Hi everyone,
In todays post I will be talking about transitioning from playing a closed hole flute, to an open hole flute.
This is especially important if you have just upgraded your flute from a closed hole model to an open hole model.
Remove Each Plug One at a Time
This is the slower method for transitioning from a closed hole flute to an open hole flute; and there is a way that you can do it, and this by :-
- Starting with the easiest notes first
Method
- Start with the notes A & F (you may want to focus working on each note individually rather than both together)
- Then progress onto working on E; once you are comfortable in playing A & F
- Once you are comfortable playing A, F & E; then progress onto G
- Finally, once you are comfortable playing A, F, E & G; then progress onto F#
Go Completely 'Cold Turkey'
By going completely 'cold turkey' you transition from a closed hole flute to an open hole flute straight away, and without using any plugs.
This is the method I went with when I purchased my first open hole instrument. It took a week for me to go from playing a closed hole flute to an open hole flute. At the time of doing this it did affect my tone for a few days, but only while I was adjusting to playing an open hole flute. Apart from loosing my tone for a few days I did manage to adjust fairly quickly.
This is just my experience of adjusting from playing a closed hole flute to an open hole flute. Your experience will be different to mine; and there's no right or wrong way to do this. You may find that you may have to keep a plug in one or two of your keys, and this is also okay.
Also, if one method isn't working for you, then try the alternate method to see how get on with that.
Your tone may or may not be lost for a while, and this is completely natural as your hands wouldn't be quite used to playing an open hole flute just yet. But, please persevere with it, as your tone should come back the more you get used to playing on your open hole flute.
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