Some Facts About The Flute
1. The Germans called transverse flutes Schweytzerpfeiffs (Swiss pipe) or Zwerchpfeiffs (transverse pipe). The Swiss just called them Zwerchpfeiffs.
2. Did you know that the flute is the only woodwind without a reed .
3. In 1529 Martin Agricola suggested shaking the voice to create a better sound when playing the flute. This was the first and last mention of vibrato until the eighteenth century.
4.The Privy Purse Expenses of King Henry VII show 74 flutes and 76 recorders in 1547.
5. Some Baroque flautists played the flute left handed simply because they were improperly taught and didn't know any better. Michel Blavet (1700-1768) as the most famous of all these left handed players .
6. In one if the earliest Italian operas, Eurydice, written by Jacobi Peri in 1600, three flutes played a behind-the-scenes ritornello while onstage, a shepherd, Tirsi, pretended to play a triple-flute.
7. Did you know that the flute is the second oldest instrument in the world besides the trumpet.
Here is a person playing the flute it has keys on both sides and splits at the beginning.
2. Did you know that the flute is the only woodwind without a reed .
3. In 1529 Martin Agricola suggested shaking the voice to create a better sound when playing the flute. This was the first and last mention of vibrato until the eighteenth century.
4.The Privy Purse Expenses of King Henry VII show 74 flutes and 76 recorders in 1547.
5. Some Baroque flautists played the flute left handed simply because they were improperly taught and didn't know any better. Michel Blavet (1700-1768) as the most famous of all these left handed players .
6. In one if the earliest Italian operas, Eurydice, written by Jacobi Peri in 1600, three flutes played a behind-the-scenes ritornello while onstage, a shepherd, Tirsi, pretended to play a triple-flute.
7. Did you know that the flute is the second oldest instrument in the world besides the trumpet.
Here is a person playing the flute it has keys on both sides and splits at the beginning.