Other flutes
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Other flutes
[color=green]Hello everyone. It's Collin. Does anyone play any flutes besides the "normal" ones, such as Irish or bamboo flutes, or other simple six-hole flutes? I have 2 bamboo ones, and they are a blast to play. If you want more info, here is a great website to learn more! www.eriktheflutemaker.com
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Hi Collin! I own a nifty little bamboo flute, too. I bought it at Lark in the Morning in San Francisco on my honeymoon two summers ago (this was to compensate for my not being able to play my dearly departed Gemeinhardt). It has a very unique rich sound, but it's quite different to play than a typical C flute and its range is limited (it doesn't handle high notes with any fingering accuracy ... it only has five holes, so maybe I'm missing a technique).
Lark in the Morning had a whole wall of unusual flutes, whistles, etc. available to play on the spot. While it's potentially unsanitary to do this, I spent an hour or more trying out out a bunch of flutes and whistles (encouraged by the people working there, which is cool). I tried a Vietnamese flute that left my dizzy from the amount of air it required. I also tried a crystal flute that was pretty standard six-finger stuff save the material.
Lark in the Morning had a whole wall of unusual flutes, whistles, etc. available to play on the spot. While it's potentially unsanitary to do this, I spent an hour or more trying out out a bunch of flutes and whistles (encouraged by the people working there, which is cool). I tried a Vietnamese flute that left my dizzy from the amount of air it required. I also tried a crystal flute that was pretty standard six-finger stuff save the material.
I've been to the Lark in the Morning store in Seattle, and that is a pretty nifty place. I got several of my six-hole instruments from Erik the Flutemaker. www.eriktheflutemaker.com The fingering for most six-hole flutes is extremely similar to that of the tinwhistle (if you know the fingerings of that). 
Music is prayer without words.
I have a hunch that Erik The Flutemaker is a supplier for Lark in the Morning.
I played recorder when I was younger, and I've found that most six-hole flutes/whistles that I've played use fingerings that are pretty similar to basic recorder fingerings ... if they deviate, the fingerings resemble that of a flute.
The flute I bought from Lark had five holes ... it was some kind of Cuban design, and I think it's in D. I can only get an octave and a half out of it ... and I'm still missing some notes.
I played recorder when I was younger, and I've found that most six-hole flutes/whistles that I've played use fingerings that are pretty similar to basic recorder fingerings ... if they deviate, the fingerings resemble that of a flute.
The flute I bought from Lark had five holes ... it was some kind of Cuban design, and I think it's in D. I can only get an octave and a half out of it ... and I'm still missing some notes.