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Flute/woodwind instrument used in cuban/latino music?

In a good deal of Cuban music I hear there’s almost always this high-pitched sounding flute/woodwind instrument — it’s present in a lot of latin jazz as well. So my question is: what is this instrument? Is it the common flute, a Spanish flute (?), or some other instrument? If you know what this instrument is, please by all means, enlighten me. Thanks!

like a pan flute?

2 Responses to “Flute/woodwind instrument used in cuban/latino music?”

1. wth_tcat says:

   October 25, 2009 at 12:03 am

   like a pan flute?
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2. Darcy Ann M. says:

   October 25, 2009 at 12:39 am

   It could be an alto flute… Pan flute is also likely, but altos are becoming more widely used in music.
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October 24th, 2009

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