Flute

Woodwinds

Treble Clef

1830s

• The flute is one of the oldest instruments. Early flutes were made out of animal bones.
• To play the flute, musicians hold it flat and blow their breath over the edge of the hole in the flute’s headjoint.
• The flute is one of the highest pitched instruments in the orchestra!
• Other common instruments in the flute family include the piccolo (smaller) and alto flute (larger).

‘Entr’acte’ from Bizet’s Carmen, Ravel’s Bolero