Are there any useful crossfingerings on the said flute and similar ones? (I know that the Dixon 3-piece is ‘almost chromatic’) I’m especially interested in XXX XOX (F) and XXOX?? (G#).
I can’t think of any reason why the cross fingerings on one flute would differ from any other. A simple-system flute is a simple system flute. Some respond better than others or have better intonation, but that’s it. F nat is a pain, for sure -tends to be muddy or out tune in my experience.
Plenty of reasons why some cross-fingerings work on one simple system flute and not on another! All the usual variables - tone-hole size and placement, bore profile and length to diameter ratios, embouchure size… I shouldn’t think the Baroque F nat fingering would be likely to work very well - it apparently can be pretty good on French 5-8 keyers, but they usually have rather smaller tone-holes and a narrower bore than I assume the American FH&P which Terry bases his GLP upon would have - those American flutes are mostly closer in style to English and/or German flutes than French ones, I believe.
But bottom line is, just ask Terry!
On my GLP (long since gone), I was not able to get a cross-fingered F-nat. In fact, there WAS no F-nat, even with half-holing. If you want an F-nat, you really need to get a keyed flute.
Even on most baroque flutes, if you’re blowing the F and F# the same, you’ll only get maybe 20-30 cents difference. The rest is done with the lips. Not easy , but possible. Most are optimized for one note or the other, or else require the F# to be played XXX OXX.
Here are some standard cross-fingerings to try; I have a couple of small-holed Irish flutes that cross-finger pretty well.
Fnat: XXX XOX
G#: XXO XXX (first octave); XXO XOX (second octave)
Bflat: XOX XXO (first octave); XXO XXX or XOX XOO
Thanks everyone! No F for me then.
Just bend it!