"The body of a fife is usually made from a single piece of wood" - NOPE. Fifes can be comprised of 1, 2, 3 or even 4 segments. Why do you assert that fifes have :6 finger holes" when modern chromatic fifes have 10 or 11 finger holes? You even state such, directly contradicting yourself.... this could be corrected easily by including the caveat that "most antique / historical / field / simple fifes have 6 holes", instead of making a blanketed statement about all fifes, before immediately invalidating your previous statement....
The fife is not a "cone shaped instrument"...you may be referring to the dual conical bore, which does not determine the shape of the instrument... and there are fifes made with a cylindrical foot & truncated parabolic head, a design derived from the system created by Theobald Boehm. "Cone flutes" were extremely popular in the mid-1800s, and while most modern flutes utilize Boehm-style cylindrical bores, this is not a defining factor of a flute - and certainly is not a reliable way to differentiate between fifes and flutes; nor is size, since there are also bass fifes and piccolo flutes, invalidating the assertions you make regarding the size difference. Simply put: Fifes can have dual conical bores or cylindrical bores Flutes can have conical bores or cylindrical bores
There are many different flutes other than the Western concert/silver flute. They're not fifes or toys and have no keys, made from bamboo and other woods. The Indian bansuri, for instance, is a very difficult and ancient classical transverse flute. It is far more difficult to play than the Western flute.
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"The body of a fife is usually made from a single piece of wood" - NOPE. Fifes can be comprised of 1, 2, 3 or even 4 segments.
Why do you assert that fifes have :6 finger holes" when modern chromatic fifes have 10 or 11 finger holes?
You even state such, directly contradicting yourself.... this could be corrected easily by including the caveat that "most antique / historical / field / simple fifes have 6 holes", instead of making a blanketed statement about all fifes, before immediately invalidating your previous statement....
The fife is not a "cone shaped instrument"...you may be referring to the dual conical bore, which does not determine the shape of the instrument... and there are fifes made with a cylindrical foot & truncated parabolic head, a design derived from the system created by Theobald Boehm.
"Cone flutes" were extremely popular in the mid-1800s, and while most modern flutes utilize Boehm-style cylindrical bores, this is not a defining factor of a flute - and certainly is not a reliable way to differentiate between fifes and flutes; nor is size, since there are also bass fifes and piccolo flutes, invalidating the assertions you make regarding the size difference.
Simply put:
Fifes can have dual conical bores or cylindrical bores
Flutes can have conical bores or cylindrical bores
umm.....I think the only absolute difference is western flute has keys that cover the holes and are longer. fifes has holes only.... and are smaller.
There are many different flutes other than the Western concert/silver flute. They're not fifes or toys and have no keys, made from bamboo and other woods. The Indian bansuri, for instance, is a very difficult and ancient classical transverse flute. It is far more difficult to play than the Western flute.
Is this video made with AI?