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fipple flute
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fipple flute

In music, a term describing a whistle, such as the baroque recorder, that has a plug or ‘fipple’ inserted in the mouthpiece to direct the flow of air precisely at the aerofoil.



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is a wind instrument consisting of a fipple like a recorder's and a tube with a piston in it.
EQUAL-OPPORTUNITY TONALITY by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)
is a pair of instruments, popular since Mediæval times and played by a single player, consisting of a specially designed fipple flute, the three-hole pipe, played with one hand, and a portable drum played with the other.
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Unlike a recorder or tin whistle, there is no fipple.
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