The term fipple specifies a variety of end-blown flute that includes the flageolet, recorder, and tin whistle. The Hornbostel–Sachs system for classifying musical instruments places this group under the heading "Flutes with duct or duct flutes."

The recorder is a family of woodwind musical instruments in the group known as internal duct flutes: flutes with a whistle mouthpiece, also known as fipple flutes, although this is an archaic term.

A duct flute is a flute where a narrow duct directs the stream of air to the splitting edge. A Native American flute is a type of duct flute. Wonder what happens if I plant them ...

Fipple flute, any of several end-blown flutes having a plug (“block,” or “fipple”) inside the pipe below the mouth hole, forming a flue, duct, or windway that directs the player’s breath alternately above and below the sharp edge of a lateral hole.

4 days ago · What is a Fipple Flute? Fipple flutes are a type of wind instrument that produces sound through the use of a fipple mechanism. This is a small mouthpiece or duct that directs the player’s breath against the edge of a sound-producing mechanism. This mechanism is typically a split or vibrating air stream, which causes the flute to produce sound.

Feb 12, 2018 · Flutes of various kinds have been in use around the world for at least 50,000 years. However, the Native American style flute, “courting flute”, “love flute”, or duct flute, as it is also known, seems to be a rather common feature of the ancient First Nations cultural landscape. What do we really know about these instruments?

There are so many types of duct flute around the world that it is impossible to name or describe them all. They include many whistles, vessel flutes, overtone flutes, panpipes, tabor pipes, and the organ, each of which has its own article in this series, as well as others even in …

May 9, 2018 · Duct flutes usually have flattened plugs of wood fitted into the end of the tube that is blown upon, but in the Finnish case that plug is replaced by the player’s tongue. The uses originally intended for Finnish folk wind instruments were almost entirely practical.

May 24, 2016 · Typically, duct flutes have finger holes to change the length of the vibrating air column to change pitch, but can come in a single- pitch version or plunger version as in the slide whistle. Several types of duct flutes include recorder, …

The Khlui is a traditional Thai bamboo flute, classified as a vertical duct flute. Originating before or during the Sukhothai period (1238–1583), it remains one of Thailand’s most iconic musical instruments. The khlui is made from bamboo and is cylindrically bored, producing a …