soprano flute
The soprano flute (also called a third flute or tierce flute) is a type of flute, a musical instrument in the woodwind family. It is pitched in Eflat, a minor third above the concert flute, and is one of the few members of the modern flute family that is not pitched in C or G. The pitch was set at a time such flutes substituted for the E-flat clarinet. The instrument is now rare.
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soprano flute
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The soprano flute (also called a third flute or tierce flute) is a type of flute, a musical instrument in the woodwind family. It is pitched in Eflat, a minor third above the concert flute, and is one of the few members of the modern flute family that is not pitched in C or G. The pitch was set at a time such flutes substituted for the E-flat clarinet. The instrument is now rare.
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A few American publications for flute choir currently include a part for Eflat (soprano) flute. In these publications, an alternative part is provided either for the C flute or for the piccolo. Soprano flutes have also been made in F, sounding a perfect fourth higher than the concert flute.
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• Name — Soprano flute • Names — Third flute, tierce flute; fr: flûte à tierce; de: Terzflöte • Background — woodwind • Classification — Woodwind (Aerophone) • Hornbostel Sachs — 421.121.12 • Hornbostel Sachs Desc — open side-blown flute with fingerholes • Range — written range similar to the Western concert flute, but sounding a minor third higher • Related — Flute, alto flute, bass flute, piccolo
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- 1.Flute I. 3. ii. Third flute full citation needed. July 2020.
- 2.E-flat Soprano Flute. Bandestration.com.
- 3.Soprano Flute (in F). Kotato and Fukushima.
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