flute

musical instrument of the woodwind family
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flute

Summary

flute is a type of musical instrument[1]. flute ranks in the top 6% of type_of_musical_instrument entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (957 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • flute's instance of is recorded as type of musical instrument[3].
  • flute is a type of wind instrument[4].
  • flute is a type of woodwind instrument[5].
  • flute's Commons category is recorded as Flutes[6].
  • flute's Unicode character is recorded as 🪈[7].
  • flute's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Flutes[8].
  • flute's described at URL is recorded as http://www.mimo-db.eu/HornbostelAndSachs/247[9].
  • flute's earliest date is recorded as -35000-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • flute's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary[11].
  • flute's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • flute's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • flute's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[14].
  • flute's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[15].
  • flute's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[16].
  • flute's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17].
  • flute's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[18].
  • flute's used by is recorded as flautist[19].
  • flute's Hornbostel-Sachs classification is recorded as 421[20].
  • flute's has list is recorded as list of musical instruments by Hornbostel–Sachs number: 421[21].
  • flute's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[22].
  • flute's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23].

Body

Definition and Type

flute's instance of is recorded as type of musical instrument[3]. Recorded subclass of include wind instrument[4] and woodwind instrument[5].

Use and Application

flute's used by is recorded as flautist[19].

Why It Matters

flute ranks in the top 6% of type_of_musical_instrument entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (957 views/month).[2] flute has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] flute is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification of Musical Instruments by the MIMO Consortium. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification of Musical Instruments by the MIMO Consortium. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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