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The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instrument with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening. According to the instrument classification of Hornbostel-Sachs, flutes are categorized as Edge-blown aerophones.

A musician who plays the flute can be referred to as: a flute player, a flautist, a flutist, or less commonly a fluter.

Flutes are the erliest known musucal instriment. A number of flutes dating to about 40,000 to 35,000 years ago have been found in the Swabian Alb region of Germany. These flutes demonstrate that a developed musical tradition existed from the earliest period of modern human presence in Europe.

Different types of Western concert flutes include:

• Piccolo
• Flute
• Alto flute
• Bass flute
• Contra-alto flute
• Contrabass flute
• Subcontrabass flute
• Double contrabass flute
• Hyperbass flute

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