Ian Anderson

The flute was an alternative to being a small fish in an increasingly bigger pool filled with a number of great guitar players.

British Musician

Henry Mancini

I used to raise the devil when my father made me practice the flute and my mother made me take piano lessons.

American Composer

Andrea Bocelli

It's very important for me to try to relax when I'm travelling, and playing my flute helps me to unwind.

Italian Musician

Paul Horn

Basically, I like to pick up my flute, which is a pretty instrument, and play pretty on it.

American Musician

KT Tunstall

I can play piano, classical flute, guitar, bass and I'm OK on drums.

Scottish Musician

Howard Shore

The sarangi, the ney flute are pretty ancient instruments.

Canadian Composer

Vatsal Sheth

I took up a few sessions online to learn to play flute.

Indian Actor

Julie Payette

I am classically trained in piano, flute, and voice.

Canadian Politician

James Galway

Everyone who plays the flute should learn singing.

Irish Musician

Kiiara

The flute is commonly found in orchestras, often playing higher-pitched melodies.

Orchestral Role

Flutes vary globally, with different types like the bansuri in India or the shakuhachi in Japan.

Cultural Variants

Groups of flutes, called flute choirs or ensembles, perform pieces written for different flute types.

Flute Ensembles

In carpentry, flutes add a decorative touch to pieces while also reducing weight.

Decorative Element

Fluted columns often signify classical architecture and enhance structural elegance.

Structural Aesthetics

In baking, fluting refers to creating a decorative edge on pastries, especially pie crusts.

Baking Technique

Fluting in craftwork can add texture and detail to projects, such as in pottery or metalwork.

Crafting Skill

Flute glasses are associated with elegance and are often used for toasts at special events.

Elegant Drinkware

Champagne flutes are designed to retain carbonation and enhance the beverage's aroma.

Design Features

As a verb, 'flute' may imply performing solo or with an ensemble in a musical context.

Performing Verb

 bronze age china and one of the most important finds was that in that great hall where he would have in life entertained guests and held court was a full bronze age orchestra it had flutes it had drums it had zithers which is kind of like a string

The Ancient Orchestra PIPE...

 having all these troubles just to be given an opportunity to an event and to show it to the world that was the best opportunity we could have been ever again from music to science from a flute for an afterburner chamber from girls

Turning chicken feathers...

 And often it does something more. It treats these maternal contributions as information, as what I like to call biological postcards from the world outside. So what a fetus is learning about in utero is not Mozart's "Magic Flute"

Annie Murphy Paul: What...

 what really made the modern computer possible? Yes, the military involvement is an important part of the story, but inventing a computer also required other building music boxes, toy robot flute players, harpsichord keyboards,

The playful wonderland...

 And to help him on his journey, she gives him the titular magic flute. Tamino eventually finds Pamina at Sarastro's temple, but behind enemy lines, Tamino and Pamina learn that they're on the wrong side.

The secrets of Mozart’s...

 Aristotle had a different reason for saying the best flutes should go to the best flute players he said that's what flutes are for to be played well he says that to reason about just distribution

The lost art of...

 You can see the mayhem continues, and there's, you know, there were no clarinets and trumpets and flutes and violins. Here's a piece that has an even more unusual, more peculiar instrumentation.

The mad scientist of...

 And he cues in a flute player like this. The guy has no idea what to do. "Maestro, with all due respect, when should I start?" What do you think Karajan's reply was? When should I start?

Itay Talgam: Lead like...

 He said, that's what flutes are for -- to be played well. He says that to reason about just distribution of a thing, we have to reason about,

Michael Sandel: The lost...

 let's make flutes no more flirting today alright