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by Flutefruits
Thu Mar 28, 2013 11:55 am
Forum: Intermediate and Advanced Flute Topics
Topic: Flute Glissando Range
Replies: 5
Views: 16812

Re: Flute Glissando Range

Cheers man. Sorry for the delayed reply but i've been working very hard in uni and have finally finished. I eventually went with the glissando headjoint, my tutor said it would be fine depsite being considered unconventional (at the moment at least). Again, thanks for the help it took a lot of stres...
by Flutefruits
Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:59 pm
Forum: Intermediate and Advanced Flute Topics
Topic: Flute Glissando Range
Replies: 5
Views: 16812

Re: Flute Glissando Range

That's very helpful. The piece is quite contemporary, the idea of the flutes is inspired by the turntable in John Cage's Imaginary Landscape 1. If you're not aware of the piece basically a vinyl of a pitched sine wave is played by player 4 and he uses the pitch control precisely to change the pitch ...
by Flutefruits
Mon Feb 25, 2013 12:41 pm
Forum: Intermediate and Advanced Flute Topics
Topic: Flute Glissando Range
Replies: 5
Views: 16812

Flute Glissando Range

Hello I am a composer and know little about flute ranges :oops: . I'm trying to write a piece where flutes move up in glissando patterns, specifically an open key flute so it can play through microtones. I was speaking to my tutor in university about this the other day and he said that simply going ...