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- Sun Mar 31, 2024 7:04 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: was there ever any attempts to make a flute with valves?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 985
Re: was there ever any attempts to make a flute with valves?
valves work much better on brass than they would on other instruments, because brass is designed to easily play a full harmonic series starting on the second harmonic, unlike most other instruments (due to a variety of factors). Not as common as the Boeham flutes, but the tabor pipe, txistu, willow...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 9:23 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: was there ever any attempts to make a flute with valves?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 970
was there ever any attempts to make a flute with valves?
[Copied to the Flute Forum. - Mod] Reading up on the history of natural horns some included holes at certain points to bring the pitch in tune. For awhile it seems keyed Bugles were a thing. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyed_bugle On the other hand, reed instruments also seem to be primarily ke...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 9:23 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: was there ever any attempts to make a flute with valves?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 985
was there ever any attempts to make a flute with valves?
Reading up on the history of natural horns some included holes at certain points to bring the pitch in tune. For awhile it seems keyed Bugles were a thing. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyed_bugle On the other hand, reed instruments also seem to be primarily keyed with the rare outliers so I gues...
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 8:03 pm
- Forum: World/Folk Winds
- Topic: Feild trumpet/bugle music outside of signals and calls.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2039
Re: Feild trumpet/bugle music outside of signals and calls.
The baroque trumpet's lenth is what would yield the most notes its length of tubing is around 8 feet compared to 4 of the trumpet. It would be fun to take 3 trumpets, de-solder the joints and make one horn with extra wraps... ...but that would be a lot of work for a Frankenstein novelty horn. https:...
- Fri Jan 12, 2024 6:37 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: Feild trumpet/bugle music outside of signals and calls.
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2305
Feild trumpet/bugle music outside of signals and calls.
I have been looking at feild trumpet tunes lately due to the scale that play is the same as the scale of an open willow flute. It seems that of the quicksteps I have found tend to only use five or so notes common to the bugle and field trumpet but don't really deviate from that into the upper range....
- Fri Jan 12, 2024 6:37 pm
- Forum: World/Folk Winds
- Topic: Feild trumpet/bugle music outside of signals and calls.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2039
Feild trumpet/bugle music outside of signals and calls.
I have been looking at feild trumpet tunes lately due to the scale that play is the same as the scale of an open willow flute. It seems that of the quicksteps I have found tend to only use five or so notes common to the bugle and field trumpet but don't really deviate from that into the upper range....
- Sun Dec 17, 2023 4:54 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: Did I miss anything?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9925
Re: Did I miss anything?
A decade later and my playing is still at grade school level. I tried to make things more simple and moved to the tabor pipe and then moved to the willow flute. Now I just play a long tube with a notch in it.
- Sat Nov 25, 2023 5:07 pm
- Forum: World/Folk Winds
- Topic: A nice site for willow flute information
- Replies: 0
- Views: 13497
A nice site for willow flute information
Main page
https://overtoneflute.fi/home/
Audio and sheet music with finger charts.
https://overtoneflute.fi/how-to-play/ov ... ute-tunes/
https://overtoneflute.fi/home/
Audio and sheet music with finger charts.
https://overtoneflute.fi/how-to-play/ov ... ute-tunes/
- Sun Jul 30, 2023 7:12 pm
- Forum: World/Folk Winds
- Topic: Washint: Ethiopian flute
- Replies: 0
- Views: 29607
Washint: Ethiopian flute
Noticed a photo on the wall of an Ethiopian restaurant of an end blown 4 hole flute. This lead me to a video of player playing one. I have heard this tune played by two different players, so I assume it is traditional, but I have no idea what it is. Anyway, enjoy. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zYPjr...
- Sat May 07, 2022 9:03 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Looking for a fife
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1861
Re: Looking for a fife
I have a Healy five with a cut out and a Firth and Pond style Peeler fife. I find the Peeler is easier to play in the 3rd register, but it is aslo the one I play more.
If you want to eventually play with other fifers, you'll probably want to check out what they play.
If you want to eventually play with other fifers, you'll probably want to check out what they play.
- Thu Feb 25, 2021 8:25 pm
- Forum: Test Forum
- Topic: Dale testing 11-2-2020
- Replies: 4
- Views: 14830
Re: Dale testing 11-2-2020
Still the best forum
- Mon Feb 08, 2021 8:09 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Is best flutes when it is loved by nice flutists?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 14161
Re: Is best flutes when it is loved by nice flutists?
I have at least 2 beautiful flutes. I also own several fifes. When I want to play I reach for the tube that is me and is objectively not the best instrument of what I own. It is the fude that I paint bamboo with. When I reach for a knife I grab the wood handled garbage from the 80's and not the chef...
- Sat Feb 06, 2021 10:20 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: New Peeler fife questions
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7435
Re: New Peeler fife questions
I wonder if the Cooperman two-piece Bb fifes do better in the first octave? I think in this case a used Healy fife would be a great option. Amazingly powerful and controllable through 3 octaves with a Boehm like tapered piccolo like head. Resale is usually poor because it fills a relatively small m...
- Fri Feb 05, 2021 8:20 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: New Peeler fife questions
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7435
Re: New Peeler fife questions
This may be bad advice, but I find that changing my embouchure a better choice than rolling.The Peeler is a straight bore and will have tuning issues for the typical scale, but will be in tune with a corp of other fiffers, or sound great on it's own if you accept it for what it is. It is a fife and ...
- Mon Nov 30, 2020 7:33 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Tunes for Animals
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6336
Re: Tunes for Animals
The serinette was supposed to be a canary trainer. I think it was a predecessor of organ grinder.whistlecollector wrote:Playing whistles to train birds to sing is an old pastime, and actually caused the invention of the smallest playable whistle.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=I9tpufEsWn8