History of Flutes

Thousands of years ago, the oldest flutes were made. They were made out of bone. Later on, they were made out of wood or bamboo. In the 16th century, flutes were made in one piece, the flutes didn't have keys.

Around the 1670s the flute became popular. This instrument was made into three pieces and got its first key. There used to be many problems on the flute. These problems were caused by the holes and the different pitches. So, flutes after the 1720s were available in four pieces. This caused the flute to have the shorter pieces to have a higher pitch and the longer pieces a lower pitch.

There was only one key on the flute with complicated fingerings which is called fork fingerings, fork fingering tones do not sound so good. Since there was a cause of this humans added more keys and holes to get rid of this.