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A flute is a mouth blown woodwind instrument. The most common modern flute is the silver Boehm flute. Other flutes in include:
There are a few classical composers who have written for the flute; most prefer to write for other instruments such as the piano.
Flutes and piccolos are used in marching bands. According to Meredith Willson in his 1948 book And There I Stood With My Piccolo, most band instruments are held in front and can have a "lyre" or music holder attacned to them, but nobody has ever devised a workable music holder for a marching flautist.
Flutes have been occasionally been used in rock music, most famously by the band Jethro Tull.