Flute
The Flute
"A[n] instrument made of metal or wood consisting of a long tube held sideways, having a hole near one end for the player to produce the sound, as well as a number of toneholes to control the pitch. The end-blown flute (sometimes called a rim-flute) normally has the rim chamfered externally to produce a better edge and thus aid production of the sound.
Generically, a flute is any instrument having an air column confined in a hollow body – whether tubular or vessel – and activated by a stream of air striking against the edge of an opening, producing what acousticians call an ‘edge tone’; flutes are therefore often called edge-tone instruments. The pitch produced is determined mainly by the length of the tube or the volume of the vessel, although other factors such as the shape and diameter of the air body and the area of any open holes (including the embouchure hole) are also influential."
Quote source: "Flute" in The Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd edition, ed. by Charles Hiroshi Garrett [online]. Accessed 04/14/2017.
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Online Sources
- American Women Composers: selected published works for flute and piano and for unaccompanied flute composed between 1930 and 2008 by Alicia Joyelle KosackDissertation: Doctor of Musical Arts, 2010, University of Maryland, College Park
Books
Mel Bay presents solos for flute : African-American & Jamaican melodies by Publication Date: 2008
The story of the flute, being a history of the flute and everything connected with it by Publication Date: 1929 2nd ed.- Unaccompanied flute works by twentieth-century Black American composers : discussion and analysis of selected works by Publication Date: 2002Dissertation: Ph. D.; University of Memphis; 2002
African American Women Flutists
- Adele Stephanie SebastianSource: Black Women in American Bands and Orchestras by D. A. Handy.
- Dorothy Anita TaylorSource: Black Women in American Bands and Orchestras by D. A. Handy.
- Karen Anduze AtkinsonSource: Black Women in American Bands and Orchestras by D. A. Handy.
- Portia SmithSource: Black Women in American Bands and Orchestras by D. A. Handy.