The Fue (flute)

There're two kind of flute : the transverse flute which the player blows at the side of the flute and the over kind is held vertically and the players blows at the end of the flute.



Example of transverse flute :

gakubue : used in Mikagura.

• komabue : used in Komagaku, one type of music used for dances of the right in Gagaku imperial court music.


• Ryuteki : used in Gakaku dance, many of them are famous and have names.


• Noh kan : used in the Noh ensemble and in the hayashi ensemble for Nagauta and other forms of kabuki dance music.
  

Exanple of vertical flute :

• shakuhachi


• hichiriki