Contra-alto flute repertoire for bass flute and contrabass flute see: Peter van Munster, "Repertoire Catalogue for Piccolo, Alto Flute and Bass Flute", Roma: Riverberi Sonori, 2004. More and more flute ensemble repertoire is incorporating the contra-alto flute. Typically, it is doubled with the contrabass (and/or bass) flutes, however, in recent years, composers and arrangers such as Alexandra Molnar-Suhajda and Judy Nishimura have been pushing the boundaries of lowness by writing independent parts for the instrument. Contra-alto flute The contra alto flute is in the key of G (or sometimes F), pitched one octave below the alto flute - which is a fourth
Nose flute Nose flute The nose flute is a popular musical instrument played in Polynesia and the Pacific Rim countries. Other versions are found in Africa. In the North Pacific, in the Hawaiian islands the nose flute was a common courting instrument. In Hawaiian, it is variously called "hano", "nose flute", by the more specific term "ʻohe hano ihu", "bamboo flute [for] nose," or "ʻohe hanu ihu", "bamboo [for] nose breath". It is made from a single bamboo section. According to "Arts and Crafts of Hawai`i" by Te Rangi Hiroa, old flutes in the Bishop Museum collection have a hole at the