Hornbostel - Sachs
type: ConceptScheme

Open single notch flutes
type: Concept
narrower: Open single notch flutes without fingerholes
notation: 421.141.1

Open single notch flutes without fingerholes
type: Concept
broader: Open single notch flutes
definition: 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 single tube. The lower end of the flute is open. The instrument has no fingerholes.
in scheme: Hornbostel - Sachs
notation: 421.141.11