Hornbostel - Sachs
type: ConceptScheme

Side-blown flutes
type: Concept
narrower: (Single) side-blown flutes
notation: 421.12

(Single) side-blown flutes
type: Concept
broader: Side-blown flutes
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 single tube.
in scheme: Hornbostel - Sachs
narrower: Stopped side-blown flutes
narrower: Partly-stopped side-blown flutes
narrower: Open side-blown flutes
notation: 421.121

Open side-blown flutes
type: Concept
broader: (Single) side-blown flutes
notation: 421.121.1

Partly-stopped side-blown flutes
type: Concept
broader: (Single) side-blown flutes
notation: 421.121.2

Stopped side-blown flutes
type: Concept
broader: (Single) side-blown flutes
notation: 421.121.3