Members of the western concert flute family or private collections. This distinctive sounding instrument is rarely found at present. A few American publications for flute choir currently include a part for an E (soprano) flute, an instrument pitched a minor third higher than the standard C flute. In these publications, an alternative part is provided either for the C flute or for the piccolo. The standard concert flute is by far the most common member of the flute family. The flute is used in many ensembles including concert bands, orchestras, flute ensembles, occasionally jazz bands and big bands. The instrument is pitched in C and has a
Xindi (instrument) which complements the other orchestral instruments better. All these reasons contribute to why its use for solo performance is so restricted and rare. Xindi (instrument) The xindi (; literally "new flute") is a Chinese musical instrument. A 20th-century derivative of the ancient "dizi" (bamboo transverse flute), the "xindi" is western influenced, fully chromatic, and usually lacks the dizi's distinctive "di mo", or buzzing membrane. The xindi is also known as the 11-hole di (十一孔笛). Its design is western influenced and based on the principal of equal temperament. It first appeared in the early 1930s. It was designed and produced by