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Anasazi flute is the name of a pre-historic
end-blown fluteThe end-blown flute or rim-blown flute is a keyless woodwind instrument played by directing an airstream against the sharp edge of the upper end of a tube. Unlike a recorder or tin whistle, there isn't a ducted flue voicing, mistakenly called a fipple by some. Most rim-blown flutes are "oblique"...
revived and replicated today from findings at a massive cave in Prayer Rock Valley in
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, USA by an archaeological expedition led by DeArmond D, Lopez in 1931. The Lopez team excavated 15 caves and the largest amongst these had 16 dwellings and many artifacts including several wooden flutes. The Lopez team named the cave Broken Flute Cave.
The flutes found in the cave was dated between 620 and 670 A.D.
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The
Anasazi flute is the name of a pre-historic
end-blown fluteThe end-blown flute or rim-blown flute is a keyless woodwind instrument played by directing an airstream against the sharp edge of the upper end of a tube. Unlike a recorder or tin whistle, there isn't a ducted flue voicing, mistakenly called a fipple by some. Most rim-blown flutes are "oblique"...
revived and replicated today from findings at a massive cave in Prayer Rock Valley in
ArizonaThe State of Arizona is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. The capital and largest city is Phoenix. The second largest city is Tucson, followed in size by the four Phoenix metropolitan area cities of Mesa, Glendale, Chandler, and Scottsdale.Arizona was the 48th and...
, USA by an archaeological expedition led by DeArmond D, Lopez in 1931. The Lopez team excavated 15 caves and the largest amongst these had 16 dwellings and many artifacts including several wooden flutes. The Lopez team named the cave Broken Flute Cave.
The flutes found in the cave was dated between 620 and 670 A.D. They were all made of
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, have 6 finger holes and are end-blown. It is similar in many respects to a Hopi flute, which is nearly identical and has only five finger holes.
The Anasazi flute has in recent years been reproduced and restored to the catalog of World flutes. While difficult to play in many respects, it has a rich, warm voice that spans a little over one and a half octaves.