flute
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Or if you ever were a young girl who wanted to pick the drums when it came time to choose an instrument for band, and were instead encouraged to play something like the flute.
From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026
A quick online search will prompt a flurry of Reddit and Facebook discussion about where the flute man — dubbed the mystical flute man by many — is located now.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
That progresses without a break into the first song, “Nahandove,” from Ravel’s “Songs of Madagascar,” with piano and cello but not the flute in Ravel’s original setting.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2026
Kirk and Ms. Getz trade phrases, but then when Kirk starts improvising a solo, it’s on yet a fourth instrument, a flute.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026
If I quit flute, maybe I should try trombone, even if that means being in the same class with too-loud Madge.
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
Vocabulary lists containing flute
Musical Instruments - Introductory
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