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the Instruments & Terminology
Transverse Flute
Left: Hendrik Goltzius, The Nine Muses: Plate 6, Euterpe, 1592, The British Museum
Right: Michael Praetorius, Syntagma Musicum: Plate IX, 1620, Wikimedia Commons |
The predecessor to the modern Western concert flute, the transverse flute in the Renaissance and Baroque eras was a keyless, one-piece wooden instrument. It was played by holding the instrument horizontally across the face and blowing air across the tone hole while moving the fingers up and down over a series of other holes along the instrument's body to produce pitches.
Terminology utilized in London (1575-1820):
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Vertical Flute
Left: John Smith, [Frontispiece for Directions for Playing on the Flute from Peter Prelleur's The Modern Musick Master, 1730], in Christopher Welch, Lectures on the Recorder in Relation to Literature (London: Oxford University Press, 1961.), 78, Fig. 37
Right: Michael Praetorius, Syntagma Musicum: Plate IX, 1620, Wikimedia Commons |
The vertical flute in the Renaissance and Baroque eras is quite similar to its modern counterpart. The instrument was (and is) played by holding the flute vertically from the mouth and blowing into the mouthpiece at the top of the instrument while moving the fingers up and down over a series of holes down the instrument's body to produce pitches.
Terminology utilized in London (1575-1820):
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about Me
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Hello - my name is Sarah Carter! I am a junior Music Composition and Arts Management dual major and Public History minor at Baldwin Wallace University but I'm originally from Denver, Colorado. I graduated from STEM School Highlands Ranch and Arapahoe Community College (where I received my A.A in Communication Studies) in 2019. In addition to my studies and composition work, I am also involved in a variety of programs and organizations, including the Riemenscheider Bach Institute Scholars Program, BW Arts Management Association, and Brain Center for Community Engagement. I also work at BW's University Archives, Jones Music Library, and Riemenschneider Bach Institute. Whenever I have free time, I like to spend it listening to podcasts, shopping for cat sweaters, and reading antique books!
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