Flautist or Flutist?

flute girl · Post by **flute girl** » Sat Nov 15, 2003 10:25 am

Is there a difference between flutist and flautist?
And if there there is what is it? I''ve got the impression that a flautist is
a male flute player and flutist is a female flute player. Is that true?
Thanks!

sarah_and_flute · Post by **sarah_and_flute** » Sat Nov 15, 2003 12:40 pm

I've always been under the impression that all
flute players are flautists, but I may be wrong [:)] "Flutist" certainly seems
to be used a lot more now...

fluteluversmom · Post by **fluteluversmom** » Sat Nov 15, 2003 2:22 pm

Well I personally would say that I am a flutist if
I had to choose. I play the flute ..I don't play the flaut. I guess my
reasoning is one of simple grammar rules learned back in elementary school.
There are many words in which you drop the last letter when adding an ending to
change the tense but there sure aren't too many words where you change letters
in the middle of a word to change the tense. I have seen this discussion on a
number of message boards and it seems to be a matter of personal preference and
perhaps a matter of where you live and what is more commonly used there.
Personally I just say that I am a flute player and reserve those "titles" for
the professionals

Kim

flute girl · Post by **flute girl** » Mon Nov 17, 2003 9:54 pm

Thanks a lot!!

dancingflutist3000 · Post by **dancingflutist3000** » Sun Nov 23, 2003 5:19 pm

[quote] ---------------- On 11/15/2003 10:25:20 AM
Is there a difference between flutist and flautist? And if there there is what
is it? I've got the impression that a flautist is a male flute player and
flutist is a female flute player. Is that true? Thanks! ----------------
[/quote] There really isn't a difference at all. Usually American people I
think say flutist while British/Austrailian/Europeon people tend to say
flautist. I personally prefer flautist, though I don't play a "flaut" I like
flautist because it sounds elegant.