Half Holing Explained

Casey Burns · Post by **Casey Burns** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 8:31 am

Its been a busy time for me here. All these flutes!

For this client, however, I only had enough time to get his half finished. He was fine with that, however.

Bothrops · Post by **Bothrops** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 8:35 am

HAHAHAHAHAHAAHA awesome. It seems too easy to half-hole, really!!

jemtheflute · Post by **jemtheflute** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 10:43 am

Any chance of a sound clip to match????? I bet it's a lovely, airy sound.......

azw · Post by **azw** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 10:51 am

Ha! Love it, Casey. It was a nice touch to protect the identity of the player, too.

johnkerr · Post by **johnkerr** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 10:54 am

Ah, now I see why I was never able to master the technique of half-holing back when I didn't have a keyed flute. I mistakenly bought a whole flute instead of a half flute! And I bet the half flute would have cost less, too...

jtrout · Post by **jtrout** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 1:05 pm

And weighed less for those long wilderness treks!

jemtheflute · Post by **jemtheflute** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 2:49 pm

Anyone for S&G's "Sounds of....."?

Casey, where's the other half? Any chance of a duet?

Aanvil · Post by **Aanvil** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 3:10 pm

A visual ko-an if ever I did see one.

What is the sound of one half a flute fluting?

Casey Burns · Post by **Casey Burns** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 3:14 pm

Here is a link to an audioclip:

http://www.angelfire.com/md2/timewarp/sound.html

jtrout · Post by **jtrout** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 3:54 pm

Awwww...I thought it would be an audio-CLAP!

jemtheflute · Post by **jemtheflute** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 4:19 pm

jtrout wrote:Awwww...I thought it would be an audio-CLAP!

Now then! Let's not split ..........

I feel the need to say here that Casey's craftsmanship, both flutily and of this thread must be applauded - naturally in the manner he has illustrated!

monkey587 · Post by **monkey587** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 7:53 pm

Aanvil wrote:A visual ko-an if ever I did see one.

What is the sound of one half a flute fluting?

mu

jemtheflute · Post by **jemtheflute** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 8:03 pm

monkey587 wrote:
Aanvil wrote:A visual ko-an if ever I did see one.

What is the sound of one half a flute fluting?
mu

That's a sic joke!

What is the value of mu?

awildman · Post by **awildman** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 11:06 pm

I don't care much for the tone. A bit too open for my taste.

sbfluter · Post by **sbfluter** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:52 am

I'm glad you hid his nostrils. Probably helps to have half as many breathing organs as well.