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== Flute Microtones == | |||
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. | 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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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. | 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. | ||
== Cross-fingerings == | |||
[http://flute.fingerings.info/ flute.fingerings.info] has hundreds of fingerings for each note, sorted by intonation, rounded to the nearest 5¢. | [http://flute.fingerings.info/ flute.fingerings.info] has hundreds of fingerings for each note, sorted by intonation, rounded to the nearest 5¢. | ||
==Custom Flutes== | |||
[[File:7edo-flute-01.JPG|alt=7edo-flute-01.JPG|480x94px|7edo-flute-01.JPG]] | [[File:7edo-flute-01.JPG|alt=7edo-flute-01.JPG|480x94px|7edo-flute-01.JPG]] | ||
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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. | 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. | ||
== 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 | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3GD0Omr4Z0 Eva Kingma and the quarter-tone flute] - video demonstration of a modified flute able to play quartertones | ||
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