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The xirula (Basque pronunciation:, spelled chiroula in French, also pronounced txirula, (t)xülüla in Zuberoan Basque; Gascon: flabuta; French: galoubet) is a small three holed woodwind instrument or flute usually made of wood akin to the Basque txistu or three-hole pipe, but more high pitched and strident, tuned to D/G and an octave higher than the silbote. [1]
The Swanson tonette From top to bottom: Yamaha soprano recorder, Swanson tonette, Conn-Selmer song flute, Grover-Trophy flutophone, Suzuki precorder. The stub-ended Swanson tonette is a small (6" cavity), end-blown vessel flute made of plastic, which was once popular in American elementary music education.
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.
Sometimes referred to as a "baby flute" or piccolo flute, the modern piccolo has the same type of fingerings as the standard transverse flute, [3] but the sound it produces is an octave higher. This has given rise to the name ottavino [ b ] ( Italian pronunciation: [ottaˈviːno] ), by which the instrument is called in Italian [ 4 ] and thus ...
This distinctive-sounding instrument is rarely found at present. A few American publications for flute choir currently include a part for an E ♭ (soprano) flute, an instrument pitched a minor third higher than the standard C flute. In these publications, an alternative part is provided either for the C flute or for the piccolo.
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument played using a keyboard, a row of levers which are pressed by the fingers. The most common of these are the piano , organ , and various electronic keyboards , including synthesizers and digital pianos .
Koncovka, a Slovak overtone flute. The koncovka is a Slovak duct-blown [2] overtone fipple flute without finger holes, [3] traditionally played by shepherds. [4] The koncovka is played by closing and opening the bottom hole of the flute. [3] By increasing the air speed, two different harmonic series of notes can be played with the end either ...
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. [1] The tarka is a blockflute, like a recorder, but is comparatively shorter and quite angular in shape, requires greater breath, and has a darker, more penetrating sound.