A flute is held transversely and is played by blowing across a hole to produce the sound, much as one would blow across the mouth of an empty bottle to produce that “whistling” sound. read more
As nouns the difference between panflute and panpipes is that panflute is while panpipes is (music) an instrument consisting of a series of ten or more tubes of different lengths, typically closed at the bottom and open at the top the instrument is played by blowing across the open end at the top. read more