Western concert flute cases C). Modern flutes may have a longer foot joint, a "B-foot", with an extra key to reach B. From high to low, the members of the concert flute family include: Each of the above instruments has its own range. The piccolo reads music in C (like the standard flute), but sounds one octave higher. The alto flute is in the key of G, and the low register extends to the G below middle C; its highest note is a high G (4 ledger lines above the treble staff). The bass flute is an octave lower than the concert flute,
Jazz flute Farrell, Herbie Mann, Yusef Lateef, Dave Valentin, Jerome Richardson, Roland Kirk, Frank Wess, Hubert Laws, James Newton, Moe Koffman, Paul Horn, Brian Landrus, Nestor Torres, Lew Tabackin, and Jeremy Steig. Jazz flute Jazz flute is the use of the flute in jazz music. While flutes were sometimes played in ragtime and early jazz ensembles, the flute became established as a jazz instrument in the 1950s. It is now widely used in ensembles and by soloists. The modern Boehm system transverse concert flute is commonly used in jazz playing; other members of the same family are used, such as the alto