The flute produced a mellow and sweet timbre
07-09-2024
The flute produced a mellow and sweet timbre
The flute made its first important reform in the 17th century. In 1670, the French woodwind writer and performer Ottel successfully made a one-key conical flute, which is called "Baroque Flute" in history. Baroque flute has a head with a diameter of 19 mm at one end and a tail with an inner diameter of 14 mm, which is in the shape of an inverted cone with six sound holes divided into two groups, and a small sound hole next to the last sound hole with a finger key on it. Finger keys are made of copper or silver and controlled by the little finger of the right hand. When the finger keys are opened, the sound is #d1. As a standard model, Baroque flute was first established in the first half of the 18th century, which lasted for most of the 18th century. The biggest feature of Baroque flute is that its structure is divided into three independent parts
from the whole tube in the Middle Ages, namely, the flute head, the flute body and the flute tail. Dividing the flute into three parts undoubtedly simplifies the production process, which enables the producer to drill sound holes on the flute body more conveniently and accurately, so the pitch is improved. At the same time, the seam between the flute body and the flute head can also be slightly opened to adjust the pitch. These reforms have made the Baroque flute sound mellow and sweet, and its pronunciation is more acute than that of the previous flute.
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