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Flutes have been discovered in historical records and artworks starting in the Zhou dynasty. Historians have found the bamboo flute has a long history as well, especially in China and India.
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The Americas also had an ancient flute culture, with instruments found in Caral, Peru, dating back 5000 years and in Labrador dating back approximately 7500 years. In China, a playable bone flute was discovered, dated approximately 9000 years old. While the oldest flutes currently known were found in Europe, Asia, too, has a long history with the instrument that has continued into the present day. These flutes demonstrate that a developed musical tradition existed from the earliest period of modern human presence in Europe. A number of flutes dating to about 43,000 to 35,000 years ago have been found in the Swabian Jura region of present-day Germany. A musician who plays the flute is called a flautist or flutist.įlutes are the earliest known identifiable musical instruments, as paleolithic examples with hand-bored holes have been found.
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According to the instrument classification of Hornbostel–Sachs, flutes are categorized as edge-blown aerophones. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening. The flute is a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group.