Flute

Ah, well, there are a lot. If you're just talking modern flutes, there's the regular Flute, the Western concert flute. Then there's the familiar piccolo, bass and alto. There are also more rare types, like treble, soprano, contra-alto, contrabass, subcontrabass, double contrabass, and hyperbass. That's eleven. Then I'm not sure if you want to include less modern flutes like the pan flute and the Greek double flute. If that's the case, the list might go on forever, as the flute is a very old instrument and nearly every major civilization created their own take on it.

Flutes are wind instruments as are many other musical instruments but I don't think it has a "scientific" name. There are other names for small flutes but not ordinary flutes.

The first flute was made over 5,000 years ago. It was made out of bone. The first metal flute was made in 1830 by Theobald Boehm.

A black fluit 6in. tall, and it has 7 holes. {plus it's easy to play} @nts rull

I don't think there is one. I've been wanting to do that piece as a flute choir but i could never find it. I've been looking for about a year...

Well, Split E is a special mechanism that makes jumping from second octave A to third octave E much easier!

It is a great feature of a flute! It makes playing a lot easier and cleaner.

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On flutes without Split "E". LH3 (which operates the "G" tone hole) also closes the lower adjacent key as well. On flutes with Split "E", the lower "G" tone hole is connected to RH2, which allows for much better response on E3 (and other 3rd and 4th octave notes through the use of alternate fingerings. Check out http://www.wfg.woodwind.org/ for suggestions!

step 1: place the flute to your mouth

step 2: blow air through the flute

step 3: play the notes: e a a Dee e f(sharp) a gfe g g gg AA e a gg f(sharp) e d (above the staff now) a cbc d e d gaa

FYI

Stairway to heaven was played by the Mellotron, not an actual flute. This is why it sounds like there are several flutes being played at once timed so perfectly. The Mellotron was the first keyboard controlled sampler!

There are no chords on a flute. It's impossible to play chords on only one flute. A chord is a group of notes, but flutes can only play o e note at a time. Some instruments like the piano and guitar can play chords because they have more than one "playing area" if you know what I mean. If you had 3 flutists all playing different notes at the same time, that would be a chord. But chords cannot be played on one flute alone.

Yes. Bertram Turetzky's "Duo for flute and string bass" is the most common, followed by Donald Erb's "Miscellaneous for flute and string bass." Any music dealer should be able to search for suitable music.

To play a high natural a on the flute, use the thumb and middle finger of your left hand, and the middle finger and little finger of your right hand. You'll need a lot of breath support, but careful not to "blast" it.

Hope this helps.

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That is unknown . . . the event was not recorded for history, but most likely it was a group of ancient people, many of whom tried to make sounds from pieces of wood with holes. Who finally succeeded in making a wood flute that played a couple of notes? Probably some stone-age person.

Ian Anderson(Jethro tull) Sharon bezaly and Walter parazaider to name a few

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This is not a hoax. I am from Europe and writing an essay. Any help greatly appreciated. Thank you:)

Sole proprietorship is popular than partnership because of the little capital outlay.

in the philipines in 1920

Personally, I have always been a big fan of the Gemeinhardt. They have really nice beginner flute, french flutes which are open holed, professional and even beautiful piccolos. They have good quality and I find that they have the best sound.

oh my god dont trow it sell it give it to a child that wishes they had a flute go to a elementary school and just say here is a flute that i dont need any more im sure they will not say no

the answer is up yours

I have a Yamaha and a DiZhao. Is this a personal question or asking how many lines of flutes there are total?

By "stages", do you mean student flutes vs intermediate and professional? If that's the case there are many differences Student flutes are almost always a nickle/silver compound from head to foot. All the keys will be "closed hole", meaning that there are no holes in any keys. The foot joint will be a "C" foot, meaning it only has three total keys, an Eb, Db, and C. It will be mostly assembly line produced. Intermediate flutes you will start to find open holes (five of the keys have openings in the holes to improve tone, among other things), and a "B" foot, which means an extra key has been added to expand the flute's range to a B rather than C. Also, the head joint will almost always be pure silver of varying qualities, while the body can be either pure silver, or silver plated nickle, depending on the brand and over-all quality. Often it will have some parts (especially the "embouchure", the opening in the head joint that you blow into to produce the sound) hand cut and hand made, while other parts are still assembled by machine. Sometimes you will find other options such as a "split E", and you can choose between "inline" or "offset G". These are just variations in the key structure. "French joints" are also sometimes found (more on those in the Professional section). Professional flutes will pretty much always be pure silver throughout the flute, in varying purities (from .925 to .975+). More often than not you'll find what are called "French joints" rather than the basic "Y joint". This refers the how the joints of the flute rods are connected to the keys themselves. Generally French joints are accepted to be better joints, and at least more attractive. Most (if not all) of the flute will be completely hand made by no more than 2-3 people total from beginning to end. All of the key options mentioned in the Intermediate flutes ("Split E" etc) are also available in professional flutes, as well as some extras such as "roller bars" on the foot joint to make finger changes easier, and extra trill keys. You can also get professional flutes in other, purer metals, such as gold and platinum. I hope i didn't miss anything.

There is an invention that has 4 holes in it that you attach to the foot joint and it causes the sound to project louder.

depending on how worn the pads are and depending how old, they may not even need replaced. Just keep an eye on them, check them every so often and keep the horn in good condition. My flute is 9 years old, and i haven't had the pads changed yet at all. If you think the pads look dirty, you can clean them a bit by sliding a dollar bill over the hole, pressing the key down, and pulling the dollar out. But don't do this in spite of getting them changed. MY BEST suggestion would to have a professional look at it.

Well, first, a metronome is used to show cadence - that is, how many beats per minute - how fast to play.

For tuning, the standard concert tuning note is the "A" note above middle "C", or 440 cps for a "C" melody flute. (cycles per second . . . Hertz, or Hz, is used only in electronics and physics applications.)

If it is not a "C" melody flute, then a different note name is used, but is still at 440 cps.