How to choose your first flute? "Choose 2 out of 5"
How to choose your first flute? Most people come up with:
Concerned about the brand, researched the model, and calculated the material.
No no no!
The first step for a novice to choose a flute is to establish a preliminary understanding of this instrument, so that he can filter out the massive advertisements and return to the essence of purchasing.
Master these 7 key points of "Choose 2 out of 5", and you can be considered a semi-expert!
Ms Jessica Flute
1: Select button
According to the shape of the key arrangement, the flute is divided into [curved row] and [straight row]. The curved row is more ergonomically designed, allowing your left ring finger to press keys more easily. The straight line originated in Europe. Foreigners usually have larger and longer hands, but Asians usually have smaller hands.
Recommended for beginners: close your eyes and choose [Queries]
2: Choose flute tail
Flute is divided into [C tail] and [B tail]. The C-tail flute has 16 keys, and the B-tail flute has 17 keys.
Different [End] determines whether the lowest bass of the flute is played to "do" or "si". You should know that [B tail] is longer than [C tail], uses more materials and is more expensive. Repertoire category for beginners, usually not used 「si」
Recommended for beginners: close your eyes and choose [C tail]
Click here to view Ena C tail flute
3: Select split
Please be sure to choose a flute with [E split]. It's already 2023, and I still see that flutes without E-division have become everyone's interference option. You must know that flutes 100 years ago all had E-division!
Suggestion for beginners: Tell the merchant directly that you need a flute with E split.
4: Choose material
When choosing a flute, it is nothing more than [pure gold/silver] or [gold-plated/silver]. As long as it is not a pure gold or sterling silver flute, there is no need to compare excessively. Consider the three dimensions I mentioned earlier.
Gold plating will not improve the tone. Only pure gold/silver flutes will have a noticeable difference.
Recommended for beginners: If you are not a professional, just choose silver plating.
Click here to view Ena silver plated flute
5: Sound selection hole
The sound hole of the flute is divided into [open hole] and [closed hole]. Generally, novices cannot use the open-hole flute because their hand shape has not yet been fixed, so even if they buy an open-hole flute, they still have to block the sound hole in the initial stage. Beginners are advised: the open-hole flute just looks flashier, so you can use it for the time being. Not on. Just let it happen.
X1 Don’t be cheap: don’t buy flutes below 1,500 yuan. In this era when the price of everything is rising, a flute retails for only 1,500 yuan, so the manufacturing cost is much lower. How much guarantee can there be about the safety of the materials used?
X2 should not be influenced by brand stereotypes: in fact, whether a flute is good or not depends on the texture in the hand (excluding the texture of over-packaging).
You need to [feel the flexibility of the keys by touching them; feel the texture of the sound by playing them; and feel whether the splicing is smooth by assembling them. For many inferior flutes, you will feel that there is strong resistance or friction during assembly]