Whisle & flute playing together - any keys other from D?

breqwas · Post by **breqwas** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:14 am

The standart key for group playing is D, I know. But can we play other keys in our band, if we have both whistle and flute?

D, Eb and maybe С are the only keys where whistle & flute can have octave interval. Another trick is to take low G flute and play high G on whistle. Still, that does not make too much sense.

Or you can play in low G on D flute and take a low G whistle - then flute and whistle will have the same tone, and you can make many keys that way. But there's also not very much sense in having sthe same tone for flute and whistle.

Maybe there are some other tricks, or intervals other than octave? That's a band, not a session, so it's OK to play in weird keys.

Guinness · Post by **Guinness** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 12:42 pm

A fully keyed flute certainly opens up a number of pairing possibilities.

breqwas · Post by **breqwas** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 3:17 pm

Fully keyed flute is good thing, and it's name is Boehm flute :)

Anyway, we _can_ buy flute&whistle in some weird keys if it is needed - but what should be these keys?

I mean - you can play with octave interval in D or G with regular D flute&whistle, you can take a low G whistle and D flute to play in unison in G. But are there any other intervals for flute&whistle to sound OK together, and what keys do we need to make these intervals?

scheky · Post by **scheky** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 3:23 pm

breqwas wrote:Fully keyed flute is good thing, and it's name is Boehm flute

It's name is also a Simple System Flute with 6 keys, which makes that D flute fully chromatic. Perhaps you jumped to a hasty conclusion.

Also, why would you always need to be an octave apart? A whistle in F and a flute playing in F will both sound different and could wonderfully co-exist (and insert other keys here).

bud · Post by **bud** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 7:57 am

Playing in unison is not the only possibility. A bass singer does not usually sing in unison with the baritone and the tenor. The flute could play the melody and the whistle in harmony with it, or vice versa, a concept I am working on for my band.

bud · Post by **bud** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 7:58 am

Playing in unison is not the only possibility. A bass singer does not usually sing in unison with the baritone and the tenor. The flute could play the melody and the whistle in harmony with it, or vice versa, a concept I am working on for my band.