Hey I was just wondering how the majority pronounces the title of a flute player. So how do you pronounce it... Flutist or Flautist?

P.S Both are correct

Flutest. I play the flute, not the flaut!

LOL!

I thought it was flutist, but then my parents said it was flautist and since then I have found flautist easier to say!

I say flutist. I do play the flauto traverso (baroque flute), but I play it rather poorly and would rather associate myself with an instrument that I play decently (modern flute).

I also notice that whenever I say that I am a flutist, it is always non-flutists that "correct" me and say "Oh you mean flautist." Never has a flute player corrected me on my pronunciation.

The official term is flautist because it comes from the Italian word flautista. It refers to anyone who plays any kind of flute. Flutist is from older english and has been used since about 1609. Both ways are used though.

Also I have heard pronouced in three ways. flutist (floo-tist), flautist (flaw-tist), and one that is said like this(fl-oow-ist).

if your being paid your a flutist, if not you're a flautist

Patrick: I didn't know that. Where did you get that info from?

My bro likes to call me a Flautist, because I pronounce it Flutist. (He always does the opposite I do... brothers...sigh)

Little bro, or big bro? I have a vicious little brother! He's evil! But with family, don't you find that you HAVE to love them, even when you dont want to!

Pyface: Well, the one I was talking about was a big bro. Although I have 2 little ones and 3 big ones.

it's a joke to tell at concerts and master classes, cause I am asked that all over the world

Oh got it... I think!

'Flautist' is the original English word, like many English words that came from foreign language, then the Americans changed to 'flutist', who knows, maybe 100 years later the world will use 'fluter' too.

In formal written homeworks, I always use flautist, in spoken English I prefer flutist.

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in music, we always use European language terms, (no need to give examples here), so I think it is respectful to use flautist, right? otherwise, why don't we just change all the music terms to English?

From WordReference Dict.:
flautista: masc and fem. noun
flute player, flutist (AmE), flautist (BrE). So this is a clear explanation.

But I believe taht music should integrate people and not divide, so being able to accept both ways and use them interchangeably is a sign of a broader tolerance.

It is true that most musical language terms are still used in their Italian form and are not translated into English or any other language. My idea is not that Italian could be an universal language, but music indeed is.

But flautist/flutist or other names given to instruments performers are not really a part of the conventional music language, but they pertain more to general language, as all other professions. Probably for this reason the professions' names are usually translated, but not the other usual terms conventionally used in music.