English flute

: a keyed woodwind instrument consisting of a cylindrical tube which is stopped at one end and which has a side hole over which air is blown to produce the tone and having a range from middle C upward for three octaves.

any groove or furrow, as in a ruffle of cloth or on a piecrust. one of the helical grooves of a twist drill.

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. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute produces sound when the player's air flows across an opening.

The flute is a transverse (or side-blown) woodwind instrument that is closed at the blown end. It is played by blowing a stream of air over the embouchure hole. The pitch is changed by opening or closing keys that cover circular tone holes (there are typically 16 tone holes).

How to Play the Flute Playing the Flute

• Breath. Take a deep breath, and breathe out while slightly smiling, making a "too" sound.
• Producing Sound with the Head Joint. Watch this video to learn about the breath method and speed.
• Tonguing. Using the head joint, move your tongue as if saying "too-too" while blowing.

There is a large repertoire of music for the flute. Baroque composers used them in their orchestras, usually in pairs, and composed concertos, chamber music and solo music for them. This has continued to the present day. Orchestras have at least 2 flutes each, sometimes three or four.

Airy, light, poetic, mellow, bright, wafting, ethereal, rich, soft, graceful, penetrating, brilliant, clear, shrill, silvery, wind-like, whistling, whispering, humming, filigree, sighing, aspirate.

The flute notes are divided into three groupings or 'registers' - cleverly named low, middle and high. Each register has its characteristic tone. A combination of varying air speed and embouchure shape is the key to moving between these octaves, and maintaining great sound.

There is "tootle" and "tootle-too". tootle n. 3. the sound made by tooting on a flute or the like. tootle-too sound of a flute (“the ceremonial band” by James Reeves, in “Noisy poems” by Jill Bennett)

A melodic instrument for the most part, the flute has a clear and bright sound with a distinctive warmth, refinement, and subtlety to its tone. Another feature of the flute is the use of expensive materials such as gold, silver, and gems in its manufacture.

The sound from flute comes due to the vibrating columns of air inside it. When air is blown into instruments it vibrates and then made to resonate to produce sound. In a flute, the air gets vibrated and the resonator amplifies the vibration and gets modified into sound.

Air. Keep your lips together. And let the air push out as if you're saying the sound of the letter. P.