End-blown flute

End-blown flute flute in which the player's breath is directed against the sharp edge of the open upper end. End-blown flutes may be open or stopped, with or without fingerholes. Our earliest record of such a flute is on a prehistoric slate of the fourth millennium B.C. from Hieraconpolis. In historic times we encounter it in Sumer ca. 2600 B.C. as a shepherd's instr. Also called rim-blown flute. Cf. notched flute, vertical flute (100, 170). Sort by:DefaultAuthorTitleDateAscendingDescending…