Nose flute (Fr.: flûte nasale; Ger.: Nasenflöte), flute blown with nasal rather than oral breath. Nose flutes are very often also played as mouth flutes; this is true of certain instrs. of Africa, America, India, Indonesia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, New Zealand. Any form of flute may be played as a nose flute: globular and tubular flutes, cross flutes, end-blown flutes, open and stopped flutes; their only common feature is their mode of playing. Nose flutes are distributed on all continents…