Flute known as fipple flutes. 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. Another division is between side-blown (or transverse) flutes, such as the Western concert flute, piccolo, fife, dizi and bansuri; and end-blown flutes, such as the ney, xiao, kaval, danso, shakuhachi, Anasazi flute and quena. The player of a side-blown flute uses a hole on the side of the tube to produce a tone, instead of blowing on an end of the tube. End-blown flutes should
Bass flute Dutch flute maker Eva Kingma has created a vertical design for the bass flute which allows the weight of the instrument to be supported by the floor. Many composers are beginning to write more pieces for the bass flute. These include Katherine Hoover's "Two for Two", Bill Douglas's "Karuna", Sophie Lacaze's "Archelogos II", Mike Mower's "Obstinato" and "Scareso", Gary Schocker's "A Small Sonata for a Large Flute", Lorenzo Ferrero's "Ellipse" and "Shadow Lines", Sonny Burnett's "Stone Suite", Catherine McMichael's "Baikal Journey" and Ennio Morricone's "Secrets of the Sahara". Other important works include Tristan Murail's "Ethers" for solo bass flute and