Timeline for Can I use a D bamboo flute to play a C key
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| Dec 23, 2019 at 9:18 | comment | added | Tim | @piiperiReinstateMonica - many thanks for that. As I suspected, each flute is in a basic key - rather like trumpet in Bb, in C, in D. Xaphoons work the same. And using a 'half-hole' technique, the player can raise/lower any diatonic note to produce chromatics. With enough skill ! | |
| Dec 23, 2019 at 9:10 | comment | added | piiperi Reinstate Monica | @Tim looking at this sideblown.com/Finger.html it seems that everything is possible in theory ... but, quote: "Every flute is unique because of the natural bore of the bamboo. One fingering may work fine for one flute and not the other, especially in the higher notes." | |
| Dec 23, 2019 at 9:08 | answer | added | guidot | timeline score: 1 | |
| Dec 23, 2019 at 8:55 | comment | added | Tim | Not conversant with the instrument, so a comment. It's probably diatonic - having ony the notes from the stated key. C has 2 different notes from D - no F#, C#, F,C instead. Both important notes in key C. So little chance, really. With a range of maybe an octave, playing even in D may be impossible for some tunes - moving them to key A would exacerbate the problem, notwithstanding lack of G#. Having said that, it may be a chromatic instrument, in which case, all keys are available, but range is still a problem. | |
| Dec 23, 2019 at 7:43 | comment | added | piiperi Reinstate Monica | IMO, if you just want to have fun, it's best to stick to whatever things a flute like that naturally wants to do, and not try to force it to do any specific key or song or anything. Unless you're an actual professional flutist and/or want to spend years mastering that particular instrument. | |
| Dec 23, 2019 at 7:03 | answer | added | Steve Mansfield | timeline score: 5 | |
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| Dec 23, 2019 at 4:14 | history | asked | Jolly Mawerere | CC BY-SA 4.0 |