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Author: kdk
Date: 2016-01-18 01:23
I'm asking here rather than joining a flute list just to pose this question. I'm hoping one of our members who double on flute will have an answer. I don't have a flute handy to experiment with solutions myself.
I conduct (teach) a band of 9th to 11th graders on Sunday afternoons. I'm doing a piece that at one point calls for a particular flute effect. It's meant to evoke the sound of a sighing wind, or perhaps of a Native American flute. The instruction is for a solo flute player to play on only the head joint, beginning on an Eb5 half-note and slowly sliding down a half step.
My first flutist can do the effect, but at a lower pitch level, by moving her finger inside the head joint. It doesn't seem as if she can get as high as Eb to start. I don't know that the actual pitches are crucial, but is there a way for her to get Eb5 and D5 on her head joint?
Thanks.
Karl
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Author: Jim22
Date: 2016-01-18 06:43
Maybe rolling the head joint out to drop the pitch? Getting the Eb might be a matter of getting the right harmonic. I'm not sure all head joints make the same pitch, might depend on the position of the tenon between the head and body. Maybe they could cup their hand around 1the end of the head joint and slide out to lower the pitch too. Maybe an appropriate paper tube?
Jim C.
CT, USA
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Author: AAAClarinet
Date: 2016-01-18 08:09
I get an eb 5 with just the first half inch of my finger in the head joint.
AAAClarinet
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Author: concertmaster3
Date: 2016-01-18 20:53
Trying different fingers would be the answer. The headjoint by itself is usually an A5. If i put up to my second knuckle into the headjoint, I'll get an E-flat5. It's almost to the point of closing off the headjoint completely while my finger is in the headjoint. Then I can move my finger around to get the D.
Ron Ford
Woodwind Specialist
Performer/Teacher/Arranger
http://www.RonFordMusic.com
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Author: kdk
Date: 2016-01-19 01:45
Thanks. I'm starting to realize that what I heard during Sunday's rehearsal as too low a pitch coming from her head joint when it was completely open was in fact probably a sixth or seventh too high. I identified the pitch I was hearing in the wrong octave. I'll try to work with her separately next Sunday and see what she can do.
Karl
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