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PRONUNCIATION OF TRANSVERSE FLUTE

transverse flute play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TRANSVERSE FLUTE

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Transverse flute is a noun.
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WHAT DOES TRANSVERSE FLUTE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

transverse flute

Transverse flute

A transverse flute or side-blown flute is a flute which is held horizontally when played. The player blows across the embouchure hole, in a direction perpendicular to the flute's body length. Transverse flutes include the Western classical flutes, the Indian classical flutes, the Chinese dizi, the Western fife, and a number of Japanese fue.

Definition of transverse flute in the English dictionary

The definition of transverse flute in the dictionary is the normal orchestral flute, as opposed to the recorder.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TRANSVERSE FLUTE

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WORDS THAT END LIKE TRANSVERSE FLUTE

absolute
bass flute
champagne flute
dilute
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English flute
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involute
irresolute
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Synonyms and antonyms of transverse flute in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «transverse flute» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TRANSVERSE FLUTE

Find out the translation of transverse flute to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of transverse flute from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «transverse flute» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

横笛
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

flauta travesera
570 millions of speakers

English

transverse flute
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अनुप्रस्थ बांसुरी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الفلوت العرضي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

поперечная флейта
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

flauta transversal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রান্তিক বাঁশি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

flûte traversière
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Seruling melintang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Querflöte
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

横笛
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

가로 피리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Seruling suling
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sáo ngang
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குறுக்கீடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आडवा बासरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Enine flüt
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

flauto traverso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

flet poprzeczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

поперечна флейта
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

flaut transversal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εγκάρσιο φλάουτο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dwarsfluit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tvärflöjt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tverrfløyte
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of transverse flute

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TRANSVERSE FLUTE»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TRANSVERSE FLUTE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about transverse flute

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TRANSVERSE FLUTE»

Discover the use of transverse flute in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to transverse flute and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
On Playing the Flute
At present, however, none approaches the regular transverse flute in trueness and beauty of tone. But if anyone wishes to practise upon one of these uncommon flutes, he has only to imagine a different clef for the notes; he then can manage ...
Johann Joachim Quantz, 2011
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The Flute Book: A Complete Guide for Students and Performers
Flute versus Recorder Implicit in the escalating prominence of the transverse flute at the beginning of the eighteenth century was its eventual displacement of the recorder. At first, the newly redesigned transverse flute coexisted with its ...
Nancy Toff, 2012
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My Complete Story of the Flute: The Instrument, the ...
By the end of the 17th century, the recorder was called flute, later the common flute; in France it was known as flute-douce or flute-a-bec to distinguish it from the German or transverse flute. It was used frequently by Handel and Bach in their ...
Leonardo De Lorenzo, 1992
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The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians
Other classifications concern the ways in which flutes are held and blown and the geometry of the enclosed air column; e.g., *end-blown flute, *globular flute, *nose flute, *transverse flute. The modern orchestral flute is a transverse flute with ...
Don Michael Randel, 1999
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Method for the One-keyed Flute: Baroque and Classical
Nouvelle Methode pour apprendre en peu de terns a joiier de la flute traversiere [ A new method for learning to play the transverse flute in a short time] Second edition. Amsterdam: J. J. Hummel, 1759. 36p Nieuwe Manier was written at a time ...
Janice Dockendorff Boland, 1998
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The Harvard Dictionary of Music
This transverse flute has developed from a design introduced in 1847 by Theobald Boehm (1794-1881) and modified by French, English, and American makers since that time. Its tube is cylindrical, usually of metal (silver or alloy, or sometimes ...
Don Michael Randel, 2003
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Principles of the Flute, Recorder, and Oboe
NATURAL TONES All the natural tones are produced in the manner shown in Plate i of the treatise on the transverse flute and explained in Chapter Three of the same treatise, with the exception of both high and low C, which are produced  ...
Jacques Hotteterre, 1983
8
Performance Practice: A Dictionary-guide for Musicians
Flute [transverse flute] (l2th-20th c.). A side-blown wind instrument with cylindrical bore. In literary references the simple name "flute" (fluste, etc.) often designated an end-blown *recorder, and the qualification "German flute" (flute d'allenumde) ...
Roland John Jackson, 2005
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The Early Flute
The Early Flute is the first book in modern times to deal exclusively with the flutes used in the Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical eras. The book details the history of the transverse flute from 1500 until the early nineteenth century.
John Solum, 1995
10
Antonio Vivaldi: His Life and Work
It seems that before 1729-30 the composer had written solo Concertos only for the recorder and had used the transverse flute only in chamber concertos. In that case the solo concertos for transverse flute came after that date, when recorder ...
Walter Kolneder, 1970

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TRANSVERSE FLUTE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term transverse flute is used in the context of the following news items.
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Baroque music at Grey Towers
... gamba), David Ross (transverse flute), and Daniel Swenberg (theorbo) took the stage. The instruments are the precursors of modern day flute, cello, and lute. «The Pike County Courier, Jun 15»
2
JH ROMAN: The 12 Flute Sonatas – Dan Laurin, recorder/ Paradiso …
Though they seem to have been written for transverse flute, Dan Laurin, ... the recorder as it was more prevalent in the middle classes compared to the flute, and ... «Audiophile Audition, Jun 15»
3
Baroque trio to perform at Grey Towers
... da gamba, a predecessor of the cello, and David Ross on the transverse flute. ... The New York Times for the "limpid sweetness" of his Baroque flute playing, ... «The Pike County Courier, Jun 15»
4
Tacoma native Anna Marsh brings the rarely-heard Renaissance …
Primarily pieces from Italy and Spain written for a soprano instrument (often violin, here played on the Renaissance transverse flute) and basso continuo (here ... «TheNewsTribune.com, May 15»
5
Ax on Fire in Rockin' Church
If the part had been played on a fuller-bodied transverse flute, it might have carried with more equality; for some reason I kept summoning images of the owl and ... «The Boston Musical Intelligencer, Mar 15»
6
Tacoma gets musical feast with Salish Sea Early Music Festival
The flutist is festival founding director Jeffrey Cohan, and he's joined by two ... wind instruments like dulcian and transverse flute, with lute accompaniment; and ... «TheNewsTribune.com, Jan 15»
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Review: New Trinity Baroque goes old-school with early music for …
The musicians for the evening were Karolina Bäter on transverse flute and recorders (aka Blockflötes), Evan Few and Ute Marks on baroque violin, William ... «ArtsATL, Dec 14»
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A Bach Family Celebration @ Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London
Pinnock has recently recorded the flute concertos of CPE Bach with ... there was ample evidence for the belief that the transverse flute is one of the most difficult ... «musicOMH.com, Sep 14»
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Sampling of CPE Bach's music at Capitol Hill Chamber Music Festival
Cohan performed on an 18th-century transverse flute, and the chance to hear this music on an instrument from Bach's time in this intimate acoustic was ... «Washington Post, Jul 14»
10
Colorado museum toasts collectors — including Nintendo trove
Whether it's vintage postcards, baseball caps or vinyl records, antique flutes, ... Her favorite is a rosewood transverse flute, the predecessor to the modern flute. «Denver Post, Mar 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Transverse flute [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/transverse-flute>. Apr 2024 ».
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