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MORE SECRETS OF THE FLUTE
Contents

 

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

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