Double flute (disambiguation)
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A double flute is a wind instrument
with two resonant pipes or tubes played simultaneously. Some forms of double flute
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Wind instrument
A wind instrument is a musical instrument that contains some type of resonator , in which a column of air is set into vibration by the player blowing into a mouthpiece set at the end of the resonator. The pitch of the vibration is determined by the length of the tube and by manual modifications of...
with two resonant pipes or tubes played simultaneously. Some forms of double flute
Flute
The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
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