fipple flute

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noun Music.

a recorder or other flutelike instrument equipped with a fipple.

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Origin of fipple flute

First recorded in 1910–15

Words nearby fipple flute

fiord, fiorin, fioritura, fippenny bit, fipple, fipple flute, fiqh, fir, Firbank, Firbolg, Firdausi

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How to use fipple flute in a sentence

If you drink from a flute, do so from a tulip-shape one to concentrate the notes, Simonetti-Bryan says.
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By the time of the recording session, Brian had become quite agile with the flute and suggested adding it to the song.
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Dodge was on his way to study the flute in Paris, but he decided to buy the bike, anyway.
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Despite the sheer hilarity of the music itself, Detweiler claims that the flute drops are not an intentional joke.
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At age 5, Desplat began to play the piano; his attention eventually turned to flute.
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The flute and the psaltery make a sweet melody, but a pleasant tongue is above them both.
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The flute, a component part of the organ, is one of the most ancient of musical instruments.
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By blowing across this ring a fair but somewhat feeble Flute tone is produced.
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The most admirable instruments of this characteristic have been variously compared to a flute or to the female voice.
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We have worked this out for all classes of tone—string, flute and diapason—and the law holds good in every instance.
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British Dictionary definitions for fipple flute

fipple flute

noun

an end-blown flute provided with a fipple, such as the recorder or flageolet

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