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... > Aerophones > Wind instruments proper > Edge instruments or flutes > Flutes without duct > Notch flutes > Sets of notch flutes or panpipes

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421.142Sets of notch flutes or panpipes   Link to MIMO collections

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  • The air itself is the vibrator in the primary sense. The standing waves are significantly confined within the instrument itself. The player creates a ribbon-shaped stream of air with his/her lips, blowing against the notch at the upper open end of a tube. Several notch flutes of different pitch are combined to form a single instrument. (en)

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  • 421.142

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http://www.mimo-db.eu/HornbostelAndSachs/5635

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