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Transverse Flute: María Teresa Pérez Fuente

The transverse flute is a side-blown flute held horizontally when played. It is descended from the medieval German flute and is closed at the top, with an embouchure hole near the top for blowing across. Theobald Boehm greatly improved the flute's design and mechanics in the 1830s-40s, enhancing its range and intonation. Standard concert flutes are made of silver, gold, or nickel-silver and have a range of three octaves starting at middle C. Antonio Vivaldi's "La tempesta di mare" from 1720s was one of the earliest flute concertos.

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Transverse Flute: María Teresa Pérez Fuente

The transverse flute is a side-blown flute held horizontally when played. It is descended from the medieval German flute and is closed at the top, with an embouchure hole near the top for blowing across. Theobald Boehm greatly improved the flute's design and mechanics in the 1830s-40s, enhancing its range and intonation. Standard concert flutes are made of silver, gold, or nickel-silver and have a range of three octaves starting at middle C. Antonio Vivaldi's "La tempesta di mare" from 1720s was one of the earliest flute concertos.

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TRANSVERSE FLUTE María Teresa Pérez Fuente.

What is a transverse flute?


◦ A transverse flute or side-blown flute is a flute which is held horizontally when is
played. The player blows across the embouchure hole, in a direction perpendicular
to the flute's body length.
◦ A descendant of the medieval German flute, is a transverse treble flute that is
closed at the top. An embouchure hole is positioned near the top across and
into which the flutist blows.
◦ The size and placement of tone holes, key mechanism, and fingering system used
to produce the notes in the flute's range were evolved from 1832 to 1847 by
Theobald Boehm and greatly improved the instrument's dynamic range and
intonation over its predecessors, with some refinements.
◦ Beginner's flutes are made of nickel, silver, or brass that is silver-plated, while
professionals use solid silver, gold, and sometimes platinum flutes. There are also
modern wooden-bodied flutes usually with silver or gold keywork. The wood is
usually African Blackwood.
◦ The standard concert flute is pitched in C and has a range of three octaves
starting from middle C or one half step lower when a B foot is attached. This
means the concert flute is one of the highest common orchestra and concert
band instruments.
◦ La tempesta di mare ("The Storm at Sea"), a flute concerto in F Major (RV 433; P.
261), is the first of Six Flute Concertos, Op. 10 by Antonio Vivaldi, published in
the late 1720s. La tempesta di mare may also refer to two earlier versions of the
same concerto, RV 98, a concerto da camera (chamber concerto) featuring the
flute, from which Vivaldi derived the concerto grosso RV 570.

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