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Examples of fipple
fipple
This family includes fipple-based devices such as whistles and the musical recorder family.
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In non-fipple flutes, the air stream is shaped and directed by the player's lips, called the embouchure.
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These are known as fipple flutes.
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Flue pipes produce sound by forcing air through a fipple, like that of a recorder, whereas reed pipes produce sound via a beating reed, like that of a clarinet or saxophone.
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The fipple gives the instrument a distinct timbre which is different from non-fipple flutes and makes the instrument easier to play, but takes a degree of control away from the musician.
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End-blown flutes should not be confused with fipple flutes such as the recorder, which are also played vertically but have an internal duct to direct the air flow across the edge of the tone hole.
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- A wooden plug forming a flue pipe (as the mouthpiece of a recorder)
- Fipple Flute or Tubular Ducted Flute mouthpieces are commonly found on end-blown woodwind instruments such as the tin whistle and the recorder. Such instruments, also known as duct flutes, use a narrow windway and a blade-like edge to channel and vibrate air blown into them.
- A word meaning the sharp edge of the lip (of a flute or recorder).
- The mouthpiece of a whistle. The slot cut in it produces the sound. Sometimes the term refers only to the slot itself.
