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The '''alto flute''' (sometimes called the bass [[flute]] – although there is a true bass flute that is used in drum and fife bands) has the same range as the concert flute, but is pitched a fourth lower (in G). Like the [[clarinet]] it is one of the “transposing instruments” - in this case the composer writes the music a fourth higher than it is meant to sound. Its relationship to the “normal” flute is much the same as the [[viola]] to the [[violin]].

The '''alto flute''' (sometimes called the bass [[flute]] – although there is a true bass flute that is used in drum and fife bands) has the same range as the concert flute, but is pitched a fourth lower (in G). Like the [[clarinet]] it is one of the “transposing instruments” - in this case the composer writes the music a fourth higher than it is meant to sound. Its relationship to the “normal” flute is much the same as the [[viola]] to the [[violin]].