Hi there!!
I'm Roman. I've been sicked for a long time and still recovering. A beginner to the flute, and having a lower resistance, I'm not satisfied with my overall tone quality when I blow it( especially on middle to high registers). Its thinner than normal, like a whistle, maybe like a piccolo.
Aside from weak resistance, I suspect the lenght, thickness and diameter of my C flute as factors. It has thinner wall and shorter and smaller diameter.
Am I right?? What are your comments? Are there websites that discuss these factors?? thanks to all of you..
So what makes you think the diameter is unusual. Differences in diameter are very, very small in modern (Boehm) flutes.
1. If it was a very cheap flute,or one of a a very uncommon name, such as Khon, then the poor sound could be because of the acoustic design of the flute, especially if the shape of the embouchure hole is poor.
2. a flute will always sound bad if the player does not have a good embouchure (i.e. the shape of the lips and gap between them, while playing)
Do you have a FLUTE teacher, or access to somebody who plays the flute well. That is the only way you will sort out what the problem is.
I see. Previously I thought diameter of the tube and length contribute to flute's pitch/tone. a longer and wider tube produces a bigger sound but a shorter produces a smaller/thinner,whistle-like/shrill sound. I have no teacher but self studying. Topics on the internet can help me i think.
thanks..
You are correct, but the standard flute used today is of a very standard length and diameter, with only minute variations in diameter for slight differences in tone.
The only common smaller size of flute, as most people know the instrument, is a piccolo, which is exactly an octave higher, because it is exactly half the (effective) length (but with the tubing for the bottom two notes (C & C#) chopped off. It is made of smaller diameter to favour tone and ease of playing, for those higher notes that it produces.
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