I love to listen to the difference between the modern flute and baroque flute and find the baroque flute like the birds singing in the garden. Just beautiful
I'm a traverso player now, in my old age, after retiring as a Boehm flutist some 30 years ago. I love the sound of the baroque flute for the music it was intended to play, and your video encapsulates aspects of the sound. The biggest challenge in playing the traverso, as opposed to a multi-keyed Boehm (or even simple system flutes) flute, is in the technical difficulties encountered in juxtaposition of pitches requiring forked fingerings - sort of like the commonly encountered G# - F# - E# sequence found in some keys in baroque music. Dealing with the alternate F# fork when juxtaposed with the E# (F) is a real problem, requiring extensive practice to overcome. Having the long and short F keys available on eight keyed simple system flutes, along with a separate G# key, greatly simplifies this issue. That's only one example.
I am learning baroque traverso flute. I'm not a Boehm flute player but a recorder player, and all these intonation problems are present in recorder playing as well. Thus my journey is going easier despite my problems with the embouchure. The main sound concept is in my head concerning the baroque sound ideal. I'm on my way.
Dear Buddy. At this moment we have no video on this topic with traverso. There will be a course of Raymond in a few weeks with modern flute. There is always the option to get in touch with Raymond via galleryoftones.com/en/pi/raymond-honing/ (website will be renewed soon, links might change)
Didn’t really need to “see the notes,” everyone is already very familiar with those notes. All this does is complicate and crowd the small screen on which the video is being viewed, and obscure the image of Raymond Honig, which is what we want to see.
The baroque flute sounds better - the Boehm flute is really harsh to my ears! The Boehm flute taking off is one of the tragedies of history - much like the acceptance of equal temperament; both equally as banal as each other!
I love to listen to the difference between the modern flute and baroque flute and find the baroque flute like the birds singing in the garden. Just beautiful
I'm a traverso player now, in my old age, after retiring as a Boehm flutist some 30 years ago. I love the sound of the baroque flute for the music it was intended to play, and your video encapsulates aspects of the sound. The biggest challenge in playing the traverso, as opposed to a multi-keyed Boehm (or even simple system flutes) flute, is in the technical difficulties encountered in juxtaposition of pitches requiring forked fingerings - sort of like the commonly encountered G# - F# - E# sequence found in some keys in baroque music. Dealing with the alternate F# fork when juxtaposed with the E# (F) is a real problem, requiring extensive practice to overcome. Having the long and short F keys available on eight keyed simple system flutes, along with a separate G# key, greatly simplifies this issue. That's only one example.
I am learning baroque traverso flute. I'm not a Boehm flute player but a recorder player, and all these intonation problems are present in recorder playing as well. Thus my journey is going easier despite my problems with the embouchure. The main sound concept is in my head concerning the baroque sound ideal. I'm on my way.
Awesome, thanks
Hi Buddy, no I didn't make a video on this topic until now, but I"ll be happy to explain it to you.
I’m looking for an explanation of tone and dynamics on traverso. Have you produced a video on this topic?
Dear Buddy. At this moment we have no video on this topic with traverso. There will be a course of Raymond in a few weeks with modern flute. There is always the option to get in touch with Raymond via galleryoftones.com/en/pi/raymond-honing/ (website will be renewed soon, links might change)
Didn’t really need to “see the notes,” everyone is already very familiar with those notes. All this does is complicate and crowd the small screen on which the video is being viewed, and obscure the image of Raymond Honig, which is what we want to see.
The baroque flute sounds better - the Boehm flute is really harsh to my ears! The Boehm flute taking off is one of the tragedies of history - much like the acceptance of equal temperament; both equally as banal as each other!