Can chords be played on the flute?
I have been playing the flute for some time now, and wanted to expand my knowledge of it. To do so, I started learning more about the standard music notation. While doing so, I ran into a concept called chords. I learned all about chords, and desired to play them on my flute, but couldn't think of a way to accomplish this. Is there a way to play chords on the flute?
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I have been playing the flute for some time now, and wanted to expand my knowledge of it. To do so, I started learning more about the standard music notation. While doing so, I ran into a concept called chords. I learned all about chords, and desired to play them on my flute, but couldn't think of a way to accomplish this. Is there a way to play chords on the flute?
chords flute
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I have been playing the flute for some time now, and wanted to expand my knowledge of it. To do so, I started learning more about the standard music notation. While doing so, I ran into a concept called chords. I learned all about chords, and desired to play them on my flute, but couldn't think of a way to accomplish this. Is there a way to play chords on the flute?
chords flute
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I have been playing the flute for some time now, and wanted to expand my knowledge of it. To do so, I started learning more about the standard music notation. While doing so, I ran into a concept called chords. I learned all about chords, and desired to play them on my flute, but couldn't think of a way to accomplish this. Is there a way to play chords on the flute?
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The flute, like most wind instruments, is considered to be monophonic (as opposed to a piano, which is polyphonic), meaning you can only play one note at a time (within reasonable ability).
However, there exist "extended techniques" on the flute that go beyond the standard teachings. In this case, "multiphonics" (which is an odd term, since "multi-" is Latin while "phone" is Greek) allow you to play dyads (i.e. 2-note combinations, otherwise known as intervals) and even chords (3+ notes), based on the properties of harmonics and overtones.
The trouble is, these are very difficult and only possible with a certain selection of notes (depending on the fingerings), and you're probably not going to get a very pleasing tone on them.
There are several resources on this topic you can try to use. I'm not skilled with multiphonics, but For the Contemporary Flutist's suggested technique is to imagine your tone being a vowel - higher tones shape your embouchure like an "e", while lower tones need you to form an "o" - and try to play with two vowels at once, one at the top of your mouth and one at the bottom. The Virtual Flute suggests possible fingering combinations for optimal multiphonics.
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That was a fast accept. I think you should unaccept this and wait for other users to add their input, particularly since this isn't a topic I'm very experienced with.
– Bladewood
27 mins ago
Ok... I'll wait.
– Xilpex
16 mins ago
@Bladewood Hey, but if the answer helped OP, it just might be worthy of an accept no matter what other answers come in. And this one's pretty good, to boot!
– user45266
5 mins ago
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The flute, like most wind instruments, is considered to be monophonic (as opposed to a piano, which is polyphonic), meaning you can only play one note at a time (within reasonable ability).
However, there exist "extended techniques" on the flute that go beyond the standard teachings. In this case, "multiphonics" (which is an odd term, since "multi-" is Latin while "phone" is Greek) allow you to play dyads (i.e. 2-note combinations, otherwise known as intervals) and even chords (3+ notes), based on the properties of harmonics and overtones.
The trouble is, these are very difficult and only possible with a certain selection of notes (depending on the fingerings), and you're probably not going to get a very pleasing tone on them.
There are several resources on this topic you can try to use. I'm not skilled with multiphonics, but For the Contemporary Flutist's suggested technique is to imagine your tone being a vowel - higher tones shape your embouchure like an "e", while lower tones need you to form an "o" - and try to play with two vowels at once, one at the top of your mouth and one at the bottom. The Virtual Flute suggests possible fingering combinations for optimal multiphonics.
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That was a fast accept. I think you should unaccept this and wait for other users to add their input, particularly since this isn't a topic I'm very experienced with.
– Bladewood
27 mins ago
Ok... I'll wait.
– Xilpex
16 mins ago
@Bladewood Hey, but if the answer helped OP, it just might be worthy of an accept no matter what other answers come in. And this one's pretty good, to boot!
– user45266
5 mins ago
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The flute, like most wind instruments, is considered to be monophonic (as opposed to a piano, which is polyphonic), meaning you can only play one note at a time (within reasonable ability).
However, there exist "extended techniques" on the flute that go beyond the standard teachings. In this case, "multiphonics" (which is an odd term, since "multi-" is Latin while "phone" is Greek) allow you to play dyads (i.e. 2-note combinations, otherwise known as intervals) and even chords (3+ notes), based on the properties of harmonics and overtones.
