Nose flute
Musical instrument played with air from the nose / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The nose flute is a musical instrument often played in Polynesia and the Pacific Rim countries. Other versions are found in Africa.
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Classification | Woodwind |
Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 421.111.12 (The player creates a ribbon-shaped stream of air (in this case with nose) through a tube with fingerholes.) |
Developed | Unknown where flutes developed; Asia and Europe have bone flutes thousands of years old. Nose flutes spread in Polynesian and Pacific Rim countries and Africa. |
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For the instrument played using the nose and mouth cavity, see nose whistle.