The family of Flutes
Many are the flutes that populate the world and many of them have nothing in common but the name.
They come in different sound, others have different numbers of tubes, we must have different numbers of holes, the material they are made is different, the technique also differs from touching each other, etc.
But to make a classification in which all the flutes in the world has a place and not too complex, we will take as a criterion for classification technique to play them. Thus we have four different categories (divided in turn into numerous branches): vertical flutes, flutes oblique flutes and panpipes.
1 - vertical flutes:
turn are divided into recorders and flutes peak or notch.
Within the peak we have, for example, organ pipes, which are nothing more and nothing less than recorders reversed. Each tube to give a single note, you do not need holes. We also have the galubet
, an instrument that has three holes that are played with one hand while the other is piped with a tambourine.
For notched flutes, the most important are the flute, a flute of the Andes with a powerful sound and the Japanese shakuhachi, which is usually carved from solid bamboo and has five holes.
2 - Flutes oblique:
are very simple, as it carves a cane being, normally, the two open ends.
oblique flutes more common in Europe come from countries and Romania, Pakistan, Iran, Egypt, etc.
One of the best known is the ney, which can be used in two ways: either by adjusting the mouthpiece on the lips or hold it between your teeth inside the mouth. Within
oblique flutes we also have a curious instrument, nose flutes, although some of them also belong to the group of flutes. His technique to produce the sound is to introduce air through the nostril. In many civilizations, the head is the carrier of the soul and, therefore, with this way of playing is entered directly in conversation with God.
3 - Transverse Flutes:
This type of flute was imposed to the recorder between the seventeenth and eighteenth century.
Among them are the Indian flute carved from bamboo, the Japanese no-kan, also built of bamboo and Korean Dae-gum, which has a hole is not intended to be covered with a finger, as it is covered with a thin membrane plant.
4 - Pipes of Pan:
This instrument is distinguished from all others in that it has several tubes of different sizes and each of which produces a sound. Another difference is that to play the pan flute is needed to move the head or instrument (including the two at a time) to direct air to the desired tube, is therefore a mobile device.
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