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Definition of Flageolet

Flageolet
Flageolet Flag"eo*let`, n. [F. flageolet, dim. of OF. flaj?l (as if fr. a LL. flautio;us), of fla["u]te, flahute, F. fl?te. See Flute.] (Mus.) A small wooden pipe, having six or more holes, and a mouthpiece inserted at one end. It produces a shrill sound, softer than of the piccolo flute, and is said to have superseded the old recorder. Flageolet tones (Mus.), the naturel harmonics or overtones of stringed instruments.

Meaning of Flageolet from wikipedia

- The flageolet is a woodwind instrument and a member of the family of duct flutes that includes recorders and tin whistles. Its invention was erroneously...
- The flageolet bean is a variety of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) originating from France. The flageolet is picked before full maturity and dried...
- Look up flageolet in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A flageolet is a wind instrument similar to a recorder. Flageolet may also refer to: Flageolet (organ...
- Other names for the instrument are the flageolet, English flageolet, Scottish penny whistle, tin flageolet, or Irish whistle (also Irish: feadóg stáin...
- is possible to produce very pure sounding notes, called harmonics or flageolets by string players, which have an eerie quality, as well as being high...
- The whistle register (also called the flute register or flageolet register) is the highest register of the human voice, lying above the modal register...
- suggestion, first proposed by Peter Thalheimer, is the "French" flageolet (see Flageolets below) in G5, which was notated in D4, appearing a fourth lower...
- wood, today pipes are also available made of metal and of plastic. The flageolet was developed from the tabor pipe, in France, and became an orchestral...
- Andrée Flageolet is a former French racing cyclist. She won the French national road race title in 1961. "Andrée Flageolet". Cycling Archives. Retrieved...
- reed. Inverted conical construction, softer than a trumpet or trombone. Flageolet (English/French) Flageoletta (Italian) Flautim (Spanish) Fistula Minima...