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Nose flute

A melody by Susato, played on a plastic nose whistle.
A public domain recording.
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Nose flute
Fijian girl playing nose flute.
Woodwind instrument
Classification Woodwind
Hornbostel–Sachs classification421.111.12
(The player creates a ribbon-shaped stream of air (in this case with nose) through a tube with fingerholes.)
DevelopedUnknown where flutes developed; Asia and Europe have bone flutes thousands of years old. Nose flutes spread in Polynesian and Pacific Rim countries and Africa.
For the instrument played using the nose and mouth cavity, see nose whistle.
Fijian nose flute from 1838, MHNT collection

The nose flute is a musical instrument often played in Polynesia and the Pacific Rim countries. Other versions are found in Africa.

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