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Hi LKtz Ive been playing guitar for many years now and I found that the best way to play and learn new chords is to buy music with guitar tabulature printed above the music bars. This Tabulature is a grid with finger positions depicted as dots on the strings and between fret bars(upper and lower). N...

My technique is quite simple. Hold the instrument just as a flute player does,to the side and slightly down. Use your little pinky finger for the lowest notehole if you have short fingers. This style places the fingers in a more comfortable position for playing than strait out from the mouth. The le...

Greetings FairEmma I think I know what you mean.A whistle that is "effortless" would have one or more of the following traits... 1)A narrow bore that is 32 to 35 times the bore diameter in length for better acoustic power. 2)A narrow windway to reduce blowing fatigue of the player(if a fip...

Here is a start The speed of sound at sea level pressure and 70 degrees F is 13526.499 inches per second(34,357.307cm)or "S". The formula for frequency wavelength is S/F = W example: ("A"440hz) 13526.499/440 = 30.742 inches<---this is the wavelength of the key of "A". A...

5/8ths(.625)diameter tubing can be used for whistles in the keys of F(394.23hz),G(391.99hz)and A(440hz)with good tone as well as minor keys in this range.This covers bore ratios of 1/25 to 1/35

Thomas Hastay.

Why not just a Reed-Pipe/Renaissance board. This would not be so specific and would cover all reedpipes,such as practice chanters,Crumhorns,smallpipes,shawms,oboes,arguls and shepherds pipes? A larger group sharing the same love for full bodied reed sounds and the history involved with this diverse ...

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Making a porcelain flute come out perfect after firing is an acquired skill but there are some "tricks". If you make the borelength a little short,you can plug the end with a wooden coin shaped plug and bore a small hole in the center. Slowly increase the size of the hole until the fundame...

The greatest difference,acousticly,is that a wide bore imparts more harmonic overtones for a "flutey" sound at the expence of a reduced range and loudness,while a narrow bore increases range and loudness at the expence of reduced harmonics. A narrow bore has more acoustic capacitance for i...