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| Going for Baroque; family video | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Oct 27 2013, 09:36 AM (188 Views) | |
| Piano*Dad | Oct 27 2013, 09:36 AM Post #1 |
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Bull-Carp
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Youngest played a concert last Thursday evening. He is mastering an instrument that is nasty, brutish and very short … the Baroque flute (or traverso). It's much harder to play than its modern silver cousin. For starters, there are no keys. All the fingerings are different. It's also much harder to hit (and keep) an exact pitch on it. But I really like the sound. It's a very warm toned instrument, and it sounds great in a small space with good acoustics. I think the second movement (allegro) was worth the price of admission. But I'm clearly biased. |
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| Friday | Oct 27 2013, 03:13 PM Post #2 |
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Senior Carp
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I've never heard of a traverso. What a lovely recording. Thanks for sharing it. |
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| AlbertaCrude | Oct 27 2013, 03:15 PM Post #3 |
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Bull-Carp
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Very nice. I really enjoy chamber music for flute (traverso) and continuo. |
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| brenda | Oct 27 2013, 03:21 PM Post #4 |
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Yes! Wonderful to hear that. He's already got good tone, and it sounds like that is no small feat. |
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“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.” ~A.A. Milne | |
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| Piano*Dad | Oct 28 2013, 04:55 AM Post #5 |
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Bull-Carp
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Can't remember if I linked this before, but Flute*Son works with this wonderful historical flute performance prof. at Oberlin: He has gone up to Ohio on occasion for weekend workouts, and Skype at other times. Oh, and it appears she is using the exact same flute that he has. Not a surprise since it's the type she strongly suggested that we get. |
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| Axtremus | Oct 28 2013, 05:02 AM Post #6 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Nice performances, thanks for sharing. And wow! Even the West's ancient "Baroque flute" appears technologically more advanced than the Chinese's modern/contemporary flute! ![]() Baroque flute: ![]() Modern Chinese flutes:
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| jon-nyc | Oct 28 2013, 05:03 AM Post #7 |
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Cheers
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Bravo!!! Great start to my morning, PD. Thanks for posting that. |
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| Piano*Dad | Oct 28 2013, 05:21 AM Post #8 |
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Bull-Carp
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This is his "baroque" flute:![]() It's made by Martin Wenner in Germany, after a model from Carlo Palanca in the early 1700s. Each type of flute has its own attributes. This one has a bit more power than many baroque flutes because of the oval embouchure. I think it has a conical bore. The original is made of Ebony. Ebony cracks very easily. Current models are made of grenadillo (like this one), or boxwood if you want to pay a bit more. It's original down to its segment connectors. No cork in there. Waxed threads instead. The "ivory" joints, however, aren't ivory any more. |
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