CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -The reed neh, the recorder, the Japanese shakuhachi, the deep bansuri, the breathy flutes of South America, the high pitched Chinese flutes.

Detailed explanation-2: -The main flute types are the bass flute, the alto flute, the ordinary C flute, and the piccolo. The C flute (also known as the Western concert flute) is the most popular among the four. Other rarer flute types include the Eb soprano, contrabass, and subcontrabass flutes.

Detailed explanation-3: -What is now called the alto flute, which usually is in G and sounds a fourth lower than written, was often called the “bass” flute. Like the bass recorder, it is really an alto voice in its lowest register.