Open single end-blown flutes without fingerholes
type: Concept
in scheme: Hornbostel - Sachs
broader: Open single end-blown flutes
notation: 421.111.11
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 sharp rim at the upper open end of a single tube. The lower end of the flute is open. The instrument has no fingerholes. Bengal.

Hornbostel - Sachs
type: ConceptScheme

Open single end-blown flutes
type: Concept
notation: 421.111.1
narrower: Open single end-blown flutes without fingerholes