nose flute
Breath-powered Polynesian instrument
A nose flute is a musical instrument played by blowing air from the nostrils rather than the mouth.
Found in various Pacific Island and Southeast Asian cultures, it produces a soft, breathy tone.
The player typically blocks one nostril and directs air from the other into the instrument's opening: She demonstrated the nose flute at the cultural festival.
Tall woody grass
- fippleWindway plug in flutes
- recorderEnd-blown wooden flute
- whistleShrill air-blown sounder
- ocarinaSmall clay wind instrument
panpipes · handmade · craftsmanship · wooden · gourd · carved · membrane · vibration
Pacific island state
- PolynesiaEastern Oceania's island groups
- PhilippinesSoutheast Asian archipelago nation
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- tribalOf a clan
ceremony · ritual · tradition · heritage · folklore · aboriginal · Maori · hula
Musical sequence of notes
- lullabySoothing song for babies
- folk songTraditional community music
- serenadeOutdoor romantic performance
- chantRepetitive rhythmic phrase
motif · improvisation · ornamentation · trill · glissando · pentatonic · scale · phrase
Draw air in
- exhaleExpel breath outward
- breath controlManaging exhalation deliberately
- airflowMovement of atmosphere
- hummingContinuous low-pitched sound
embouchure · sniff · circular breathing · air pressure · diaphragm · pranayama · blowing · voicing
bamboo
Tall woody grass
ocarina · panpipes · handmade · craftsmanship · wooden · gourd · carved · membrane · vibration · resonance
Hawaii
Pacific island state
- PolynesiaEastern Oceania's island groups
- PhilippinesSoutheast Asian archipelago nation
- indigenousOriginating in a region
tribal · ceremony · ritual · tradition · heritage · folklore · aboriginal · Maori · hula · Southeast Asia
tune
Musical sequence of notes
- lullabySoothing song for babies
- folk songTraditional community music
- serenadeOutdoor romantic performance
chant · motif · improvisation · ornamentation · trill · glissando · pentatonic · scale · phrase · refrain
inhale
Draw air in
- exhaleExpel breath outward
- breath controlManaging exhalation deliberately
- airflowMovement of atmosphere
humming · embouchure · sniff · circular breathing · air pressure · diaphragm · pranayama · blowing · voicing · fingering
- HawaiiHawaii, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Maui, Waikiki Beach
- flutespiccolo, recorder, fife, tin whistle, penny whistle
- wind instrumentsclarinet, oboe, trumpet, bassoon, saxophone
- small instrumentsukulele, harmonica, kazoo, ocarina, recorder
- folk instrumentsbanjo, bodhrán, mandolin, harmonica, fiddle
- Hawaiian musichula, ukulele, slack-key, falsetto, steel guitar
nose fluteconcert flute
Standard orchestral transverse flute
recorder · tin whistle · penny whistle · piccolo · fife
nose, flute, nostril, flutes, nosed, fluted, nasal, nosebleed, fluting