A flute is an aerophone in which an air stream vibrates against an edge. In Mexico, flutes made from reed, clay, wood, and metal appear in community settings, concert music, and popular repertoires. Differences in construction and fingering produce varied scales, timbres, and performance possibilities. This category gathers general references to flutes and provides access to more specific instrument categories when documentation supports them. To identify a recording, the flute type, locality, performer, and role within the ensemble should be examined rather than assuming a universal playing technique. The same general name may describe instruments with markedly different designs.