 The Fingering Forum
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Author: writer
Date: 2003-01-08 16:19
How would the old wooden flutes of the 1700's compare to the modern flute? Is the fingering the same? Does anyone know?
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Author: Gnomon
Date: 2003-01-08 17:34
The pre-Boehm flutes used the same basic fingering as the Irish Traditional Flute, which is the same as the Tin Whistle fingering. If you look at the Tin Whistle fingering on this site, you have most of the fingering for a pre-Boehm flute. There are a few cross-fingerings which work on the flute but not on the whistle, so they're not on the chart. The flute also normally has a key for a note one semitone higher than the lowest note, which can't be got using cross fingerings.
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Author: d-oboe
Date: 2003-01-09 02:27
I would guess it to be something similar to a recorder, but held transversely.
D-oboe
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Author: Gnomon
Date: 2003-01-09 08:26
No, it is more like a modern flute than it is like a recorder.
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Author: John
Date: 2003-01-09 14:27
You can find an excellent fingering chart at
http://www.woodenflute.com/playing
for pre-Boehm flutes and piccolos.
I have a six-keyed piccolo and the fingerings are right on!
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