1-key Baroque Flute fingerings, according to J.J.

Quantz

Adapted for use on "regular" baroque flute with only one key for Eb/D#. See Quantz's "On Playing the
Flute" for information on his flute with separate Eb/D# keys, and its fingerings. I thought this would be
most useful, as most people don't use Quantz's system, though good reproductions are available.

For the time being this page is a bit rough, and assumes that the reader already has some knowledge of
flute playing and music. Pictures to come! The plan is to have a page with all the fingerings I know, but
I thought Quantz was a good place to start, and I'll probably keep this page as a reference of "pure"
(almost) Quantzian fingerings in addition to all the others to come.

Finger numbers 1-6 refer to the finger holes, starting nearest the headjoint, with 1-3 for the left hand, and
4-6 for the right hand. 7 is the Eb/D# key on the footjoint. A number means that the corresponding finger
is down on something, whether it is covering a hole of pushing down a key (thus *opening* a hole). A
dash means that the finger is off the hole/key. Low D means the first D above middle C, the lowest note
of the flute. Middle D means an octave above that, of course.

I've also put up a page of Hotteterre's flute fingerings.

First octave: low D up to C.

D 123 456 - D# 123 456 7

E 123 45- - Eb 123 456 7 E# 123 4-6 -
F 123 4-6 - Fb 123 45- 7 F# 123 4-- -
123 -56 -
G 123 --- - Gb 123 -56 - G# 12- 456 -
A 12- --- - Ab 12- 456 - A# 1-3 456 7
B 1-- --- - Bb 1-3 45- - B# -23 4-- -
C -23 --- - Cb 1-- --- - C# --- --- -

Second octave: middle D up to high C.

D -23 456 - Db --- --- - D# 123 456 7
E 123 45- - Eb 123 456 7 E# 123 4-6 -
F 123 4-6 - Fb 123 45- 7 F# 123 4-- -
G 123 --- - Gb 123 -56 7 G# 12- 4-6 7
A 12- --- - Ab 12- 4-6 7 A# 1-3 --- -
B 1-- --- - Bb 1-3 --- - B# -23 456 7
12- 456 7
C -2- 456 7 Cb 1-- 456 7 C# -23 4-- 7
-2- 45- - --- --- -
-2- 4-6 -

Third octave: high D and up.

D -23 --- 7 Db -23 4-- 7 D# 123 -56 7

-23 4-6 -
-23 456 -
E 12- -56 7 Eb 123 -56 7 E# 12- 4-- 7
F 12- 4-- 7 Fb 12- -56 7 F# 123 4-- -
G 1-3 --- - Gb 123 4-- - G# --3 --- -
A -23 45- - Ab --3 --- -

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