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Date: 2020-08-29 05:09 pm (UTC)So the fingering works essentially the same way on each keyless flute. But if I put all fingers down on a G flute, I get G. But if I want to get a G out of the D flute, it's the left hand fingers (the upper holes) all down.
The part that keeps throwing me is less a question of pitch and more of a question of muscle memory. Usually I play my D flutes (usually the small ones, the piccolo-sized ones) as that's most generally useful in session and I can usually handle tunes on it in G and A as well...
But there's a caveat. That caveat is the range of the tune. If it goes below D over middle C, then I can't play the whole thing on a D flute. So I have to rearrange what notes I'm playing. Or, I have to try playing it on the G or A as appropriate, as those go lower in pitch.
But my muscle memory is still locked in on the D arrangement of fingers. I've gotten better at learning tunes by ear the last few years, but my brain is going "okay I know that's a B, B means first finger down"... but that's assuming I'm on a C/D flute. B is four fingers down on the G or five fingers down on the A.
I'm pretty sure this is a problem I can solve just by practicing on the G or A flutes more often and teaching my muscle memory to adjust to those flutes as necessary. :)
I can distinguish differences in pitch, no problem. I can go "yeah, that note is higher than that one", and like I said, I'm getting better at learning things by ear after participating in regular workshops. What I have trouble with though is remembering "if the note is this pitch, that means it's A". My brain goes instead "if the note is this pitch, that means I put the fingers in these places".