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Guided NAFlutomat - Step 2. Key of Flute

This page provides one of the steps in the Guided version of NAFlutomat — a design tool for flute-crafting. The series of eight steps helps you set the most important inputs to the NAFlutomat tool and provides descriptions and explanations of those inputs.

Progress

1. Units (Imperial) ⇒ 2. Key of Flute ⇒ 3. Pitch Standard ⇒
4. Temperament ⇒ 5. Environment ⇒ 6. Bore Diameter ⇒
7. Wall Thickness ⇒ 8. Direction Holes ⇒ 9. NAFlutomat

Step 2. Key of Flute

Key of Flute
Range	Key and Fundamental Note	Sound Sample	Frequency (Hertz) A4=440	Piano Key#	Notes
High Alto	G#5 (Ab5)		830.609	60
	G5		783.991	59
	F#5 (Gb5)		739.989	58
	F5		698.456	57
	E5		659.255	56
	D#5 (Eb5)		622.254	55
	D5		587.330	54
	C#5 (Db5)		554.365	53
	C5		523.251	52
Mid-Range Medium Tenor	B4		493.883	51
	Bb4 (A#4)		466.164	50
	A4		440.000	49	The range of flutes from E4 through A4 are the most common Native American flute keys played by (and crafted by) beginning and novice flute players and makers.
	G#4 (Ab4)		415.305	48
	G4		391.995	47
	F#4 (Gb4)		369.994	46
	F4		349.228	45
	E4		329.628	44
	D#4 (Eb4)		311.127	43
	D4		293.665	42
	C#4 (Db4)		277.183	41
	C4		261.626	40	Middle C on a piano
Low Baritone	B3		246.942	39
	Bb3 (A#3)		233.082	38	Lowest note on a concert (silver) flute and an oboe.
	A3		220.000	37
	G#3 (Ab3)		207.652	36
	G3		195.998	35	Lowest note on a violin.
	F#3 (Gb3)		184.997	34
	F3		174.614	33
	E3		164.814	32
	D#3 (Eb3)		155.563	31
	D3		146.832	30
	C#3 (Db3)		138.591	29
	C3		130.813	28
Very Low Bass	B2	Thanks to Barry Higgins / White Crow Flutes for recording this sound sample.	123.471	27
	Bb2 (A#2)		116.541	26
	A2		110.000	25
	G#2 (Ab2)		103.826	24
	G2		97.999	23
	F#2 (Gb2)		92.499	22
	F2		87.307	21
	E2		82.407	20
	D#2 (Eb2)		77.782	19
	D2		73.416	18

Description

Click the radio button next to the key of flute you would like to craft. The key corresponds to the pitch of the lowest note on the flute, with all finger holes closed ().

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