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New page: 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 pitch...
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]].
There is little well known original concert music featuring the instrument. A popular composition by the Japanese film composer Toru Takemitsu, “''Towards the Sea''”, is scored for alto flute and guitar; and various contemporary composers are using it in ensemble music. It is more often found in transcriptions of music for concert flute or other instruments or in [[jazz]].
[[Category: Wind Instruments]]
There is little well known original concert music featuring the instrument. A popular composition by the Japanese film composer Toru Takemitsu, “''Towards the Sea''”, is scored for alto flute and guitar; and various contemporary composers are using it in ensemble music. It is more often found in transcriptions of music for concert flute or other instruments or in [[jazz]].
[[Category: Wind Instruments]]