History Of The Flute

The flute was one of the oldest insturments to be used.The oldest flute known to man is the Japenese flute. The Japenese flute that was found is thousands of years old. The flutes were used for magical rituals and hunting. These flutes were made out of bamboo and wood. With the Japenese flutes you could play it left to right or down like a recorder. In the Middle Ages, hunters, musicians, shepards, and soldiers played the flute. Until 1670, the flute was made with metal, was made in three peices, and had its first key. The Key was for the ''' D sharp key (right hand, pinky). That flutes is called the  baroque flute '''. Around 1775, four more keys were added to the flute, d sharp  (already existed),  b flat key, g sharp key and the f key .

Finally, later on, Charles Nicholson (1795-1837) introduced larger holes for the fingers and a larger hole for the mouth piece in order to get a better sound. When a famouse flute maker,  Theobald Boehm (1794-1881), heard Charles play the flute in a concert, he was amazed and he started developing the flute more. Once he developed the flute, he called this new flute ''' Ringklappenflöte. ''' Thanks to history, we now have a wonderful instrument and wonderful music. That is the history of the flute.