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Hornbostel-Sachs (classification)

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Aerophones > Wind instruments proper > Edge instruments or flutes

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421Edge instruments or flutes Link to MIMO collections

The air itself is the vibrator in the primary sense. The standing waves are significantly confined within the instrument itself. A narrow stream of air is directed against an edge to excite a column of air in a tube or a body of air in a cavity. (en)

42 Wind instruments proper (en)

421.1 Flutes without duct (en)
421.2 Flutes with duct or duct flutes (en)

421

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http://www.mimo-db.eu/HornbostelAndSachs/247

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