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.
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Ocarinas on display at a shop in Taiwan
Blowing across the opening of empty bottle produces a basic edge-blown vessel flute.
Ocarina
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The ocarina is a wind musical instrument; it is a type of vessel flute. Variations exist, but a typical ocarina is an enclosed space with four to twelve finger holes and a mouthpiece that projects fro
Vessel flute
…while it decreases in another. Blowing across the opening of empty bottle produces a basic edge-blown vessel flute. Multi-note vessel flutes include the ocarina. A Helmholtz resonator is unusually selective in amplifying only one frequency. Most resonators also amplify more overtones. As a result, vessel flutes…
A mono-chamber 12-hole ocarina
Ocarina, c. 1900, Museu de la Música de Barcelona
A transverse ocarina
Front and back view of transverse ocarinas. The double holes on front indicate a fingering system developed in 20th-century Japan.