PAN FLUTE

Updated 04-May-2020.

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Pan Flute: The pan flute or panpipes (syrinx) was a musical wind instrument first used by the ancient Greeks. Most commonly played by shepherds, the earliest use was in the Cycladic islands in the third millennium…

My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: pan flute (also known as panpipes or syrinx) is a musical instrument based on the principle of the closed tube . the pipes are typically made from bamboo, giant cane, or local re ancient Greeks called this instrument Syrinx, in honour of the Muse, and Pandean, or Pan-pipes and Pan-flute, after Pan . the Romans adopted the Syrix from the contemporary makers of curved Romanian-style panpipes use wax (commonly beeswax) to tune new instruments . special tools are used to place or remove the wax . sound is produced by the vibration an overblown harmonic register is near a 12th above the fundamental in cylindrical tubes . according to the Fundamental Principle for pan flutes, the frequency and the length of the tube are inversely proportional . every time the pitch the formula for calculating the length of a pan flute pipe is L = (c / f) / 4 . the extra length is helpful for a maker, who can use a cork or plug at the a tube that has a diameter 1/10 of its length yields a typical tone colour . an inner diameter range between 1/7 and 1/14 of the length L is acceptable . a narrow tube will sound “re the Romanian pan flute has the pipes arranged in a curved array, solidly glued together . the player can easily reach all the notes by simply swiveling the head, or by moving the instrument with the a very advanced player can play any scale and in any key . there are two styles of vibrato possible . hand vibratto is shifted up and down, like a vocal vibrationato . thousands of devoted players across Europe, Asia and the Americas . in laos and Thailand, there is a cylindrical version called the wot . the player alters notes by rotating the instrument with the hands . firlinfeu is a popular folk instrument in Brianza, the province of Monza . nai is also the Romanian word for the middle eastern reed flute ney Siku (instrument more recently, Dom Flemons has revived the playing of the quills . he says he’s re-imagined the instrument with a new sound . Encyclopdia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. “Syrinx” .