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,
Members of the western concert flute family to be quiet, the double contrabass flute has a surprisingly powerful tone, though it benefits from amplification in ensembles. The hyperbass flute is the largest and lowest instrument in the flute family. It is pitched in C, four octaves below the concert flute (and three octaves below the bass flute, two octaves below the contrabass flute, and one octave below the double contrabass flute). It is made of PVC and wood, its tubing is over in length and its lowest note is C (16 Hz), below what is generally considered the range of human hearing. The only known example of