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How
to Choose your First Flute |
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You have to make
a few choices.
Key, Style, and Wood
We'll try
to make this easy.
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KEY
Start
with one of these keys: mid A, G, or F#. If
you have small or arthritic hands
choose the A flute . It has the shortest
finger span. Otherwise any of the three keys
will be fine.
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Style
Your choices here are:
Basic flute
Standard flute
Don't
start with a drone or a Middle Eastern flute.
Basics come
in Western Red Cedar only. They are undecorated and
they have a simple block. Musically they are the
same flute as the Standard.
Standards come in
a variety of woods, are decorated and have the
Stellar bird. |
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Wood Choice
If you've decided on a Basic,
then this decision is already made. The Basics only
come in cedar.. If you are buying a Standard, read
on.
Place the bird so that it
completely covers the back fipple hole
and comes to the back edge of the first fipple hole.
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Drape the leather over the top of the bird, then
wrap
it around the bird
once more.
Hold the flute between your knees
and tie a simple knot.
Pull it snug.
Your bird should be positioned
like this.
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Traditional 5 note
Pentatonic Scale
(played on a Basic G Flute)
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NOTE: This hole is always
covered in the Pentatonic scale
Start the
scale |
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1.
All holes covered
G
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2.
Five holes covered
Bottom hole open
A#
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3.
Four holes covered
Bottom two open
C
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4.
Three holes covered
Bottom three open
D |
5.
Two holes covered
Bottom 3 and top middle open
F
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6.
One hole covered
five holes open
G
one octave higher
than starting G |
If your flute is in the key of A then all
holes covered will produce an A
Your pentatonic scale will be A, C, D, E, G, A
If your flute
is in the key of F# then all holes covered will produce an
F#
Your pentatonic scale will be F#,A,B,C#,E,F#
The fingering
chart that comes with the flute will have this information.
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Contact Info
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Loop Rd
Shelton, WA 98584
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