flautists

They play pipes

Flautists are people who play the flute.

The term is more common in British English, while Americans tend to say flutists.

Both refer to the same thing—musicians who play the woodwind instrument: The orchestra's principal flautist performed the solo.

technique

embouchure

Wind player's mouth position

vibrato · articulation · intonation · scales · arpeggios · trills · dynamics · legato · staccato · circular breathing

performance

soloists

Featured individual musicians

ensemble · chamber music · accompanist · repertoire · virtuoso · principal · section · philharmonic · concert hall · audition

instruments

piccolo

Small, high-pitched woodwind

  • headjointFlute's blow-hole component
  • keysLock-operating instruments
  • padsCushioned protective layers

mouthpiece · transverse · recorder · fife · ocarina

classical

Mozart

Eighteenth-century Austrian composer

  • BachGerman composer surname
  • DebussyFrench impressionist composer
  • VivaldiBaroque composer from Venice

Nielsen · Prokofiev · sonata · partita · conservatory · masterclass

tradition

folk music

Community-born acoustic songs

  • CelticOf Irish-Welsh descent
  • IrishOf the Emerald Isle
  • AndeanOf South America's mountains

Chinese · Japanese · indigenous · ceremonial · ritual · street musician · busking · traditional · world music · ethnic

Opposites
instrument family

flautiststrumpeters

Those who sound horns

trombonists · bassoonists · percussionists · drummers · cellists

Family

flautist

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