I’m beginning to use keys to cut notes.
I find if I lightly touch the cnat key, for instance,
it appears to make a pretty good cut for g.
Will those wise in the ways of keyed
flutes tell me if this is kosher?
Before I get in the habit?
If it is, any idea what other unexpected uses
there are for keys? (No jokes, please).
The only one i used was the one you mention, the c-nat. You can do a nice “cran” on the g using the c-nat key.
thanks, makes sense
There is no future in kosher , Jim .You do your own thing .It is the only way mankind moves , (if not necessarily ) forward ! .
But klezmer is cool. 
Oh, and i got the c-key “cran” from Hammy Hamilton’s book.
I was afraid that this way of cutting is
frowned upon. I fear no more. Thanks
here’s an easy cheater for “rolling” the A (for those with weak/inoperative LH3 fingers) using the c-nat key:
finger A: X X 0 0 0 0
the cut: 0 X 0 0 0 0
the A: X X 0 0 0
the false “tap”: X o X 0 0 0 0 (where o=c-nat key)
the A: X X 0 0 0
done quickly, it passes quite nicely. I used this for a couple years when I first started playing keyed flutes while working the LH3 tap until it was suitable and, more importantly, second nature.
You can use if for the B as well, but it’s more of a wiggle in the note.
dave m
double cut or cran using the cnat key for both cuts…
play g xxxooo
cut g xoxooo hit the cnat key with rh2
note g xxxooo
cut g xoxooo hit cnat key with rh1
the movement of the rh2 and rh1 fingers are quick taps not by pressing down on the touch of the key but by striking or hitting the key in rapid succession like quick taps. the spring of the key will quickly close the key in between the strikes. very gimmicky.
oh yeah , the righthand has to move up and over to reach the key with rh2, a bit out of its normal place to do it.
Thanks, fellas. Very nice.
i can remember seeing joe mckenna use his c nat key for a b roll on the pipes with good effect.
Here’s a barely related question that may pertain to keys. Chris Norman often slides into a Cnat. Does anyone know how he does that or whether there’s a standard way?
TIA, Charlie
I believe you slide your right index onto the c nat key,
opening it slowly.
I’ll ask him. He’ll be here this weekend.
But I believe it’s fingering the B, and sliding to the half-hole on the same. Just good lip control to sustain the vented tone. Typical whistle/pipe move, too.
dm
He could be fingering the Cnat and lipping it down to B (then up to C) too.