Transverse flute and more

Simple American raised a good question which I shall attempt to provide links to answer. He asked what a transverse flute is, and this is the very same question that I asked my music theory teacher.

In short, transverse flutes are side-blown flutes where the player holds sideway to play (as opposed to recorders which are end-blown flutes). Until c.1750, the term flute referred to the recorder.

For more about the transverse flute, please click on the links below. Pleasant reading.

http://www.answers.com/topic/flute-2
http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/instrument/pages/trflute_gnrl.html
http://www.music.iastate.edu/antiqua/tr_flute.htm
http://cnx.rice.edu/content/m12603/latest/