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bass flute

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bass flute

Flute in C with a range an octave lower than that of the ordinary instrument. The term is also sometimes mistakenly applied to the alto flute.


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Among the variety of flutes seasoning the sonorous Flute Salad III will be piccolos, alto flutes and bass flutes.
Recognizable as Masterpiece Theatre's theme music, Mouret's courtly work is arranged for six-part flute choir, including piccolo, alto and bass flute.
The bass flute has an especially prominent part, and the composer suggests that alto and bass players may exchange parts between movements to rest the arms and the embouchure.
 
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