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SECRETS OF THE FLUTE
Contents

 

Introduction

VOCABULARY

FUNDAMENTALS

TEMPERATURE

WAVELENGTH

ALTITUDE

OTHER FACTORS

HUMAN BODY TEMPERATURE

RESONANCE

FOUR PART CYCLE

THE OPEN ENDED FLUTE

THE OPEN END

THE BLOWHOLE

THE MAGIC RATIO

DISCUSSION OF AREA AND LENGTH

THE OVERALL FLUTE RATIO

NODES AND OVERBLOWING

AIR MOTION WITHIN THE FLUTE

THE PLAYING HOLES

DANIEL BERNOULLI

CENTRIFUGAL FORCE

SOLVING FOR THE RESULTANT

THE PLAYING HOLE EQUATIONS

TAPERED BORE FLUTES

TAPERED HOLES

THE HOLES AT THE ENDS

EMBOUCHURES (BLOWHOLES)

ACOUSTIC VOLUME

OFFSETTING PLAYING HOLES

TUNABLE FLUTES

PANPIPES

DIAGONALS

TOP ENDBLOWN FLUTES

TRANSVERSE FLUTES

THE TI

THE KENA TYPES

THE WHISTLES

FINGER WHISTLES

NOSE FLUTES

EXTERNAL CHANNEL FLUTES

EXAMPLE DESIGN

IN CLOSING

SYMBOLS & FORMULAE, EMBOUCHURES & BLOCKS, STEPS IN FLUTE DESIGN, FLUTE FAMILY TREES, & TEMPERED FREQUENCY SCALES in easy references section (colored pages) in center of book.

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