[1] While the oldest flutes currently known were found in Europe, Asia too has a long history with the instrument that has continued into the present day.
"[5] The cross flute (Sanscrit: vāṃśī) was "the outstanding wind instrument of ancient India," according to Curt Sachs.
"[6] The Indian bamboo cross flute, Bansuri, was sacred to Krishna, and he is depicted in Hindu art with the instrument.
[6] In India, the cross flute appeared in reliefs from the 1st century a.d. at Sanchi and Amaravati from the 2nd-4th centuries a.d.[6][7] In the modern age, bamboo flutes are common in places with ready access to bamboo, including Asia, South and Southeast Asia, South America, and Africa.
Bamboo is a grass, and some "cane" or "reed" flutes may get listed here, as long as the plant is being used for a tube that is blown into or across to create noise.
Blowing tip of Quena flute, South America
A group of bansuri flutes, grouped low pitched to high pitched.
Musician playing a large bansuri; the larger instrument is lower toned than a smaller bansuri.
Public performance by Newar musicians with flutes,
Lalitpur
.
Group of dizi flutes in different sizes and pitches.
Top a
daegeum
, in the middle a junggeum, to the right a
piri
.
Komabue in the Metropolitan Museum of Arts
A
koudi
. The large hole in the middle is the blowing hole, and the three smaller holes on the top are finger holes. The two open ends of the tube are also used, played with the thumbs.
