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LindaLayfield
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I have a Philip Hammig silver alto flute. I bought it when I was living in Uzbekistan from a Russian. When I bought it he told me that the fingering of the G is different from the normal C flute. I have not played for sometime as I have developed arthritis in my fingers. I have someone who wants to use it, but I cannot tell them how to finger the G and I cannot try it myself as some fingers do not bend anymore.
Thanks for any help with this!!!
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suzie
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Sounds like open G# to me. I believe my friend in Canada also has an open G# Hammig... The difference is that instead of pressing the G# to play G# (and high Eb) you have to press the G# to play below G#. As an example G is played as G#/Ab and you play G#/Ab as G as the open G# tonehole lets air out and you cannot (it does make logical sense although complicated!) play anything below that without closing that key which you have to press down. I had an open G# Ritter a few yrs back and I pressed the keys to play a low D and nothing happened. I looked at the flute, scratched my head a moment and then realized - AHA! MUST KEEP G# PRESSED! The part that's messed up the most with this setup (in my opinion) is the fingering for high Eb as you don't press the G# lol! It's confusing to learn (at times) however it was (supposedly) Boehm's idea to do it this way so you can play notes by pressing each key down and then taking fingers off of the keys to play up (like playing the piano). If you'd like more info feel free to drop me a private message as I'm taking an 8notes break! Thanks & good luck! -Suzie
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