It doesn't matter what you do with your fingers as long as the note is made. Interestingly enough, it was paying sax and clarinet that made me have this revelation as well. And there are few keys on a saxophone and piccolo where the fingers are central. If the fingers are not perfectly centred on the keys (much frowned upon!) what is the big deal, really? Bagpipers and recorder players have no problems with fingers projecting well over the holes. Finger Position: This so-called 'good' finger position has the balls of the fingers (under the nails) centred on the key cups. My Pearl student flute has done plenty of backup duty in our Symphony, outfitted with a headjoint that cost three times what the flute did!Ħ.
#Emerson flute with one open hole upgrade
Most students can get a fabulous upgrade if they simply replace their student-flute headjoint with a handmade, pro-model headjoint. It is unfortunate that people interpret closed holes, a C-footjoint, and an offset G as the marks of a student flute, while a 'better' flute must be the one with open holes, inline G and a B-footjoint.
I don't see a whole lot of reason to special-order closed holes, because a)they can easily be plugged and b)the resale value of an open-holed flute in the US will be higher. But most flutes available in the US do have open holes. A closed-hole flute will bring a big discount, used. If I were looking for a new flute to buy, open/closed holes would actually not be a major consideration. (Though it probably would be interesting to learn how, I don't see that I would really DO anything with them with my current musical involvement.) I don't do microtone trills, or any other of the special effects. If I have to play THAT high, I'll use my piccolo, thank you. It isn't the open holes, it's the design of the headjoint- as they would actually notice if they had been able to put the old Artley headjoint in the open-hole-body, or vice-versa with the new headjoint in the new flute. When you question someone about it, they will tell you that gee, when their first-chair flutist in 8th grade got a new Yamaha open-hole flute for her birthday, there was a huge difference between that flute and her Artley student flute.
If it were true, you would notice a marked tone difference between notes that require most of the holes closed- and notes that leave the key open.
I always roll my eyes when I hear the statement that "An open-hole flute has a more open tone."Īs Micron has just pointed out, that is absurd. I also know flautists who would never change from closed to open. It happens that the flute manufacturers just stated as a default building open hole flutes. In my case, I have relatively big fingers and arms, so have never had to use an off-line G flute. It donesn't affect the sound, but concerns a personal preference regarding the size of the fingers, a better position of the arms, etc. The same questioning can be applied to an in-line or off-line G flute. The time varies, but in my case this was pretty fast, because I was already playing at the orchestra as a principal. I had to discipline myself until I got accustumed to it. When I converted to open key the first benefit I could note undoubtly was the position of my fingers. I'm not sure if this could scientifically be proved. So, because of the material in the center of a close hole key, the resonance is bigger inside de tube. It's explained by being the tip of our fingers somewhat soft, this could result in a sound a little (just a tiny little) buffered. Now, from an opposite point of view, it's said that a close hole key is capable of giving more resonance than open ones. Though, the preference for open keys may indicate the necessity of playing glissandos or even smaller intervals like 4th and 8th of a tone. Like other beliefs I've heard before, the fact that the keys have a hole doesn't really affect the sound or the tone, IMHO.
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