flûte douce

: 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.

A flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. You play it by blowing over a hole near one end while holding it sideways to your mouth.

As the highest voice in the woodwind section, the flute is often in charge of carrying the melody and is featured in solos. Flute is also a versatile instrument that can play a broad range of styles and moods.

The flute is unique in that it's music blends extremely well with other instruments in the orchestra while having an identity of its own. It works by having a mouthpiece at one end with the musician blowing into it. There are keys on the flute that lets the musician shorten the distance his or her breath has to travel.

In the flute, the air jet, in cooperation with the resonances in the air in the instrument, produces an oscillating component of the flow. Once the air in the flute is vibrating, some of the energy is radiated as sound out of the end and any open holes.

A flautist is someone who plays the flute.

The flute is unique in that it's music blends extremely well with other instruments in the orchestra while having an identity of its own. It works by having a mouthpiece at one end with the musician blowing into it. There are keys on the flute that lets the musician shorten the distance his or her breath has to travel.

Among many health benefits, it notably promotes good posture, proper and healthy breathing, core strengthand control, and finger dexterity. Flute requires a high degree of patience and discipline, which happen to be necessary attributes for academic excellence and good work ethic.

Physical strength and absolute control over breathing pattern is critical while playing it. Also, it might seem to be an ordinary musical instrument, but actually, a flute is the most difficult instrument to play and master. It has no wires; you can't tune it. So your body and soul have to be tuned to play it well.

Some people may find the flute easier to learn because it only has a few buttons and fingerings to learn, whereas the guitar has frets and multiple strings. However, other people may find the guitar easier because it has a more familiar shape and the fingerings can be visualized on the fretboard.

A flute produces sound when a stream of air directed across a hole in the instrument creates a vibration of air at the hole. The airstream creates a Bernoulli or siphon. This excites the air contained in the usually cylindrical resonant cavity within the flute.