Consider this: once a pianist, for example, has pressed a key and triggered the hammer to strike the corresponding string(s) inside of the piano, that note’s input from the player is complete. Sampling a wind instrument like the flute presents a tremendous challenge to the library developer when compared to instruments from the percussion family such as the piano or the vibraphone. Although the design is not complicated, the instrument’s playing technique has been developed over many centuries and across many different cultures, so there’s a wide range of sounds and articulations the can be executed by the skilled performer. Another series of holes are placed throughout the length of the tube, and as these holes are covered or exposed by the player, the pitch the flute produces can be manipulated. One hole will be placed near the end of the tube, and this is the hole that the player blows across (not into, but across) to produce the warm, pure, mellifluous timbre that the flute family is known for. It can be remarkably simple in its design - take a hollow tube (this is usually made out of some type of metal for flutes made in the Western tradition, while bamboo, wood or bone is often used in other cultures) and drill a series of holes into that tube. While it certainly has a unique and inviting timbre, this fascination of mine is also due to its unusually long history and the fact that most cultures around the globe have developed one or more instruments that can be classified as a flute. To me, the flute is one of the most fascinating instruments we have.
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