DIY Flute - Finger Hole Marking

[triumphmanful]

I better buy the book, I can't follow your video!

[zonwuka]

what about the diameter?

[1Tropical]

How do you drill it?

[spr4w1]

how do you play the highest note? 

[ihatemyaccent]

@spr4w1 no finger holes covered

[Woodenarrows]

Pretty slick. Thanks for posting.

[commanderplyers]

where do i measure from when making a membrane pipe?

[PerfectSaga]

@commanderplyers My thoughts exactly. I've been marking it from the actual membrane or the top end of the inner pipe, and it's worked out decently, but still doesn't sound quite right.

[ge0metr1x]

thanks man, this is so helpful

[acidfriend47]

Hey Paul Marshall Im trying to make a PVC Fujara like yours

im not sure about the holes.

would it be possible if I grab a regular wind recorder and mesure it like you did and put it on the fujara the same way you did would it be right. or the Fujara holes are different. by that i mean are some holes located on the bottom for your thumbs? I never seen a real Fujara in person to pay close attention to the holes. Are they aligned straight with the sharp mouth piece. and How many holes does it have?

[MsShantu]

bro can you pls let me know which kind of drill bits that you have to make an finger hole on bamboo flute?i will be very happy if you could tell me

ts my email addresh

shantupkr@yahoo.com

regards

santosh

[ChrisMartensson]

Very, very smart! But what if it's a 5-hole flute? What are the measurements then?

[hboy007]

thank you for the explanations! Cool video!

[choclogtr]

muchas gracias amigo!

[shas1814]

Brilliant.

Thank you very much for sharing your genius with us.

5 stars!

Namaste!

[TheBeedy]

THANKS! i WAS SITTING HERE THINKING i SHOULD MAKE A FLUTE OUT OF ONE OF MY TIKI TORCHES AND YOUR DIRECT NO NONSENSE MATHEMATICAL SUGGESTION HAS ME MAKING A FLUTE OUT OF A YARD ORNAMENT IN 3 MINUTES!!!

ROCK ON!

[danielshacalis]

Very Good Idea, never thought of it myself :) But, would this method work if i was to make a hole fingering for different kinds of bapipe scales like Uilleann Pipes for example. Would this method shown work for my purpose?

[LordAzus]

genius

[kaashunlimited]

thank u for the great advice...its really working...though i know it will take lots of duration to b a perfectionist like you...but ur advice will encourage me a lot...

[hugeo324]

dude, you're the Einstein of music o_o I'm jealous.

[horsedude44]

what should the diameter of the holes be for a standard scale

[whoareyou134]

thats what she said...

[stewdart]

what is the inner diameter

Can a large inner diameter of 30mm piece of bamboo be used what ajustments would have to be made

anyone know

[schetleft]

how does one go about measuring the size of the finger holes? If I space it using this method, should the holes be the same size? This obviously is a different concept than creating an ocarina (which I make and sell locally :-P) ^_^

[bingbangbongman]

Hi, Schetleft, the holes are tuned individually and the sizes can vary according to a number of factors. If you can make one whistle that you have in tune then others using the same material & dimensions will be the same size

[isaacsegura]

do you have the percentages for a 8 hole recorder?

[Proprio]

try to use the Flutomat, google it, its an java utility.

[bingbangbongman]

No I don't but if you stretch a rubber band over an 8-hole instrument and mark the hole positions you can apply that to other instruments of different lengths

[Dmajorproductions]

ah!!! confusing...first off, where do i get an elastic? second where does one aquire said book?

[AusOc1]

its just a rubber band...cut once...

[bingbangbongman]

Yeah just a standard rubber band that has been cut. The book is available from Amazon or any decent bookstore

[evamaquess]

Lastima que no esta en español. Tony

[Spongebob11223344]

choice!

[pandaluverz]

When you give us the percentage, what part of the hole are you talking about, the center, the edge closest to the mouthpiece or the edge farthest from it? Please respond. Thank you.

[bingbangbongman]

The measurements go from the sharp fipple edge to the centre of the hole

[BasiliskFighter]

Great, sir, but could you please just write down the measurements? ps: I found the video.

[alienorz]

thankyou for jjjj

[AvochDar]

Excellent job!! Go ahead uploading videos!!

Saludos de Ecuador!!

[dhcnwa]

nice video.

[jellybeansies]

which is note A,B,C..

how did you make that other flute and how do you play it?

[lensmucker]

Good to visit your site. I was placing the holes pretty much trial and error. I'm also making some instruments with alto sax reeds.

Don't the percentages for hole placement for a 'C' scale depend on the type of PVC pipe, i.e., inside/outside dimension?? What dimensions do you use?

Thanks for a response.

[copper4tube]

Nice vid, and thanks for all the info. I figured it's also pretty easy to create a spreadsheet with the percentages in a column, and formulas, so that when you type in your 100% length, the hole positions all re-calculate for you. Just an idea.

[TimTimmenycharoo]

that rubber band idea is genius, welldone

[SafoMasterMixer]

Ok! And how is the percent for another scales, like southamerican or oriental pentatonics. Thanks. Gracias. Xcuse my english.

[addictivemicromints]

wow nice job

[Jimnickm]

Great teaching, thanks!