534a2: Side-blown flute

The side-blown flute has the mouth-hole bored into the side. It is often called a "transverse" flute because it is held to the right or left of the player. This flute is often made of wood or bamboo. A fife is a small side-blown flute.

• Ocm module: Side-b lown flute
• In ocm module: Aerophones
• In ocm module: Musical instruments
• In modular book: Expanded ethnomusicology categories for the Outline of Cultural Materials, by Kenneth R. Hollingsworth
• In bookshelf: Anthropology

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