 The Fingering Forum
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Author: Newbie
Date: 2001-05-01 16:14
Hi,
I want to learn flute. I had study the fingering charts before buying a flute. However, I don't understand why so many notes an octave apart have the same fingering. (e.g. E1 & E2, F1 & F2...). Did I miss something?
Thanks in advance!
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Author: Bill
Date: 2001-05-01 23:46
You appear to have it correct. You overblow a fingering in the lowest octave, to get the same note an octave higher. However, the third octave and higher requires variations of the "basic" fingerings. You need to look at the physics of an "open pipe" to see how/what harmonics and overtones are produced. With a low note fingering, you can vary the blowing pressure and get other notes, but they may be weak. It's a good exercise for embouchure development.
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Author: Jen
Date: 2001-05-02 14:55
One important thing that you need to be careful about is how you overblow. It should not be done by simply blowing harder. It has a lot more to do with the direction of the air stream. Air is directed higher for higher notes and lower for lower notes. You can change the air direction by pushing your lower lip forward or back slightly. You can do this as an exercise by starting on the lower note and pushing the lower lip forward until the higher note comes out and bringing it back until the note drops again. It is also important to have a very small aperture.
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Author: Newbie
Date: 2001-05-02 16:59
Hi Bill & Jen,
Thanks for the advice. I had brought the standard of excellence / flute book from my local store. Which seems only good as material for teaching course.
Do you have any recommendation on self learning books for absolute beginner?
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Author: Bill
Date: 2001-05-02 20:43
It's a good idea to have a teacher. You will progress quicker, and learn to play correctly.
Trevor Wye has a nice series of books.
Also, check out the following web site for lots of flute related links.
http://www.harpsong.org/
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Author: Newbie
Date: 2001-05-03 15:49
I am not a quick learner, so I want to learn some basic fingering before taking a course. Otherwise, I'll lag behind heavily. Hope this approach make sense.
BTW, can't understand why Amazon don't stock any books of Trevor Wye. And my local music store had his practice sold out.
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Author: Bill
Date: 2001-05-03 20:37
Makes sense, and it's what I do when I learn a new instrument.
FluteWorld has the Wye books. Go to their web site, and search on Wye.
http://www.fluteworld.com
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Author: Paola Osorio
Date: 2001-05-09 17:41
I am 16 but have been playing the flute since 3rd grade. I can recomend you not to look at the different octave numbers, just read the music and you'll know why the pitch has to eventually be higher than the rest.
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Author: ellie
Date: 2001-05-12 19:23
All my life (up until last october) I have been in small schools where the band director took kids out of study halls to do private lessons, and now that I am at a much bigger school, the band director would never be able to do it anyway. But last summer I progressed greatly, without the help of a director or guide. But, I would never have gotten nearly as far in the first place if I hadn't had experience with a teacher to learn beginner's stuff, playing styles from different time periods, and discipline used when practicing and learning. I think that once you have been playing for a couple years at least, there is SOME progress you can make on your own. But I still plan on finding myself a teacher, because I'll go even farther.
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Author: andrew
Date: 2001-06-21 16:02
the reason being that the flute works on overtones and to achieve a higher octave you need to overblow the first octave to get the second, however once you reach the third octave the fingerings change and it gets a little tricky,
having good embouchure and airspeed is the key to achieving these notes
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