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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Flute first, then clarinet. Maybe I just think that because I have a piano background, so the sequential fingering makes sense to me. [/quote]

Woodwind fingerings per note are not sequential, they are combinations of 2 to 8+ spring keys pressed down for each half step note. FYI. It is it a piano on a tube w sequential buttons per note. [/quote]

It's not perfectly sequential like sliding a trombone, but in general one end is higher and one end is lower. Flute and clarinet and saxaphone are more intuitive (at least to me) than trumpet or other brass instruments with three button combinations + mouth pressure. [/quote]

Have you actually held a flute and seen all the springs, keys and opening and then marched up what is going on with each note combo? Even if most of it was closed for the low notes and more open for the high notes, a spring key far down on your 9th digit can be controlling a small hole close to the head joint/ mouthpiece. Just pull a fingerings map, one that covers all three octaves, low C below the staff to high A double above the staff. [/quote]

I'm not talking about the exact placement of the holes in the flute. I'm talking about the overall layout. Pressing down one key near the mouthpiece is a higher note than all the keys closed down to the pinky. Yeah, it's not a piano - I'm not saying it is exactly the same. But I played for two years in high school when I wanted to see what band was all about, and I don't remember it being too difficult. We weren't playing complex pieces. Yeah, there were some extra keys aside from the main ones, but it made more sense to me than a trumpet. Clarinet was a little harder because of the interval (third? fifth?) when you transition to the higher range. Trumpet was like learning a new language. But again, that was coming from a piano background. Starting fresh, someone might think the trumpet is more natural. [/quote]

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