Gemeinhardt Flute
When should a student switch from a closed hole Flute to an open holed Flute?
I have been playing just over four years. I practice about 45 minutes a day and am in concert band at school. I currently own a Gemeinhardt 22 SP flute closed hole, and I feal I am ready for open holed. I have good tone control, and a good vibrato. What do you think? I also play the piccolo… if that means any thing to you…
I hate to burst your bubble, but switching to an open-hole flute doesn’t mean that you’re really upgrading. Having open-holes is just an option, not necessarily a requirement, unless you’re planning on performing a lot of music in which open holes would be required for extended techniques. However, the neat thing about open holes is that they do offer more fingering options for intonation issues and alternate fingerings. I also like the vibrations that I feel under my fingers, but that’s just a personal thing.
If you and your private teacher (or at least, your band director) feel that you are ready to upgrade, then I would start looking at more advanced models. If you’re super serious about your playing, then I would go away with the Gemmy (keep it as a back up) and go with something like a lower end Altus (such as their Azumi flute…REALLY nice) or Miyazawa. These would be the type of instruments that will last you until college, or possibly beyond. Your teacher can help you with this.
If you decide to get an open-holed flute, you can use plugs for them. However, I would recommend ditching the plugs as soon as possible. When I switched to an open-holed flute, I removed the plugs to the fingers that I didn’t have any trouble with right away. The ones I struggled with stayed in a bit longer, but I practiced without the plugs for at least part of my practice session each day. Part of my struggle was that I was switching from a flute with an off-set to in-line G key. My stupid finger kept slipping off the center of the key ever so slightly. However, within about 2-3 weeks, I was playing my open-holed flute without any type of plugs and haven’t put them back in since.
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