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The flute has 6 finger holes (3 for the right, and 3 for the left hand), which covers one full octave. To make the sound better, the pyzhatka flute is usually moistened before play, as it seals the holes and makes the notes clearer. [2] Other local alternative names for pyzhatka include pazhatka, puzhatka, pikla, travyanka.
A Flute method is a type of specific textbook-style pedagogy for learning to play the flute. It often contains fingering charts, scales , exercises, and occasionally etudes . These exercises are often presented in different keys in ascending order to aid in difficulty, known as methodical progression, or to focus on isolated aspects like ...
In 1832 Boehm introduced a new conical-bore flute, which achieved a fair degree of success. Boehm, however, continued to look for ways to improve the instrument. Finding that an increased volume of air produced a stronger and clearer tone, he replaced the conical bore with a cylindrical bore, finding that a parabolic contraction of the bore ...
The name "sea flute" is most common in Numedal, Telemark and Agder. On the west coast they are called "German flute", for its nation of origin. In Gudbrandsdalen, where it is found many 1700 numbers flutes, [citation needed] it is often called the "wooden flute." Egil Storbekken created his flute based on one found in Gudbrandsdalen.
Traditionally made of cane or wood, it has 6 finger holes and one thumb hole, and is open on both ends or the bottom is half-closed (choked). To produce sound , the player closes the top end of the pipe with the flesh between the chin and lower lip, and blows a stream of air downward, along the axis of the pipe, over an elliptical notch cut ...
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Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... This is a list of notable compositions for the flute ... The Flute Book: ...
Simple system flute most commonly refers to the type of flute manufactured and favored by classical European musicians during the Classical era.This type of flute is the direct precursor of, and was made obsolete within the art music world by, the introduction of the Boehm system flute.