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Vessel flute
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A vessel flute is a type of flute with a body which acts as a Helmholtz resonator. The body is vessel-shaped, not tube- or cone-shaped; that is, the far end is closed.
Vessel flute
Vessel flute
Ocarinas on display at a shop in Taiwan
Ocarinas on display at a shop in Taiwan
Blowing across the opening of empty bottle produces a basic edge-blown vessel flute.
Blowing across the opening of empty bottle produces a basic edge-blown vessel flute.
Flute
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The flute is a member of a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, producing sound with a vibrating column of air. Flutes produce sound when the
Shinobue and other flutes
Shinobue and other flutes
Chinese women playing flutes, from the 12th-century Song dynasty remake of the Night Revels of Han Xizai, originally by Gu Hongzhong (10th century)
Chinese women playing flutes, from the 12th-century Song dynasty remake of the Night Revels of Han Xizai, originally by Gu Hongzhong (10th century)
Bone flute made of a goat's tibia, 11th–13th century AD.
Bone flute made of a goat's tibia, 11th–13th century AD.
Playing the zampoña, a Pre-Inca instrument and type of pan flute.
Playing the zampoña, a Pre-Inca instrument and type of pan flute.