Just Flutes JFA111 Alto Flute Demo

[mskherynn]

well...this is the first time I've heard an alto flute!!! it sounds so much richer! Utterly beautiful!

[lilgirl14409]

now dat was so beautiful..

[Gamer94000]

could anyone tell me the name of this wonderful song??  i know it´s from Bach, but i don´t know exactly the name

[nesretep70]

@Gamer94000

It is from the 10th Fantasie for flute solo by Telemann

[nesretep70]

@Gamer94000

It is from the 10th Fantasie for flute solo by Telemann

[Gamer94000]

@nesretep70 thank you very much :D

[Etsihcrana]

Yes! If ever I have the money for a real concert flute I know what I'm gonna get my hands on. That's some tight playing! High Five!

[Koyko200]

I would like to have this flute & Bass flute. :) They are so pretty.

[Ellie1ily]

I would love to play the bass flute... we have way too many flutes in orchestra, is it possible to rent these? Because I know i can NOT afford this amazing instrument...

[sackadoodle]

Actually I think Pasha told me these ones are under 600GBP. So just the price of a good intermediate flute.

[Lisnageeragh]

@sackadoodle You would be doing well to get one for £600.....

[rachel237linda]

@sackadoodle on the website standard ones are 845GBP

still not bad considering... :)

[doublechocolatedog]

thank you! loverly demo!

I played the (normal) flute for 10 years. Never really had an "ear" for music, but tried anyway.! I so love the sound of the flute (thanks Mozart for that!)

just discovered the existance of the ALTO flute today,browsing in the classified ads.

YOUTUBE is the best for quickly discovering some song of an unknown artist, and in this case, the sound of the ALTO.

wonderful performance. I am going to look at your profile and see if there are more of you playing.!

[rhyfelwrDuw]

Fantastic tone - tried to play an alto flute last year but couldn't get a note out of it :o Bad eh?

[maravillo]

@rhyfelwrDuw It shouldn't be that hard if you can play the C flute. Maybe the flute is to blame for being out of adjustment. The Bass or Contra-bass flutes require some technique adjustments and more practice though.

[ketara3926]

i still love my flute even though that ones bigger

[nrubdarb]

Yum.

[guitarhero343]

My camp director at Litchfield Jazz Camp, saxaphonist Don Braden, played one of these for us. He played Wayne Shorter's ballad "Infant Eyes" and this flute sounds outstanding

[Failular]

It sounds amazing. I'll probably pick one of these up somewhere down the line.

[mbrsart]

I just love the sound of the alto flute. I'm currently writing a piece for alto flute and cor anglais.

[JonathanRabson]

What is this piece? They used to play this on the radio in the mornings when I was a kid. I loved this piece, but never found out what it's called.

[yesmynameismy]

does it play the same fingerings as the flute?

[mbrsart]

@yesmynameismy Yes. It's a G instrument, so sounds a perfect fifth lower than it's written.

[MrDumbblonde10]

Im a guy and I play the flute! I got 2nd chair! Im proud!

[tiff341996]

What is the differents between a flute and a alto flute? They sound the same

[geo289]

@tiff341996 It's like the difference between a violin and a viola

[briacee1]

@tiff341996 actually one has a deeper sound because if you were on a regular flute it would sound alot different than this

[Jabbajabba1722]

it looks like a flute but it is just bigger =D

[ShelbieKaraney]

AH! I want to play one so bad!! So far I have a flute and a piccolo...:D

[SerendipityG3A]

What is the lowest note in concert pitch on this instrument? I'm trying really hard to find an instrument that I won't give up on! but I don't wanna throw away my music. I can transpose it to whatever instrument, but I have to play it with my ensemble without transposing all their music too. I play the soprano clarinets now. My sister plays the soprano flute, and I noticed her fingering is a mirror image of mine =) I wish I could stick with one instrument, and maybe I can with the flute.

[SerendipityG3A]

Hmmm, well, it makes logical sense that it would be concert G since it's a G instrument and the lowest note on the C Soprano Flute is a C, but oh well. My family doesn't want me to play any sort of flute. My sister already plays the Soprano flute, and everybody's mad at me for wanting to quit the clarinet, so I guess I won't make the switch as much as I'd like to, which is a lot!

[mbrsart]

@SerendipityG3A I like flute better than the clarinet too. A lot more fun to play and it has a more attractive sound to me.

