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| | == Flute Microtones == |
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| | Playing microtones on a concert flute is as simple as rotating the head plate towards or away from your lips (<u>not</u> twisting against the body!) to decrease or increase the effective length. Increasing the distance sharpens the note, and vice versa. This requires extremely-minute precision and fine muscle memory for instant execution. You may also need to change your embouchure to avoid whisper tones. |
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| <div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">**Flute Microtones**
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| Playing microtones on a concert flute is as simple as rotating the head plate towards or away from your lips (__not__ twisting against the body!) to decrease or increase the effective length. Increasing the distance flattens the note, and vice versa. This requires extremely-minute precision and fine muscle memory for instant execution. You may also need to change your embouchure to avoid whisper tones.
| | For example, suppose you want to play a tone of 449 hertz (A4+35¢). The closest note in the 12 tone tempered scale is A4 at 440 hertz, so you would need to sharpen this note by approximately a sixth-tone, or 35 cents. You would accomplish this by rotating the head plate away from your lips. This technically increases the effective length of the flute, which physics dictates would normally flatten a note, though contrary to common sense it does the opposite. |
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| For example, suppose you want to play a tone of 449 hertz (A4+35¢). The closest note in the 12 tone tempered scale is A4 at 440 hertz, so you would need to sharpen this note by approximately a sixth-tone, or 35 cents. You would accomplish this by rotating the head plate towards you and closer to your lips, decreasing the effective length of the flute.
| | Additionally, some flutes come with holes in the keys ("ring keys") to facilitate quarter tone use. However, I do not recommend you purchase this type of flute unless if you have a desire to play in [[24edo|24 EDO]]. These holes allegedly change the tone-color, which might be considered an undesirable side effect. |
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| | == Cross-fingerings == |
| | [http://flute.fingerings.info/ flute.fingerings.info] has hundreds of fingerings for each note, sorted by intonation, rounded to the nearest 5¢. |
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| | ==Custom Flutes== |
| | [[File:7edo-flute-01.JPG|alt=7edo-flute-01.JPG|480x94px|7edo-flute-01.JPG]] |
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| Additionally, some flutes come with holes in the keys ("ring keys") to facilitate quarter tone use. However, I do not recommend you purchase this type of flute unless if you have a desire to play in [[24edo|24 EDO]]. These holes allegedly change the tone-color, which might be considered an undesirable side effect.</pre></div>
| | Above: a hand-made PVC flute tuned to 7 EDO, which can also play many intermediate notes of 14 EDO with cross-fingerings. |
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| | The flute was completed in under 12 hours and required under 1 USD of raw materials. One could feasibly hope to make multitudes of these inexpensive flutes for every EDO or other tuning scheme. |
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| Playing microtones on a concert flute is as simple as rotating the head plate towards or away from your lips (<u>not</u> twisting against the body!) to decrease or increase the effective length. Increasing the distance flattens the note, and vice versa. This requires extremely-minute precision and fine muscle memory for instant execution. You may also need to change your embouchure to avoid whisper tones.<br />
| | ===== How to ===== |
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| | # Planning - the easiest way is to use [http://iotic.com/flutomat/ flutomat] or similar software/applet to calculate the finger hole spacing and tone hole position, based on the available drill bits you have. Remember that you can make a hole larger than the bit, by adjusting the piece, but you cannot make a hole smaller than the bit. Note that if the finger holes or tone holes are too big or too small, the flute will become difficult to play or may not produce a good musical tone. |
| For example, suppose you want to play a tone of 449 hertz (A4+35¢). The closest note in the 12 tone tempered scale is A4 at 440 hertz, so you would need to sharpen this note by approximately a sixth-tone, or 35 cents. You would accomplish this by rotating the head plate towards you and closer to your lips, decreasing the effective length of the flute.<br />
| | # Obtain materials - you will need a length of PVC that goes at least 25-30 mm past the edge of the tone hole. You will also need a cork to fill in the dead space behind the tone hole, as well as a cap that fits the pipe. |
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| | # Assembly - mark the hole positions and drill them, then insert the cork and fit the cap. You may wish to arc the holes for better hand comfort. The cork needs to fit very tightly. |
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| | # Finishing - you should use a file to sharpen the edge of the tone hole, which will give a better tone with less effort. |
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| Additionally, some flutes come with holes in the keys (&quot;ring keys&quot;) to facilitate quarter tone use. However, I do not recommend you purchase this type of flute unless if you have a desire to play in <a class="wiki_link" href="/24edo">24 EDO</a>. These holes allegedly change the tone-color, which might be considered an undesirable side effect.</body></html></pre></div>
| | == Links == |
| | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3GD0Omr4Z0 Eva Kingma and the quarter-tone flute] - video demonstration of a modified flute able to play quartertones |
| | * [[Carla Rees]] (flautist) |
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| | [[Category:Flute]] |
| | [[Category:Guides]] |
| | [[Category:Instruments]] |