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With rim-blown flutes like this one the size and depth of the embouchure affect the tone a lot; chiffy vs clear tone. The smaller are easier to keep clear sounding. Also the blowing technique is very important factor in controlling the sound.

Hola señor!! Primero gracias por contestar. Veo que el grosor del tubo de PVC que utilizas es de 1.5mm, yo utilizo uno de 2 mm de pared, crees que eso es un factor para que no tenga un sonido limpio? Gracias!!

@@alejandrosureda1210 The flute in this video is made out of aluminium. And yes this pipe's wall is 1.5mm. Thinner wall does give cleaner sound and also increase volume. Lighter materials like pvc usually give breathier sound. I tested two of my shakuhachis: Pvc 1.9 mm wall, alumium 2mm wall. In breathiness there is no huge difference while the tone is different.

​@@osflutes5141muchas gracias!! Habrá que buscar PVC más fino, aunque solo encuentro de 2mm. A seguir probando. Un saludo

Yes it does but there is no rule for exact measurements. Bigger is louder basically. Every one can make what they prefer. For reference, mine is 8mm deep and 10mm wide. It's not very loud.

@@osflutes5141 Yes, I still had a PDF as instructions from someone who gave certain measurements for certain whistles. But your video helped me a lot in practice! Thanks for that!

Can’t see the measurements don’t know what you’re talking about 😂

​@@JeanLoi-bc3ps the pipe have 70cm long the exterior have 22mm and 19mm on interior

Yes you can but it will have to be a bit shorter.

I'm sorry but that calculator doesn't exist anymore.

They're shown in the end of video.

Sorry to say that currently I don't know any websites for that. I haven't used them for at least 8 years. At this point of flute making I only use my previously made flutes/whistles as referense. However I can say that with low whistles some fingerhole positions are challenging to have within a good reach no matter what. Compromises with the hole size vs positions are inevidable.

Yeah that's possible but - I must warn you - shipping fees from my country to outside of europe are very high

Hmm I suppose there are more than just one scale for arabic melodies. I should study the topic. What scale would it be exactly? The flute in this particular piece is a variant of a shakuhachi flute.

@@osflutes5141 I think is alto G or something

@@osflutes5141 it's tuned in c#

@@ΝΕΚΤΑΡΙΑΜΑΣΤΟΡΙΚΟΥ No I didn't mean which key but scale. See, there's so many scales for arabic music like locrian, diminished, maqam and the list goes on (I don't even know how many there are). But in this piece I played a flute tuned to a major scale. Actually all of my flutes are either major or minor scale tuned.

Oh really :D

It's useful to learn to play first! I started making and playing at the same time so my first instruments weren't good, which is normal of course.

In the very end of the video.

I haven't been making whistles for a while but I feel I could make a few now. I know the trick to keep the tuning in balanced between octaves. I can make alumium, copper and pvc whistles. Yes I'm located in Europe. Send me an email: otsflutes@gmail.com Refer to this comment or your youtube account so I know it's you. (I sometimes get a lot of messages) Let's talk about details there.

@@osflutes5141 Thank you so much! It won't be right away but, I will in a month or so. Are you sure you could keep the tuning in balance? The tuning and clarity are very important. And the way you make them, there's no way you can tune them. I don't own any PVC, as I said, I've only tuneable aluminium and a beautiful sounding brass low A. Have you ever made brass whistles? I did love the way your PVC sounded. I might give it a try! God bless you!✝️🕊🙏🏻💐

@@ChildOfKingJesus57 I've never made brass whistles. I don't have brass pipes available currently. The tuning shouldn't be a proplem. Biggest challenges are always between having a lovely tone and loudness. If it's louder the tone in my opinion is not quite as good as it is with softer volume whistles. However this is mainly a challenge with low whistles. Alto like F doesn't suffer from that so much. Without a good lathe it's hard to make a good tuning slide. With non-tunable whistle the question is do you want it to play in tune with maximum blow? Some whistles can be blown over about 5-10 cents. 15 cent note is the absolute limit for discordance. I'll take a look at what I can do with the tuning slide.

Ja :)

Thanks! Nowadays I make zen flutes out of copper and alumium.

Yeah I try to prevent dust from spreading all over my house. Pvc-dust is annoying, with metal this is all easier.

Actually, looking at my Dixon flute and generation whistle, the top holes are nowhere near where the standing wave node would be, I’m probably thinking of a different instrument😂😂, the whole sizes are also very different proportions in each case.😅 but I still seem to have more success with smaller topmost tone holes

Pros and cons of my fipple/finger hole design is that: yes it sounds pretty fine throughout the range and the playabiluty is good but I've sacrificed a lot of back pressure. It sounds very balanced but the higher octave is a bit flat unless I blow harder than I'd like to. However, I've recently corrected these defects.

It's a song. The whole piece started building up from the shakuhachi melody wrote first.

That's creative! I've been making only rim-blown flutes for a long time (particularly shakuhachi) but recently huge yearn to make whistles again struck me.

My Pan "Whistle" has 16 notes starting with a low C. I'll add , at least, three more notes to it. It's quite large. I use coconut oil on it to aid in movement over a twenty inch width. This really allows me to play much faster. It was very time consuming to make, but very much fun to play. I love playing "El Condor Pasa" on it. Michael

If only I have time I'll make another video about whistle making. I've been making shakuhachi and other rim-blown flutes now for a quite long time. Now that I've had a lathe available for use I've gotten exited about making also whisltes.

@@osflutes5141 … Thank you so much , if time permitting you I would definitely love to see your video making the whistle , goodness knows we who are interested in whistles etc could do with some help , thank you 🙏