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| fife |
a small wind instrument that looks like a flute and has a high pitch. The fife usually plays along with drums in marching music. |
| flute |
A flute is an instrument for playing music. It is a long, straight tube made of metal or wood. It has small holes in it that you cover or leave open to change the sound. You play a flute by blowing into it. |
| high |
Some sounds are high and some sounds are low. The sound that a bird makes is high, and the sound that a growling dog makes is low. The sound of a flute can be very high, and the sound of a tuba can be very low. [1/7 definitions] |
| high-pitched |
When a sound is high-pitched, it sounds high when we hear it. A scream, for example, is very high-pitched. A very small dog has a high-pitched bark. A flute can play sounds that are very high-pitched. |
| piccolo |
a small flute with a pitch that is an octave higher than that of the standard flute. |
| recorder |
a musical instrument made of wood or plastic that is like a flute. It has a mouthpiece like a whistle at one end. [1/3 definitions] |
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