BRIEF REVIEW
FURTHER EXPLANATION - THE SOUND MECHANISM
PHYSICS OF THE ENCLOSED AIR COLUMN
HEAD VERSUS FOOT
RESONANCE
THE OVERALL FLUTE RATIO
TUNABLE FLUTES
EQUIVALENT DIAMETERS
THE PLAYING HOLE EQUATION
NODES AND ANTINODES
MAXIMUM k2 (NODAL INTERFERENCE)
MINIMUM PLAYING HOLE SIZE IN GENERAL
ENERGY
COMPUTING INDIVIDUAL MINIMUM HOLE SIZE
ANALYSIS OF THE FOREGOING
TUNING/DIRECTION HOLES
USING MULTIPLE TUNING OR DIRECTION HOLES
HOLES AT ENDS
USING HOLES IN THE BARREL IN LIEU OF THE OPEN FOOT
BACKSETTING
VOLUME
THE CIRCULAR MUSICAL SCALE
THE EASY WAY TO COMPUTE "d" VALUES
TAPERED BORE CALCULATIONS
k2 CALCULATIONS FOR ODD EMBOUCHURES
MORE ON PANPIPES
THE TAPERED HEAD
MORE ON NOTCHED ENDBLOWN FLUTES
IN CLOSING
VOCABULARY
COMMONLY USED SYMBOLS
COMMONLY USED EQUATIONS
Illustrations
Typical Transverse Flute
Typical Native American Flute
Typical k2 and k1
Typical Playing Hole
Nodal Interference
The Flute Cycle
Equivalent Diameter
Backsetting
The Circular Scale
The Tapered Head