Musical Instrument Blog #1

The flute is played by blowing air from your mouth into the mouthpiece end of the flute. There are different types of blowing techniques. Most flutes are about 67 cm. There are over 6 types of flutes. The flute that I am going to model/made is "the concert flute." This flute is made of 3 parts, the headjoint, the body and the footjoint. To change the sound the the flute creates, you simply place a finger or fingers over a whole or wholes that are placed along the longer half of the flute. You can also change the sound by limiting the amount of air released from you mouth when blowing into the flute. The flute makes many different sounds, in many different pitches. When comparing the sound that the flute makes and sound waves, I imagine that the higher the wave, the higher the pitch and that if the pitch is low then the wave will be smaller.