Pan flute

E466761

aerophone folk instrument musical instrument wind instrument

The Pan flute is a traditional wind instrument made of multiple pipes of gradually increasing length, producing different musical pitches when blown across their open tops.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Andean panpipes	1
Pan playing pipes	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aerophone ⓘ folk instrument ⓘ musical instrument ⓘ wind instrument ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	panpipes ⓘ syrinx ⓘ
associatedWith	Greek mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman mythology ⓘ
classificationSystem	Hornbostel–Sachs 421.112.2 NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalOrigin	ancient China ⓘ ancient Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ pre-Columbian Andes ⓘ
depictedIn	Roman mosaics ⓘ ancient Greek art ⓘ
hasPart	multiple pipes ⓘ open pipe tops ⓘ tubes of different lengths ⓘ
hasProperty	can be chromatically tuned ⓘ each pipe produces a different pitch ⓘ end-blown ⓘ pipes arranged in order of increasing length ⓘ typically diatonic tuning ⓘ
hasVariant	Chinese paixiao ⓘ Romanian pan flute NERFINISHED ⓘ antara NERFINISHED ⓘ kuvuk ⓘ nai NERFINISHED ⓘ siku ⓘ zampona NERFINISHED ⓘ
material	bamboo ⓘ metal ⓘ plastic ⓘ reed ⓘ wood ⓘ
namedAfter	Pan NERFINISHED ⓘ
pitchAdjustedBy	partially covering pipe openings ⓘ tilting the instrument ⓘ
pitchDeterminedBy	length of each pipe ⓘ
playedBy	blowing horizontally across the tops of the pipes ⓘ
produces	different tones ⓘ musical pitches ⓘ
usedIn	Andean music ⓘ Bolivian music ⓘ Ecuadorian music ⓘ New Age music ⓘ Peruvian music ⓘ Romanian folk music ⓘ folk music ⓘ traditional music ⓘ world music ⓘ
uses	air blown across pipe openings ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

pipes of Pan → alsoKnownAs → Pan flute ⓘ

The Great God Pan → hasSubject → Pan flute ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pan playing pipes

Whenever, Wherever → notableInstrument → Pan flute ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andean panpipes