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Hornbostel-Sachs (classification)

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... > Aerophones > Wind instruments proper > Edge instruments or flutes > Flutes without duct > Side-blown flutes > (Single) side-blown flutes > Stopped side-blown flutes > Stopped side-blown flutes without fingerholes > Stopped side-blown flutes without fingerholes, with fixed stopped lower end

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421.121.311Stopped side-blown flutes without fingerholes, with fixed stopped lower end   Link to MIMO collections

Definition

  • The air itself is the vibrator in the primary sense. The standing waves are significantly confined within the instrument itself. The player blows against the sharp rim of a hole in the side of a tube. The distal end of the tube has a fixed stopper. The instrument has no fingerholes. Apparently non-existent. (en)

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  • 421.121.311

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http://www.mimo-db.eu/HornbostelAndSachs/272

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