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Re: Key tuning of flute

Author: Mcconn476
Date: 2006-07-06 16:16

Tuning a flute is not an easy task. While you may be in tune in your middle register, a higher or lower register may not. The best way to know if you are in tune is to practice with a tuner. You will generally keep your head joint in the same position once you have determined the appropriate place to position it for your embrochure, the group you are playing with, or the piano accompanying you. You will notice as you play a scale some notes will fluctuate in their "in tuneness" this will require you to roll the flute in or out or adjust your embrochure. There are many things that can effect the "in tuneness" of your playing: the temperature of the room, sitting or standing, the amount of time you practice, what type of flute you are playing, and with whom you are playing.

Again, pushing or pulling the head joint should become minimal once you learn the nuiances of your instrument. But like others have said pushing the head joint will make the flute shaper (higher pitch) and pulling the head joint will make the flute flatter (lower pitch). Another visual image that will help you remember this is to think about piano strings, the shorter strings (pushing) creates a higher pitch sound and the longer strings (pulling) creates a lower pitch sound.

Kelly McConnell
Port Arthur, Texas

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