 The Fingering Forum
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Author: Beverly
Date: 2005-05-29 18:34
I have a traditional (student) flute. I have been told you can play the low B flat on it, but I don't know the fingering. Can anyone help?
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Author: Ryan
Date: 2005-05-29 19:59
Hi
If you're talking about a Bb below the staff, then there is no way u can play a low Bb, on some flutes with a special foot joint, you can play a low B, but you can't play a low Bb, sorry!
Hope this helps, Ryan
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Author: Sapphire
Date: 2005-05-30 18:22
I have been playing flute for 10 years, and I recently began playing the traditional [student] flute. I have been told also you can play low b flat, but how is unknown to me.
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Author: MikeyBoy
Date: 2005-05-31 01:50
the ONLY way to play the Low Bb would be make the Low B nat VERY VERY Flat, pull the head joint out a lot and prob mess with the embochure, but hta's only a guess.
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Author: Ryan
Date: 2005-05-31 02:55
Hi again,
A technique that I've heard about is to lower the end of your flute, and move it onto your leg (so that the leg kind of covers up the hole) to make it flatter by covering up some of the hole. I have a regular footjoint which only allows me to go down to low C, but when I used this technique, I was able to play an in-tune low B, and when I pulled out my headjoint, I was able to get a low Bb, almost in tune... hope this helps, try that!
-Ryan
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Author: richard
Date: 2005-05-31 16:18
There was once a flute made by a maker in New York in 1880 with a b flat foot joint. There is an illustration of a piece of music for it down to low b flat near the bottom of this web page.
http://www.oldflutes.com/boehm.htm
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Author: Katie
Date: 2005-07-03 03:02
I play mainly sax and cello, but many other instruments including flute (as a double in big band)...
On a sax you can get lower notes on sopranos (the smaller straight ones) by covering the bell aabout halfway and fingering the lowest possible note, and also on clarinet. I'm sure it would work on flutes the same way.
Also, I was reading that on bari saxes (the bigger ones that have a curly sort of neck at the top), you can get lower notes by extending the bell by adding a cylinder of PVC pipe or cardboard or plastic and fingering the lowest note. Maybe this would work on a flute too?
I don't have a flute with me so I can't experiment, but if anyone does, please post results!
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Author: Saxophlautist
Date: 2005-11-24 18:27
I've been trying that myself but I could only get to Low B
I couldn't find anything that would extend my headjoint that would fit. I've been trying to attatch and empty watter bottle to my Flute's foot but it wouldn't stay on 0_o
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