Re: The joy of FORTRAN

On Mon, 17 Mar 2025 15:06:54 -0700, John Ames wrote:

Love the sound of the flute as an instrument (from classical to your
Thijs van Leers,) but I never could get the hang of the embouchure.
Still need a lot of practice on breath control and fingering with the
recorder, but it saves me the trouble of having to deal with that

I've got a alto recorder that I bought in 2010 after hearing a recorder
quartet at a First Night event. I should try again.

The fingering is a little different. The tin whistle is a simple system, 6
holes with a little difference if you want C or C# for G or D. The Irish
flute is the same pattern. I've also got a low D whistle which is an
octave below the standard D tin whistle the same as a concert flute.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ft3nubdG0o

Some people came down with key envy so his has a few extras but the sound
is the same.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jye2YSdh3kU

When he talks about an air, this may be the version he is thinking of.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaS3vaNUYgs

Most of the whistle/flute tunes I know are rebel songs or old airs like
Roisin Dubh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5mpMzGVssE

They are mostly in D or G and the fingering transfers over to the concert
flute well except for the F#. What would be F# on a simple system flute is
F on a concert flute. No big problem.