On May 16, 2007, at 8:18 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
With the renaissance flute,
as a bass to a flute consort, the compromise over power and intonation
has
to be put up with.
This perpetuates a common misunderstanding. The flute often called
"bass" in Renaissance consorts descended only to g, and is therefore
equivalent to the modern alto flute, and not truly a bass at all.
TTBOMK, there was never any such thing as a Renaissance (or Baroque
or Classical or Romantic) bass transverse flute in the true sense, for
the reason I gave: when built straight, it exceeds the player's reach.
Andrew Stiller
Kallisti Music Press
http://www.kallistimusic.com/
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