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prettygoodwordtraverso (truh-VER-soh) - n., a transverse flute of the Baroque era, also called a flauto traverso.
Wooden, with a conical bore, in the standard soprano model stopped with the fingers except for a lever key on the lowest hole. Transverse means the player blows over a hole in the direction across the instrument's width, in contrast to blowing down the bore as with a recorder. As orchestras got larger in the early 19th century, the relatively quiet traverso became less popular, until Theobald Boehm developed the modern metal flute with keys very similar to today's flutes. As you might guess from the alternate name, it's from Italian, literally "transverse flute." Here's a few, in different sizes (ignore the two recorders in the lower level):
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---L.
Wooden, with a conical bore, in the standard soprano model stopped with the fingers except for a lever key on the lowest hole. Transverse means the player blows over a hole in the direction across the instrument's width, in contrast to blowing down the bore as with a recorder. As orchestras got larger in the early 19th century, the relatively quiet traverso became less popular, until Theobald Boehm developed the modern metal flute with keys very similar to today's flutes. As you might guess from the alternate name, it's from Italian, literally "transverse flute." Here's a few, in different sizes (ignore the two recorders in the lower level):
Thanks, WikiMedia!
---L.
