Richard The pitch problem has been discussed over and over again on this list. The problem is that if you want a good sounding traverso pitched at A=440 Hz you...
Dear Luc, Thank you for your interesting posting! Fashion changes with time. I agree that having a longer air column to blow into is a pleasure in comparison...
Rod Cameron
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Sep 1, 2003 10:58 am
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... Now this observation is interesting in the light of the suggestion that it might have been the wind players pushing pitch up in the 19th century in ...
... Hello Rod, Terry, Luc etc. I agree with Rod that the fashion to change in pitch was likely to be just that - a fashion. It is difficult to deduce any...
... Certainly the rise in pitch would be of benefit to them - faster, brighter, louder, better to impress growing audiences. But did they have the freedom to...
It has been stated that no authentic flutes exist at A=440, yet in Appendix 4 (traversos) of Bruce Haynes' book on pitch I see that he has documented some 7-8 ...
... .. ... between 415 ... practise are ... arbitrarily ... the ... I must agree, of course. I'm not a scholar and oversimplified the matter (a bad habit I...
... Dear Clive, I think you are absolutely right. We tend too easily to make value judgements about tone divorced from historical context. The rich dark tone...
I appreciate the dialogue but please consider that many of these statements on higher pitch are pure conjuncture. Even 440hz is extremely flat to the preceding...
Yes, Stephen, you are correct that pitch went through the roof in the mid 1800's Until singers complained that the break in the register of their voice was not...
Rod Cameron
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Sep 2, 2003 5:31 pm
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You're probably all getting targeted for this individually, but just in case .... ... Terry Terry McGee 61 Calder Crescent, Holder ACT 2611 Australia Phone +61...
Hmmmm! I'm a bit suspicious: I got spammed by a guy who could only have gotten my e-address from this list. I think he mentioned this flute and a huge list...
Dear Stephen I wish you had a tuner to measure pitch of a performance of late 16th century or early 17th century music ! No original flutes from that period...
Philippe Allain-Dupr€...
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Sep 3, 2003 6:35 am
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Hello Everyone! I am new to the group. I have an 8 key flute that someone gave to me but the headjoint is missing. There are no markings on it so I have no...
Hi all! What do you think about the fingers of some trills ? for example : the trill between f sharp and e : it is better with the first finger or with the...
Prosdocimi, Giuseppe
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Sep 3, 2003 11:12 am
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Dear Giuseppe The question is enormous. The answer is : Please avoid any confusion between trills (shakes between two notes) and French tremblements...
Philippe Allain-Dupr€...
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Sep 3, 2003 12:20 pm
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Philip, I too wish I had a time machine tuner for the early 17th cent. My fields of research are recorder, cornetto , violin, and historic construction...
Hi all! To improve my technique , I studied the 12 fantasias for solo flute of Telemann ; he writes in very different keys : from g minor to E major! So , I...
Prosdocimi, Giuseppe
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Sep 4, 2003 7:03 am
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Dear all, as the moderator asked me to ("Please take a moment to post a few words of introduction so that other members can get to know you: let us know what...
Dear Giuseppe, in order to gain fluency in several tonalities with a multi-keyed instrument, you could always practise the very same Telemann fantasias (I used...
Dear Earlyfluters, The recent (and older) posts on cork position have forced me to think more carefully about how I play – many thanks to all concerned!...
Hi everyone, I am a bit confused by the term 'system'. When this term is used, as in 'Boehm system', would you say that it refers to the keys or to the...
... I've done quite a bit on it, but only the earliest stuff is written up - see Effect of Stopper Position on my web page. (URL below). None the less this...
Dear Matthew, Welcome to the list. Surely you will find it to be enlightening and entertaining. I am sure as well that you will get many responses to your...
Susan, I find a web site made by a high school student. It gives some idea to your question. http://www.geocities.com/riverdanceflutist/flutehistoryboehm.html ...
I think you are right. To emphasize this, Barthold Kuijken plays his original Rottenburgh (Bruxelles , circa 1760) with the cork at 27mm for the corps de...
Philippe Allain-Dupr€...
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Sep 5, 2003 10:08 am
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... A good question Susan. Generally organologists refer to "system" as the fingering method. I don't think this term was in regular use before the nineteenth...
