flutes

Reedless wind instruments

Flutes are woodwind instruments consisting of a tube with holes and keys, played by blowing across an opening near one end.

The transverse flute held horizontally is the orchestral standard, though recorders and pan pipes are also flutes.

The word extends to any long, narrow groove or channel, particularly the vertical channels carved into classical columns or the decorative ridges pressed into pie crusts and fabric.

Champagne flutes are tall, narrow glasses designed to preserve bubbles.

To flute is to play the instrument or to create such grooves.

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piccolo

Small, high-pitched woodwind

recorderEnd-blown wooden flute
fifeSmall shrill woodwind
pan pipesJoined tubes blown across

ocarina · woodwind · embouchure · keys · fingering · bore · headjoint · trill · vibrato · legato

grooves

channels

Paths for transmission

ridgesNarrow elevated formations
furrowsNarrow plowed channels
corrugationSeries of parallel ridges

columns · pilasters · architectural · decorative · vertical · parallel · Doric · Ionic · reeding · carved

glassware

champagne

Effervescent celebratory wine

sparkling wineCarbonated fermented grape beverage
stemwareFooted drinking glasses
tallOf considerable height

narrow · bubbles · effervescence · toast · celebration · crystal · barware · prosecco · mimosa · brunch

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channels

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