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What is a flute with a whistle mouthpiece?

Michael Wilson

What is a flute with a whistle mouthpiece?

Fipple flute

What is a flipper flute?

A fipple is a constricted mouthpiece common to many end-blown flutes, such as the tin whistle and the recorder. These instruments are known as fipple flutes (or duct flutes or tubular-ducted flutes) and are indicated by the code 421.2 in the Hornbostel–Sachs classification.

Is a whistle a flute?

Let’s get this all straightened out! The tin whistle is a type of fipple flute with 6 fingering holes and is designed with two open ends and is typically an end-blown instrument. The tin whistle is also designed as a diatonic instrument. The concert flute usually has 16 holes and is usually played transversely.

Why is Fipple flute called recorder?

Etymology. The instrument name “recorder” derives from the Latin recordārī (to call to mind, remember, recollect), by way of Middle French recorder (before 1349; to remember, to learn by heart, repeat, relate, recite, play music) and its derivative MFr recordeur ( c. 1395; one who retells, a minstrel).

What is the best recorder instrument?

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Which recorder is best for beginners?

Probably the two most common recorder voices that beginners learn to play are soprano and alto; which one you might choose could depend on a number of factors. We recommend that you begin on the alto recorder. The alto is a great choice if you plan to play in a group with other recorder players.

Is the recorder easy to learn?

The recorder is one of the easiest instruments to learn. When played well, the recorder is a joy to listen to. For older beginners, the best thing about the recorder is it doesn’t take a lot of breath to get a sound out of it, making it an easy musical instrument to learn for adults.

What is E on the recorder?

The seventeenth note we learn, E in the second octave on the descant (soprano) recorder, lies on the top space of the treble clef.