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Hi ryarbourgh, Excellent, thank you for that! I tried this, and my Tony Dixon D flute is not very responsive to L3 as a cut for E or D, and produces more of a breathy gap than a punch. But it does respond well to R1 as a cut for both E and D. Is there a similar traditional technique for strikes? Als...

Wow, thank you everybody for your extremely informative responses! I'll try to respond to the issues raised one by one, in no particular order: I hadn't even heard of Conal O'Grada or his book, but I will certainly take a look. Thanks! Just to clarify, what I meant by cutting "using the same fi...

Hello, I've been using Grey Larsen's cut fingering (and hence roll fingering), but watching videos of great players closely, I can't seem to find any that actually use it. Seamus Tansey, for example, cuts a note using the same finger he uses to play it. As far as I could tell from watching Matt Moll...