Five-key flute Five-key flute The five-key flute is a musical instrument once common in school marching bands, and composed of wood with metal keys. It is a transposing instrument, most commonly in Bb, this variant being known as the Bb flute and sounding one tone below the orchestral piccolo. The next most common variant is the Eb flute, sounding a fifth below the Bb flute and used as its bass instrument in band harmonies. It is now often found in British military corps of drums, often playing various regimental marches. As the name suggests, the five-key flute most commonly has five keys,
Xun (instrument) this sense, xun represents also the idea of harmony, which is one of the main parts of traditional Chinese values. The Erya (尔雅): "A large xun is like a goose egg, with a flattened bottom and six holes; a small one is like a chicken egg" Shijing (诗经): "The elder brother plays xun, the younger brother plays chi [transverse flute]" The Korean equivalent is the "hun" (hangul: 훈; hanja: 塤). In Japan, the same type of instrument is called "tsuchibue" (hiragana: つちぶえ ; kanji: 土笛, lit. "earthen flute"). In Assam, it is known as Xutuli. Xun (instrument) The xun (;