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Author: Fernando
Date: 2005-07-25 20:43
OK all you flute players...I just bought an open G# flute and I was wondering if anyone here has experience with these. I've been playing a closed G# flute for over 20 years (I'll keep playing it, not giving it up). I'm interested in the experiences of others that have played the open G# models. Can anyone give my tips or guidance in the transition? What were your stumbling blocks or areas of difficulty and how did you overcome them?
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Author: Flute472
Date: 2005-08-02 05:12
Open G# as in open toneholes and inline or offset?
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Author: fernando
Date: 2005-08-02 23:13
Neither. On a modern flute, you press down the G# key to open the g-# tone hole to produce the note. On an open g-# key (technically it should be called an open G key), you press the key down to CLOSE the tone hole producing the note G-natural. In essence on an open G-# key flute, you finger G-natural as you would finger a G-# on a closed g-# key flute. This is the way Boehm originally designed the modern flute. It negates having to add complexities like a split-E, G-doughnut, RF modification. But you have to remember to keep you left-hand pinky down for any note below a G-natural until you cycle through your fingers again. They are not common in the west but they were quite common in eastern europe & the USSR.
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