Black cattle-herders had long played a three-holed reed flute, adopting a six-holed flute when they moved to the cities.

The pipe was a simple three-holed flute that could be played with one hand ; the tabor is more commonly known today as a snare drum.

A three-holed pipe was in use in Mongolia in the 18th century and was believed to possess the magical properties of bringing Lamb ’ s bones back to life.

Traditional instruments from the area include the tambour de Béarn, a six-string drum used as a rhythm drone instrument to accompany the three-holed recorder.

The three-holed blocks were called deadeyes because the position of the three holes resemble the eye and nose sockets of a sheep's skull.

He initially studied the piano, flute and piccolo but ultimately settled on the cello, beginning studies on that instrument with Bernhard Cossmann from age 15 to age 18.

First performance on 18 June 1988 in the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall of Moscow by the Moscow Chamber Chorus and the State Academic Chorus of the USSR, Vladimir Minin ( cond ), Alexander Golyshev ( flute ).

18, suite for flute, optional soprano and orchestra ( 1928 )

Root left his farming community for Boston at 18, flute in hand, intending to join an orchestra.

At their peak in the mid 1980s, there were 18 flute bands in the Band Alliance.

He adjusted the hat, lifted the horn to his lips as though it were a flute, and fell in alongside our fingerprint expert to cavort with him.

This music is characterized by a large technical research and focuses mainly on twelve long Noubate " series ", its main instruments are the mandolin, violin, lute, guitar, zither, flute and piano.

It is based on of long kacida ( poems ) single rhyme and the monotonous sound of the flute.

Marsyas could not do this, as he only knew how to use the flute and could not sing at the same time.

Marsyas could not do this with his instrument ( the flute ), and so Apollo hung him from a tree and flayed him alive.

* 1930 – Herbie Mann, American flute player ( d. 2003 )

* Concerto for alphorn No. 2 ( with flute, string orchestra & percussion ) ( 1983 ) by Daetwyler

Concertos for flute.

The song was first copyrighted in 1835 by the Boston-based music publisher Charles Bradlee, and given the title " The A. B. C., a German air with variations for the flute with an easy accompaniment for the piano forte ".

Cady Coleman plays a flute inside the International Space Station.

Coleman is a flute player and has taken several flutes with her to the ISS, including a pennywhistle from Paddy Moloney of The Chieftains, an old Irish flute from Matt Molloy of The Chieftains, and a flute from Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull.

Much of the musical repertoire written for harpsichord and organ from the period circa 1400 – 1800 can be played on the clavichord ; however, it does not have enough ( unamplified ) volume to participate in chamber music, with the possible exception of providing accompaniment to a soft baroque flute, recorder, or single singer.

Orchestral instruments such as the flute are often used for solo melodies, and lead guitar is less frequently in disco than in rock.

Members of TaikOz have composed new pieces which are based upon study and performance of drum and flute music from Japan, and the interpretation of music of contemporary Japanese composers such as Maki Ishii and Eitetsu Hayashi.

Other examples of chamber works that use the double bass in mixed ensembles include Serge Prokofiev's Quintet in G minor, Op. 39 for oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, and double bass ; Erwin Schulhoff's Concertino for flute / piccolo, viola, and double bass ; Fred Lerdahl's Waltzes for violin, viola, cello, and double bass ; Mohammed Fairouz's Litany for double bass and wind quartet ; Mario Davidovsky's Festino for guitar, viola, cello, and double bass ; and Iannis Xenakis's Morsima-Amorsima for piano, violin, cello, and double bass.

The album featured fine New York session musicians, including Ralph McDonald on percussion, Hugh McKracken on guitar and a guest appearance by Yusef Lateef on flute.

He composed several elegies celebrating his love for the flute girl Nanno, and though fragmentary today his poetry was clearly influential in the later Roman development of the form.

Igor Stravinsky composed in 1958 Epitaphium for flute, clarinet and harp.

Jeffrey Lewis composed Epitaphium — Children of the Sun for narrator, chamber choir, piano, flute, clarinet and percussion.

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.

* Naveen Kumar: bamboo flute ( 7 )

At age 7, Bill began violin lessons, and soon also flute and piccolo.

From October 5 – 7, 2006, the Ressikan flute was one of the items up for bid at the Christie's official studio auction of Star Trek memorabilia.

* Ian Anderson – vocals, flute, keyboards, Synclavier, mandolin, acoustic guitar, drums on tracks 2 & 7

* Bansuri: The bansuri from the Hindustani music tradition is a 7 / 8 holed flute.

( in addition to the pieces already mentioned ): Piccolo Concerto, for 12 wind instruments, timpani, percussion and piano, orchestral works such as Musica Sinfonica, Bafadis, and Trittico, 8 symphonies ( No. 1: The River — May 1940, for soprano, chorus and orchestra, No. 2: Sinfonia giocosa, No. 3: Facets, No. 7: Sinfonia concertante, for 11 wind instruments ); concertos for flute, harp, percussion, piano, trumpet, violin, 2 oboes, 2 soprano-saxophones, 3 trombones ( Piccola musica concertata ), 2 string orchestras, electronic organ and for violin, viola and double-bass ; 3 oratorios ( inter al., Anthropolis ) and many other choral pieces ( inter al.

Napoleon Murphy Brock ( June 7, 1945 ) is an American singer, saxophonist and flute player who is best known for his work with Frank Zappa in the 1970s, including the albums One Size Fits All, Roxy and Elsewhere, and Bongo Fury.

Slonimsky required that the piece be re-scored for: 1 flute, 1 oboe, 1 English horn, 1 clarinet, 1 bassoon, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 1 trombone, 1 percussionist, 1 piano, 7 violins, 2 violas, 2 celli and 1 bass – a much smaller orchestra than the original.

* Jeff Coffin – clarinet ( track 11 ), alto flute ( tracks 7, 9, 14, 16 ), alto ( track 1 ), soprano ( 4, 5, 12, 14, 15 ), tenor saxophones ( tracks 2-4, 6, 7, 9, 12 ), tenor wah-wah saxophone ( track 13 ), double saxophone ( track 6 )

* Shostakovich: Symphonies No. 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 ( piccolo ), Festive Overture ( piccolo and flute )