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Offline pianorama

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For any flute player - changing notes
on: April 16, 2006, 06:37:49 PM
My aunt let me borrow her daughter's flute last night. (She never plays it anymore) I've managed to make one note, just blowing in without covering any holes. They had a flute book, but it was level 2 and didn't really help. Whenever I try to make the note higher or lower (not sure if some holes go higher or lower than just blowing in) by pressing down one of the clicky-thingies to cover a hole, nothing happens. I've tried covering several holes at once, but still nothing happens. I tried asking my cousin but she claimed doesn't remeber how to change notes. ::) (the frequency of the pitch)

So, any help at all on how to change the note would be appreciated.


 P.S. Yes, I assembled the flute correctly.

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Re: For any flute player - changing notes
Reply #1 on: April 16, 2006, 11:12:14 PM
Check the fingering chart in the back of the book?  Even Level 2 should have one.
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Re: For any flute player - changing notes
Reply #2 on: April 17, 2006, 07:36:00 AM
Fingerings for woodwind insturments, and then some....
https://www.wfg.woodwind.org/

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Re: For any flute player - changing notes
Reply #3 on: April 17, 2006, 10:45:27 AM
what do you mean nothing happens? do you mean you're not getting a sound at all, or the note is the same? cos you have to press the little random non-circular things as well in the right combinations. randomly, my uni has a virtual flute, i don't understand this page at all, but if you wanna check out something random...

https://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/music/flute/virtual/main.html

my friend's teaching me the flute, had one lesson, and she basically watched me blow uselessly for like 15 minutes not getting much of a sound, then i gave up. then practiced at home and got a decent sound after like 5 minutes and was like SWEET!! and woohoo mary had a little lamb (Haha i nearly wrote 'limb') is coming out!!
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Re: For any flute player - changing notes
Reply #4 on: April 18, 2006, 01:44:43 AM
Yay, I got it to change notes! :D

                        Thanks everyone
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