low C ♯ tone hole, which is intended to facilitate the performance of the fourth octave C.
F 4 F 4 •B ♭ 5 B ♭ 5 •C 5 C 4 •G 4 G 4 •D 5 D 5. Quirquincho, Mulita, Tatu, Kirki Bolivia, Peru, Argentina Chile, Ecuador Common C 6 /Am7 or "Bolivian" tuning, but there are many variants. 3rd course is an octave pair. Charango, Hatun: 7 or 8 strings 6 or 7 courses (A 3) • D 4 • G 4 • C 5 • E 5 E 4 • A 4 • E 5. Grand ...