What are your favorite cross-fingerings for accidentals?
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djm
Doc,
the only problem with cross-fingerings is that they are relative to the hole size on a flute. My baroque flute cross-fingers all accidental except for the keyed D#, but my Seery only has a few I use:
C= OXO OOO or OXX OOO or OXO XXX
G#= XXO XXX OR XXO XXO
With the Seery hole size, half holing Fnat and Bb are very easy, and I usually half hole the G#, too. Heck, I’m starting to get a decent D# in the lower and middle octaves, too.
The aulos boroque also uses these which might work on a smaller hole flute:
Bb= XOX OOO or XOX XOO
Fnat= XXX XOX
I think that’s all I use.
Eric
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Incidentally, the crossest finger is the one finger.
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djm
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I like the kind of cross fingering that can be used to avert vampires.
That von’t help you, gentile!