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On 2025-07-15 00:24:42 +0000, Hornplayer9599 said:
> On 7/14/2025 16:27, Your Name wrote:
>> On 2025-07-14 10:24:54 +0000, Daniel70 said:
>>> On 13/07/2025 7:34 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
>>>> Mickmane wrote:
>>> 
>>> <Snip>
>>> 
>>>>> Talking instruments (you say play, so I guess it's something
>>>>> like that) I didn't like the 2nd's (I think it was) flute much.
>>>> 
>>>> I think the British prefer the term Recorder.
>>> 
>>> I 'studied' the Recorder for a year or so, way back when. Primary 
>>> School, Grade two or thereabouts.
>>> 
>>> I figured it was a cheap version of a Flute ... if you were any good 
>>> with the Recorder, you would upgrade to a Flute.
>> 
>> They are two different instruments. The main difference is the way they 
>> are held and played.
>> 
>> A recorder is held perpendicular to the face, with the tip in your 
>> mouth, and blown into.
>> 
>> A flute is held horizontal to the face and blown across (although there 
>> are 'end-blown' flutes too). There is also the piccolo, which is 
>> basically a small flute.
> 
> And...there is also an alto flute, and a bass flute.

Yep. There are quite a number of different types of true flute ...
<https://theflutenerd.com/fafqs-how-many-types-of-flutes-are-there/>

Technically a recorder actually is another type of flute called an 
"internal duct flute" or a "fipple flute", but they are usually treated 
as separate woodwind families due to the difference in how they are 
held and played.

Another technical sub-family of the flute is the panpipes, also called 
panflute, but it is also treated as a separate instrument due to having 
multiple tubes and no finger holes, but played in the same blow-across 
method as a true flute.

Then there are the flutes you pour your champagne into. ;-)
You can actually use these as a musical instrument too by filling with 
different levels of liquid and then rubbing the rims with a wet finger 
to make the sound.