Re: OT: Chinese zither
| From: | Peter Bleackley <peter.bleackley@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, September 18, 2003, 9:13 |
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Staving Isidora Zamora:
>>End blown, side blown, with or without a block?
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>What's a block? Side blown.
A block is found in the English flute, or recorder. It seals one end of the
tube, apart from a narrow channel through which the air is blown. Just
after the block is the edge which generates the vibration. IIRC, the German
for recorder is Blockflöte.
>>How many holes, if any? Or do they make
>>overblowing flutes?
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>Overblowing sounds familiar, but I can't recall the meaning of the term.
Exciting a higher harmonic by blowing harder, especially on the English flute.
>Bison horns are fairly short, I think, but I have read of aurochs horns
>being up to 6 feet in length. (It's not actually an animal that you want
>to mess with.)
Here's an idea for you. Get an Aurochs horn, hollow it out, make a
mouthpiece at the narrow end, and add finger holes in various places. You
now have a form of serpent.
Pete
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