Instruments names

• bamboo chamber flute • bamboo flutes • bansuri • basin drum • bilma clapsticks • bolivian wood flute
• bolon • border pipes • bulbultarang • cajon • chromatic harmonica • circle flute • clarinet • classical flute
• congas • curved soprano sax • daf • darbuka • didgeridoo • djembe • duduk from armenia
• indian double chamber flute • kaen • kalimba mbira • kaval • kora • launeddas • melodica • mezoued
• ocarina • organpipes • overtone flute • panflute • recorder • santoor • saw.u • scottish tin whistles
• straight soprano sax • suling indonesian flutes • talking drum • tambourine • tenor saxophone
• udu drum • zither

Panflute (Greece)

The pan flute (also known as panpipes, syrinx, or quills) is an ancient musical instrument based on the principle of the stopped pipe, consisting usually of ten or more pipes of gradually increasing length (and, at times, girth). The syrinx (Greek) has long been popular as a folk instrument, and is considered the ancestor of both the pipe organ and the harmonica or mouth organ. The pan flute is named for its association with the rustic Greek god Pan. The pan flute is played by blowing horizontally across the open end against the sharp inner edge of the pipes. This creates the regular series of pulses which generate the sound waves within the tubes. Each pipe is tuned to a note, called the fundamental. By overblowing that is, increasing the pressure of breath and tension of lips, harmonics (notes whose frequencies are multiples of the fundamental) may also be produced. The Romanian panflute has the pipes arranged in a curved array, enabling the player to easily reach all the notes by simply swiveling their head. These instruments can also play all the sharps and flats, with a special technique of both tilting the pipes and jaw movement. An advanced player can play any scale and in any key. There are two styles of vibrato possible, hand vibrato and breath vibrato. In hand vibrato, the player applies a gentle motion to one end of the panflute (usually the high end) in much the same way as a violinist would wiggle their finger stopping the string to produce vibrato. Breath (or diaphragm) vibrato is the same technique used by players of the flute and other woodwinds.

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