I wanted to hear from you about this term "resistence".

Is it a quality or a problem? we can find it in different ways and grades in various brands of flutes.

What do you think about it?

Zevang

to me it is the weight of the tube and the height of the embochure wall that creates resistance, I like some resistance because I feel I get more color out of such a flute.

"weight of the tube"..well, i know how Pearl flutes are heavier than most other flutes. And i know that it's heavier then my gemienhardt. Does it mean that my pearl have more resitiance(sp?) then my gemienhardt?
And also since my flute's "heavy" it has more resitence then other flutes?

most likely, but it depends on the cut of the embouchure hole, Joe B could explain better

ahh..so the cut of the embrochure hole determines resistence too..okay.

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Ooh! i notice how my pearl has a WAY bigger embrochure hole then my gemienhardt...and i have more control over my pearl then my gemienhardt...Oooh

I understand your arguments guys.
But what's the diference of playing a flute with more resistance. Do we have to blow more air, or blow stronger than with the one less resistant?

Zevang

I consider a resistant flute to be one that requires a more focused airstream, or a stronger airstream to play. The embouchure hole's size, shape, the height of the riser, etc. etc. all contribute to the overall resistance. I view resistance as a very important quality in picking a flute rather than a problem. I am a strong player, and prefer flutes with more resistance than most. It's actually one of the reasons I picked my Tom Green. The extra resistance seemed to offer better control and more darkness than the silver flutes I played, which I could overblow easily.

Ooh, yeah. I just recently took of my braces..:D. YAY! and i'm trying to adjust right now. WELL, i played my gemienhardt, and it was a easy blow..i got a sound right away. It was O.K and kinda happy. but when i played my pearl...i had to keep on adjusting until i found the perfect embrochure..and it sounded BEAUTIFUL. i had so much control over my pearl...
yeah, just wanted to share. never knew how my gemienhardt was such a easy blow!

I posted a similar question a few weeks ago and I had got as a conclusion (from the answers I received) that the resistance of an instrument was a way of defining the difficulty a player (and more noticeably, a beginner) encounters to get a suitable sound from a particular instrument.

With this idea, I find my Yamaya YFL674 far more "resistant" than my M2 Gemeinhardt (I had it repaired, BTW).

But the quality of sound I get from the YFL is so higher that it is not comparable to the M2, once I manage to blow correctly on it (the YFL)

Am I wrong?

I don't think you're wrong at all, Jose Luis. In fact, I'd say you're just about dead on.

I don't know much about resistance, all I know is that I preferr to have a good bit of it. My flute has alot of resistance. It seems to me that resistance helps maintain your note better, and it's easier to switch from a higher octive to a lower octive.

I could be wrong about this though.

Looks like "resistance" means quite different things for different people.

Isn't that so often the case? So many flute-related things are abstract ideas which many people define differently. So far it sounds like we have some agreement that resistance affects control and depth of tone, though.

Yeah, i see that too.
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