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[[File:Noa_plays_the_flute.png|thumb|right|250px|[[Noa Briqualon]] playing the flute in his [[Noa Briqualon's hut|cottage]]]]
{{Quote|It's made for stabbing. Bleeds someone out very efficiently.''"<br />"''Why have a flute that's a weapon?''"<br />"''Maybe we just don't like music critics.|[[Wad'e Tay'haai]] and [[Bardan Jusik]], discussing a [[Mandalorian/Legends|Mandalorian]] ''[[bes'bev]]'' flute|<ref name="ImpCom501st">''[[Imperial Commando: 501st]]''</ref>}}
The '''flute''' was a [[Music/Legends|musical]] instrument of the woodwind family.

Unlike other woodwind instruments, a flute produced its sound from the flow of air against an edge, instead of using a reed. A musician who played the flute was generally referred to as a flutist.

Flute tones were sweet in character and blended well with other instruments. The flute's pitch, and various aspects of its timbre were flexible, allowing a very high degree of instantaneous expressive control.

A ''[[bes'bev]]'' was a traditional [[Mandalorian/Legends|Mandalorian]] flute forged of [[Mandalorian iron|''beskar'']] [[Iron/Legends|iron]].<ref name="O66">''[[Order 66: A Republic Commando Novel]]''</ref> The veteran Mandalorian [[Soldier/Legends|soldier]] [[Wad'e Tay'haai]] owned an ancient ''bes'bev'', painted the same dark violet [[Color/Legends|color]] as the plates of his [[Mandalorian armor/Legends|Mandalorian armor]],<ref name="ImpCom501st" /> which he carried on his [[Utility belt/Legends|belt]].<ref name="O66" /> Tay'haai was a skilled ''bes'bev'' player, and knew how to play a number of songs including ''[[Vode An]]''. In [[19 BBY/Legends|19 BBY]], at [[Kyrimorut|the home]] of his former ''[[Cuy'val Dar]]'' contemporary [[Kal Skirata]], Tay'haai played for the [[Clan Skirata|Skirata clan]], and encouraged Skirata's [[Gai bal manda|adopted]] son [[Bardan Jusik]] to give his ''bes'bev'' a try.<ref name="ImpCom501st" />

During the [[Galactic Civil War/Legends|Galactic Civil War]], a group of [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Rebels]], accompanied by an [[Ewok/Legends|Ewok]], attempted to pass themselves off as [[Stormtrooper/Legends|stormtroopers]]. Since the Ewok could not fit into a suit of [[Stormtrooper armor/Legends|stormtrooper armor]], the little [[Alien/Legends|alien]] was encased in an [[R2-series astromech droid]] exterior. The Ewok then used a flute to mimic the sounds of an R2-unit.<ref name="RPG">[[Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game (first edition)|''Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game'']]</ref>

The [[Ewok/Legends|Ewok]] [[Latara]] was a flutist.

==Appearances==
*''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Order 66: A Republic Commando Novel]]''
*''[[Imperial Commando: 501st]]''
*''[[Coruscant Nights III: Patterns of Force]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Boba Fett: Hunted]]''
*''[[Han Solo and the Lost Legacy]]'' {{1st}}
*[[Ewoks 2|''Ewoks'' 2]]
*{{Ewoks|The Cries of the Trees}}
*{{Ewoks|Sunstar vs. Shadowstone}}
*{{Ewoks|The Tragic Flute}}
*''[[Ewoks: The Battle for Endor]]''
*{{Journal|1|Escape from Balis-Baurgh}}
*''[[Planet of Twilight]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[The Crystal Star]]''
*''[[Young Jedi Knights: Lightsabers]]''

==Sources==
*[[Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game (first edition)|''Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game'']] <!-- P. 90 -->
*{{SW|url=news/slugthrowers-part-2|text=Slugthrowers: An Overview of Popular Music and Musicians in a Galaxy Far, Far Away, Part 2|int=Slugthrowers: An Overview of Popular Music and Musicians in a Galaxy Far, Far Away}}

==Notes and references==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{WP|Flute}}

[[Category:Wind musical instruments]]