[nuke585]

blue1234515: u r right..... but dude u killed it

[1948BigCy]

If you like the alto flute, look for Hank Mancini's "More Music from Peter Gunn", recorded about 50 years ago! The music still sounds fresh. Mancini was one of the first to use the alto flute in pop music, and in this album uses a four man alto flute section on some tunes, in unison and in harmony. Gorgeous sound! The album also features the only alto flute/piccolo chase on record!

[LavenderTear]

Are the fingerings the same as a classic flute? I'm not sure the name but like the most common flute people play.

[1cjl2]

No. It's deeper, but not by a whole octave like the bass flute. The alto flute is set so that the c fingering on a normal flute is a g.

[SotR59]

The alto flute I just learned it at the perfect frequency to make my computer speakers buzz like crazy LOL.

Great tone, Love it!

[fluff995]

Love the sound of the Alto flute. I'm off to listen to Jethro Tull.

[THEJUSTIN302]

I love alto flutes.Awesome playing

[taiyou18]

is there a name to this song? it's such a lovely melody!

[NeverHideeee]

My God, I just love the sound, so much better than the flute !

I play it but I'd really like to play bass flute !

[1cjl2]

There's no saying you can't play both.

[nejihyuga665]

would you please send me the notes/music.

[maravillo]

@nejihyuga665 They are excerpts from Bach's Partita in A minor for Solo Flute. Search for it using Google Images and you may find some sheet music.

[Shiek200]

@nejihyuga665 just listen to it, and replay it by ear! That's how I do it.... can't find good sheet music anywhere.... of anything....

[likensrus]

nice job playing the flute(:

[mmcoopstar]

omg i know you...i came into your flute shop a while ago looking for flutes :) great playing ;)

[elviss]

Love the classic concert flute, this one looks like an anti-aircraft gun, lol. Gives out a beautiful sound

[Rodier1128]

I think alto flutes are what the general flute sound should be. Just beautimus and round and dark. I still wonder, what part would an alto play? The sax part of something (like a band piece) or a transposed regular flute part?

[Drag0ncl0ud]

I don' t think there is a suitable part in concert band for alto flute unless the player is insanely good at transposing on the spot. It's pitched in G so no part fits it.

[empires228]

Someone should start writing band songs with alto, bass, and contra flute parts it would make sense the clarinets have The Eb, Bb, Eb Alto, Bb Bass, Eb Contra, and Bb Contra. Why shouldent the other woodwinds (besides saxahones) have there family included?

[Drag0ncl0ud]

people are already writing for alto and bass flutes for concert band.

But very few groups are performing them for lack of proper equipment (e.g. the actual instruments themselves).

[marchingbandflute]

sometimes flutes does

[kmbrunskill]

French horn is in F. Close enough. Just go up a tone.

[aanime91]

I still play regular flute, but for flute ensemble I get to play the alto flute. I absolutely love it! Low notes suit me so much more.

[catfriend6699]

You sound great. I really like this type of flute.

[LeshaTheAssasin]

Ohmygod you are so good! Anyway, I currently play the Tenor Sax, but I want to switch to flute, and the alto and bass flute are both so pretty! The regular flute is too high pitched for my liking, but the alto flute is to die for!

[nrubdarb]

I have played this (and not as well), but I must admit it makes a lot more sense on an alto rather than a soprano flute!

[BlackRaven87]

I never knew there was such a thing as an alto flute, and i play the flute.

[amadeus5889]

Don't blame yourself. Alto flutes aren't too common, and bass flutes are almost nonexistent. Almost.

[empires228]

Bass flutes arnt that hard to find actually its contra flutes.

My school has 2 altos and 2 basses and at my friends school in a band of 37 they have a school bass flute and contra bass clarinet. The contras are rare because theres almost no music for them and there expensive.

[blue1234515]

Ever heard of a subcontrabass flute? Those things are huge!

[aznpiccplayer123]

Freaking huge but awesome! It's like 10 feet tall or something!

[starwarshalo123]

@aznpiccplayer123 no it is really only 2 and a half feet with a straight head joint

[hosenlieber]

great!

[nickysaxpiccolo]

i love his sound

its soo pretty and amazing

[Audiomancer]

Nice:) That's the first time I've heard a bass flute played melodically.

[marinefish94]

except its an alto not bass...

[Audiomancer]

Damn! Still, I've never heard an alto played that well, either:)