Thanks for your reply, @tonehole.
I bought a bawu and am having fun learning it. Just as you said, the embouchure is easy.... no problem.
Thanks again!
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- Mon Dec 04, 2023 2:43 am
- Forum: World/Folk Winds
- Topic: Is Bawu Flute Hard to Learn to Play?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10509
- Fri Oct 27, 2023 9:58 pm
- Forum: World/Folk Winds
- Topic: Aulos Tenor Recorder Identifying
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5994
Re: Aulos Tenor Recorder Identifying
well, to reply to an ancient thread.... Thanks for this info. I was able to determine I have an Aulos 311. I bought it from an airport "lost luggage" sale decades ago. As the Saunders info says, the key is delicate. Mine got broken but superglue fixed it up. Thanks to modern glues! I have ...
- Fri Oct 27, 2023 9:50 pm
- Forum: World/Folk Winds
- Topic: Is Bawu Flute Hard to Learn to Play?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10509
Is Bawu Flute Hard to Learn to Play?
I was wondering how hard the bawu is to learn to play? I'm well experienced with fipple flutes (recorder, ocarina, tin whistle, etc). But I have no experience with the standard transverse concert flute, so I haven't learned the embouchure for transverse edge-blown flutes. Is the Bawu a little easier...
- Sat Mar 12, 2022 5:12 pm
- Forum: The Trad Tech Forum
- Topic: How to convert a melody to ABC or Sheet Music
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6976
Re: How to convert a melody to ABC or Sheet Music
Thanks, @Greenwood. I tired Bearaudio and several other mp3 -> midi and wav -> midi converters, but they didn't work well enough for me. They added too many extra notes to deal with, at least in my case. I did find that certain flutes worked better with them than others. For example, my alto ocarina...
- Fri Mar 11, 2022 2:07 am
- Forum: The Trad Tech Forum
- Topic: How to convert a melody to ABC or Sheet Music
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6976
Re: How to convert a melody to ABC or Sheet Music
Hi Keith, Thanks for your feedback. I'll keep in mind your advice that EWIs are a whole new experience. I've played many different woodwinds, but I understand that EWIs may not be similar to them at all. Nevertheless, if I can figure out some of the basic parameters for EWIs (posted in my original q...
- Mon Mar 07, 2022 8:20 pm
- Forum: The Trad Tech Forum
- Topic: How to convert a melody to ABC or Sheet Music
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6976
How to convert a melody to ABC or Sheet Music
Hi, I've been composing tunes for years. To preserve them, I play them on one of my flutes (recorder, ocarina, or tin whistle) and tape record them. I'd like to translate my solo tunes to either ABC notation or sheet music. I tried computer programs that automatically translate from the captured MP3...
- Thu Jan 02, 2020 12:37 am
- Forum: Forum Support
- Topic: Idea: A Thread on Reviews
- Replies: 3
- Views: 12776
Idea: A Thread on Reviews
Just an idea - have a separate thread for people to contribute reviews of their instruments. They have such a thread over at The Ocarina Network and I've found it to be one of their most useful features (see http://theocarinanetwork.com/ocarina-reviews-f42/?sid=c0e3f4a591265f8a31562a37839b91dd ) Mea...
- Tue Dec 10, 2019 1:34 pm
- Forum: World/Folk Winds
- Topic: Please Help ID This Recorder
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9012
Re: Please Help ID This Recorder
Good feedback, yes definitely not a recorder. Trying to play it, it voices very poor, out-of-tune sound. This is with the two odd holes left open. And also after closing either one or both of them. Looking at it closely, I notice the fingering holes are all the same size and are equally spaced. And ...
- Mon Dec 09, 2019 2:27 am
- Forum: World/Folk Winds
- Topic: Please Help ID This Recorder
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9012
Please Help ID This Recorder
I bought this recorder from an estate sale in VA. It's very old, and has 2 VERY UNUSUAL extra holes near its end. I'm an experienced recorder player and AFAIK because of those 2 extra holes this is not a playable instrument. Could anyone please help identify it? What is it? NORMAL: 20" length, ...
- Sat Feb 16, 2019 9:45 pm
- Forum: World/Folk Winds
- Topic: Best Inexpensive wood soprano Recorder?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 15529
Re: Best Inexpensive wood soprano Recorder?
Hey, thanks so much for the leads. I found a half dozen decent-looking Mollenhauer pearwood and plumwood sopranos in my price range over at Thomas-Mann based on your lead about the Mollenhauer Student Descant. Good selection, now I'll research how they sound. See -- http://m.thomannmusic.com/mollenh...
- Sat Feb 16, 2019 12:27 pm
- Forum: World/Folk Winds
- Topic: Best Inexpensive wood soprano Recorder?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 15529
Best Inexpensive wood soprano Recorder?
Any recommendations for a good wooden soprano recorder that's inexpensive? I'm mainly looking for a pleasing wood sound. Price range would be $20 to $100 US, with maybe 40 to 70 being ideal. (I already have plastic sopranos.)
Thank you for your recommendations.
Thank you for your recommendations.
- Tue Feb 12, 2019 2:52 pm
- Forum: World/Folk Winds
- Topic: Is a Flutophone an Ocarina?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 18952
Re: Is a Flutophone an Ocarina?
I found a couple photos on Ebay that show straight into the bottom of a flutophone bell and a tonette that has a bell. As folks have stated here, the tonette is closed (the bell apparently is just for show, it doesn't open into the bottom of the tonette's air chamber). The flutophone has a pretty sm...
- Thu Feb 07, 2019 3:16 pm
- Forum: World/Folk Winds
- Topic: Is a Flutophone an Ocarina?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 18952
Re: Is a Flutophone an Ocarina?
@Nanohedron -- excellent point about my possibly reading too much into the Wikipedia article. Thank you.
Anyone got a Flutophone here they can look at ?
Anyone got a Flutophone here they can look at ?
- Thu Feb 07, 2019 2:42 pm
- Forum: World/Folk Winds
- Topic: Is a Flutophone an Ocarina?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 18952
Re: Is a Flutophone an Ocarina?
Thank you for your replies. The good ol' Flutophone! Yes, the Wikipedia article on "tonette" leads me to believe that the Flutophone is in fact an ocarina (a closed end vessel flute). The reason is that the other instruments that article names -- the tonette and the song flute -- I can per...
- Thu Feb 07, 2019 1:51 pm
- Forum: World/Folk Winds
- Topic: Is a Flutophone an Ocarina?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 18952
Is a Flutophone an Ocarina?
Is the Flutophone an ocarina? In other words, does it have a closed end ? I am talking specifically about the instrument shown here -- http://www.amazon.com/First-Note-FN153-Firstnote-Flutophone/dp/B000EEHE5G/ref=pd_cp_267_2?pd_rd_w=jsMOE&pf_rd_p=ef4dc990-a9ca-4945-ae0b-f8d549198ed6&pf_rd_r=...