The trouble is, these are very difficult and only possible with a certain selection of notes (depending on the fingerings), and you're probably not going to get a very pleasing tone on them.
There are several resources on this topic you can try to use. I'm not skilled with multiphonics, but For the Contemporary Flutist's suggested technique is to imagine your tone being a vowel - higher tones shape your embouchure like an "e", while lower tones need you to form an "o" - and try to play with two vowels at once, one at the top of your mouth and one at the bottom. The Virtual Flute suggests possible fingering combinations for optimal multiphonics.
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That was a fast accept. I think you should unaccept this and wait for other users to add their input, particularly since this isn't a topic I'm very experienced with.
– Bladewood
27 mins ago
Ok... I'll wait.
– Xilpex
16 mins ago
@Bladewood Hey, but if the answer helped OP, it just might be worthy of an accept no matter what other answers come in. And this one's pretty good, to boot!
– user45266
5 mins ago
add a comment |
The flute, like most wind instruments, is considered to be monophonic (as opposed to a piano, which is polyphonic), meaning you can only play one note at a time (within reasonable ability).
However, there exist "extended techniques" on the flute that go beyond the standard teachings. In this case, "multiphonics" (which is an odd term, since "multi-" is Latin while "phone" is Greek) allow you to play dyads (i.e. 2-note combinations, otherwise known as intervals) and even chords (3+ notes), based on the properties of harmonics and overtones.
The trouble is, these are very difficult and only possible with a certain selection of notes (depending on the fingerings), and you're probably not going to get a very pleasing tone on them.
There are several resources on this topic you can try to use. I'm not skilled with multiphonics, but For the Contemporary Flutist's suggested technique is to imagine your tone being a vowel - higher tones shape your embouchure like an "e", while lower tones need you to form an "o" - and try to play with two vowels at once, one at the top of your mouth and one at the bottom. The Virtual Flute suggests possible fingering combinations for optimal multiphonics.
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The flute, like most wind instruments, is considered to be monophonic (as opposed to a piano, which is polyphonic), meaning you can only play one note at a time (within reasonable ability).
However, there exist "extended techniques" on the flute that go beyond the standard teachings. In this case, "multiphonics" (which is an odd term, since "multi-" is Latin while "phone" is Greek) allow you to play dyads (i.e. 2-note combinations, otherwise known as intervals) and even chords (3+ notes), based on the properties of harmonics and overtones.
The trouble is, these are very difficult and only possible with a certain selection of notes (depending on the fingerings), and you're probably not going to get a very pleasing tone on them.
There are several resources on this topic you can try to use. I'm not skilled with multiphonics, but For the Contemporary Flutist's suggested technique is to imagine your tone being a vowel - higher tones shape your embouchure like an "e", while lower tones need you to form an "o" - and try to play with two vowels at once, one at the top of your mouth and one at the bottom. The Virtual Flute suggests possible fingering combinations for optimal multiphonics.
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That was a fast accept. I think you should unaccept this and wait for other users to add their input, particularly since this isn't a topic I'm very experienced with.
– Bladewood
27 mins ago
Ok... I'll wait.
– Xilpex
16 mins ago
@Bladewood Hey, but if the answer helped OP, it just might be worthy of an accept no matter what other answers come in. And this one's pretty good, to boot!
– user45266
5 mins ago
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That was a fast accept. I think you should unaccept this and wait for other users to add their input, particularly since this isn't a topic I'm very experienced with.
– Bladewood
27 mins ago
Ok... I'll wait.
– Xilpex
16 mins ago
@Bladewood Hey, but if the answer helped OP, it just might be worthy of an accept no matter what other answers come in. And this one's pretty good, to boot!
– user45266
5 mins ago
That was a fast accept. I think you should unaccept this and wait for other users to add their input, particularly since this isn't a topic I'm very experienced with.
– Bladewood
27 mins ago
That was a fast accept. I think you should unaccept this and wait for other users to add their input, particularly since this isn't a topic I'm very experienced with.
– Bladewood
27 mins ago
Ok... I'll wait.
– Xilpex
16 mins ago
Ok... I'll wait.
– Xilpex
16 mins ago
@Bladewood Hey, but if the answer helped OP, it just might be worthy of an accept no matter what other answers come in. And this one's pretty good, to boot!
– user45266
5 mins ago
@Bladewood Hey, but if the answer helped OP, it just might be worthy of an accept no matter what other answers come in. And this one's pretty good, to boot!
– user45266
5 mins ago
add a comment |
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