Suling yaiku kulawarga piranti musik ing golongan piranti sebul kayu. Ora kaya piranti sebul kayu kang ana panggeteré, suling iku sawijining piranti aérofon utawa piranti sebul tanpa panggeter kang ngasilaké swara limantar aliran hawa kang ngliwati bukakan. Miturut klasifikasi piranti Hornbostel-Sachs, suling iku piranti aérofon sinwara-pinggiran.

Suling yaiku piranti musik wiwitan kang isih lestari. Sawènèh suling saka 43.000 nganti 35.000 taun kapungkur tinemu ing laladan Swabian Jura kang saiki ana ing Jerman. Tetemon iki mbiyak ananing tradhisi musik déning manungsa modhèren ing Éropah kang tumuwuh ing périodhe wiwitan. Suling, kalebu Bansuri kang misuwur, dadi pérangan integral saka musik klasik Indhia wiwit taun 1500 SM. Déwa utama Hindhu, yaiku Kresna, tansah magepokan karo suling.

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Ardal Powell. "Flute." Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press. (by subscription)
Essay on the Jiahu flutes from the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
A selection of historic flutes from around the world at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
 Walking Stick Flute and Oboe, Georg Henrich Scherer, Butzbach, ca. 1750–57
  Glass flute, Claude Laurent, Paris, 1813
 Porcelain flute, Saxony, 1760–1790
 Pair of ivory flutes by Johann Wilhelm Oberlender, mid 18th century, Nuremberg
 Flute by Garion, Paris, ca. 1720–1740
nature.com New flutes document the earliest musical tradition in southwestern Germany
 
 Flute acoustics Resources on flute acoustics from the University of New South Wales.
 Folk flutes (Polish folk musical instruments)

 
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