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Author: chelsea
Date: 2004-05-03 13:19
what is the difference between german system and the other system. sorry i forgot the name of the other system which is used in flute. Thanks.
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Author: susana
Date: 2004-05-05 02:48
As far as I am aware, concert flutes have used the Boehm system since it was developed by Thoebald Boehm. He's German, so I suppose that's the fingering system you're referring to. Incidentally, saxes use the same system, modified somewhat for the different tendencies the horns have for intonation.
Other fingering systems are not used on concert flutes, but period instruments (i.e. Baroque flutes) from before the invention of the Boehm system use what might be called a "simple system" of six toneholes plus one, two, or more keys up to about five or six. I am not a Baroque flute specialist, so I'm not sure.
Shakuhachis and other asian flutes have four, five, or six holes and though some, like the shakuhachi, are capable of a chromatic scale, it's still called a simple system. THis is because the normal fingering of the holes will give either a diatonic or pentatonic scale or something like that, but NOT a chromatic scale.
That's all I know. It's basically Boehm system (the "German system")or "other" and all silver flutes/concert flutes use Boehm.
Susana
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Author: Wes
Date: 2004-06-21 07:53
Maybe you are thinking of the 8 keyed flute in use during the 19th century, sometimes called the "Meyer System". The classical and some of the romantic literature could generally be played on it. It was generally more reliable with fewer keys than the Boehm system.
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