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VIII Edition

Dear flutists, The new VIII Edition of The Babel Flute marks the two year anniversary of The Babel Flute since we announced a new platform and project on March 20, 2021. The global flute community immediately supported it! Thank you so much to all our contributors, readers, and followers! In a sense, this has become a powerful unifying and…

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Theobald Böhm as a flutist

Theobald Böhm 1854, photo by Franz Hanfstaengl by Ludwig Böhm, great-great-grandson ***We continue the publication of a series of articles by Ludwig Böhm from“Commemorative Writing on the occasion of Theobald Böhm’s 200th Birthday, Munich 1994”, gradually approaching the celebration of Theobald Böhm’s 230th birthday in 2024. Professional Career as a Flautist The flute-playing career of Theobald Böhm began in 1810,…

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Flauta de Cristal de 1838 Restaurada

Por Lázaro Antonio Mena Cordero, Luthier Cubano Claude Laurent fue un notable artesano de gran destreza que, aún siendo relojero, y sin grandes conocimientos de música, fue capaz de crear, a partir de cristal, flautas de concierto, de afinación y timbre perfecto e inalterable. Tanto así, que el mismo Napoleón Bonaparte (a quien Laurent seguía) uso varias de ellas…

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La Cadenza: che cosa è, come scriverla

di Onorio Zaralli Secondo l’armonia tradizionale, la cadenza è una successione di accordi dei quali uno (il primo o il secondo) sia l’accordo di Dominante. Tali accordi possono trovarsi sia allo stato fondamentale che in uno dei rivolti (inversions) possibili.  Così, ad esempio, le successioni accordali costruite sui gradi V – I, o II – V, o V – VI, rappresentano alcune delle…

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Le corde vocali nella produzione del suono

Le differenze nel comportamento delle corde vocali tra emissione sonora sul flauto traverso e la produzione vocale di Marco Gaudino Prima di accingersi alla lettura di questo articolo si consiglia di leggere gli articoli di Marco pubblicati nei numeri precedenti: I movimenti delle corde vocali nella produzione vocale-canora e quelli legati alla produzione del suono nel flauto traverso si…

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Flute in the history of advertising

Pink Rose and Flute, Lion Coffee, Woolson Spice Co, Toledo, Ohio by Yulia Berry Advertising is a global phenomenon that has influenced how people perceive the things around them for centuries. ADVERTISING THROUGHOUT HISTORY Earliest: China, 11th-7th centuries BC. Did you know that the earliest advertisement in history, recorded in the Classic of Poetry (11th-7th centuries BC), used bamboo…

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Music Classrooms as the Gateway to Access

by Katherine Lewis Every musician deserves to make music in spaces designed for them to thrive. As the music industry is becoming increasingly aware of the need for accessibility for patrons and the talented musicians and staff that create, there’s one group uniquely positioned to usher in an age of accessible music-making: Teachers. This article explores the ways music classrooms…

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The Quarter Tone Concert Flute

invented by Eva Kingma with the collaboration of Bickford Brannen By Stefan Keller – What is so special about the quarter-tone flute? – Do I have to relearn everything to play this instrument? – What are the advantages of this instrument? The quarter tone flute, invented by Eva Kingma, developed and built in collaboration with Bickford Brannen & Brannen…

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