Flute Anatomy
The name of the largest part of the flute
What is the body?
What important part of flute playing occurs at the back of the 2 front teeth, where the teeth meet the gum line?
What is articulation? (AKA tonguing)
This is used to check the alignment of the cork in the headjoint
What is the tuning/cleaning rod?
The note flutes will most frequently tune to in upper level performance groups
What is an A?
The kind of dog that Hailey has
What is a Golden Retriever?
The part that screws onto the top of the head joint
What is the crown?
This key can be used in flat keys to make some technique easier and can be pressed while playing MOST other notes.
What is thumb Bb?
A great tool for practicing intonation
What is a drone?
The part of your lips mosts responsible for directing the air stream
What is the top lip?
This person is older
Who is Hailey?
The hole in the middle of the lip plate
What is the embouchure hole?
The muscles you should focus on using to support vibrato
What are the abdominal muscles?
Where the line on the tuning rod should be in relation to the embouchure hole when the flute is in tune
What is centered?
This should be done after every practice session before putting the flute in its case
What is swabbing?
Nicole's favorite way to spend her free time at camp
What is napping?
The extension of the low B key
What is the gizmo key?
The syllables used for double tonguing
What are "Too-Koo Too-Koo"? (Ta-Ka Ta-Ka, Doo-Goo Doo-Goo also acceptable)
The way you should adjust the third note of a scale
What is lowering the pitch slightly?
The way you should adjust the fifth note of a scale
What is raising the pitch slightly?
This person used to be piccolo section leader
Both! But at different schools.
The part of the flute located inside the top of the head joint that may need to be adjusted if the flute tends to be out of tune no matter what
What is the cork?
The name for techniques that aren't a classical style
What are extended techniques?
How you adjust pitch on a note
What is using the top lip to adjust airstream? (Never roll in or out!)
The name for a flute that's G key is in line with the rest of the keys
What is an in-line flute?
Nicole and Hailey's favorite daily drink
What is coffee?