Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/1799
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	fife
Subject
	421.121.12
Contributor
	Roger Vetter
Type
	European
Format
	16.9 in. length
Identifier
	6083
Language
	EN
Alternative Title
	fife
	Querpfeife
	fiffaro
	pifano
Medium
	wood
	metal - sheet
	cork
Requires
	1
Is Part Of
	Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection
Spatial Coverage
	Europe
Provenance
	Vetter collection
Air cavity design for aerophones
	tubular - tapering with open distal end
Source and direction of airstream
	player exhalation through mouth into air cavity; unidirectional
Energy transducer that activates sound for aerophones
	beveled edge in wall of instrument, directly blown against
Means of modifying shape and dimensions of standing wave in air cavity for aerophones
	opening fingerholes to reduce space or shorten length of standing wave in air cavity
Overblowing utilization in aerophones
	overblowing at consecutive partials
Pitch production in aerophones
	multiple pitches - changing length of standing wave within cavity with fingerholes and by selecting partials through overblowing
Category of Instrument
	aerophone

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