In the old days, when musicians got together to play, they used whatever instruments were around. If there were three lute players, a harp, and two flutes, then that's what they used. By the 1500s, the time known as the Renaissance, the word "consort" was used to mean a group of instrumentalists, and sometimes singers too, making music together or "in concert".
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I'm not sure what piece you're talking about, maybe you could include a picture of the piece
but in the treble clef the e's are on the bottom line, and top space
if it's flat it'll have a little squished 'b' next to it
a flat e is also a sharp (#) d