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Funny thing about pronunciation; it's always correct until somebody objects...

I was going to suggest dulcinea, but then found that someone else had already done so.

I need to come to this forum more often.

Rob Sharer wrote:Here's a chart from Terry McGee's site:

http://www.mcgee-flutes.com/SixKeyFluteV4.pdf


Check out the other charts he has posted if this one doesn't suit your flute.


Rob

Thanks! I'll peruse the site. Sorry, should have said mine's keyless, but I can work backwards along the link. Thanks again.

Is there a 'reliable' or 'comprehensive' 3rd-octave fingering chart for concert ('Irish') flutes? I've been able to get a few notes of the third octave out of my D Sweetheart, but the specific fingerings would come in handy for songs in A or G, for example.

I've played fifes (folk fifes) and an Irish/Concert flute (all by Sweetheart, plus a couple of Cooperman Bb's and a yamaha and an aulos fife) for over ten years, or since before Y2k, at any rate :wink: . In My experience, Some folks just need more work before they can make a good embouchure ande/or ...

if alternate universes don't exist, I want my money back...

If someone has already mentioned this, then I apologize profusely. Paulina, judging from the picture and your and other's posts, what you have is commonly referred to as a 'transverse recorder,' meaning that it is side-blown, rather than end-blown. I have two such instruments, both plastic (white pl...

Hello? testing, testing 1, 2, er...um...

I've been elsewhere, elsewhen, and I think maybe elsewhat as well, since these fora went down...whenever that was. (2 years? wow... ) I'm also on Brass Goggles and Banjo Hangout. (yes, I'm that MWBailey...).

You try to go back to whistling but find you have so much more control on the fife that whistling just doesnt have the appeal it once did.




MWB

Sillydill wrote:You look at wedding bands and wonder if they come large enough to fit your flute!

And here I was, thinkin' that was an original idea...


...You sneeze and wonder if it was slightly off-key...



MWB

I'll have to agree with Jem on the idea that the type of flute in question (conical-bore,simple system, six-hole, keyed or keyless) can only be called "Irish" for the most tenuous of reasons. I prefer to call the modern-made, keyless, tuned to D in A=440 flutes of this type "Neoceltic...

YIKES! I just realized I inadvertently omitted that I only oil about three times per year or once per year, depending on the flute and what wood it's made of; I do so, though, only if I have a high-use event coming up or if an event occurring around those times has proven to requite a lot of use of ...

I only oil mine before what promises to be a heavy-use event, and after, if the potential pans out; since I play a stringed instrument in addition to the fifes and flute, which instrument(s) I actually use can vary extremely. (but I always carry all of them with me)

MWBailey

Jon C wrote: :D Hi Mark, Welcome! We will try not to hold the banjo playing against you... :) LOL! Thanks Jon. I appreciate that. it's a disease, you know, not my fault but it is my problem. Like I posted on the list, lately the dulcimer folks seem to like my fifing better than my banjo-ing (especia...