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Flutes are musical instruments from which a note is produced by the player blowing against a hard edge at one end of a hollow tube. The term can be used in a general way for the whole family of instruments, such as panpipes, recorders and shakuhachis. However, the normal use of the word 'flute' in English is for the 'transverse flute', which is the type where the tube is held horizontally across the player's body. One end of the tube is closed while the other is open. Near the closed end is a 'mouth-hole' in the side of the flute. The player blows a stream
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