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ENGLISH FLAGEOLET [1 record]

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Record 1 2022-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wind Instruments
CONT

The English flageolet is [an] adaptation of the French form, with six front finger holes and, sometimes, keywork.

OBS

Performers of the English flageolets were ... amateurs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à vent
CONT

Le flageolet anglais. [...] en Angleterre un autre type de flageolet, diatonique, avec six trous devant, et parfois un trou de pouce derrière. À partir de là une distinction devait se faire entre le flageolet français, l'instrument historique, et ce nouveau flageolet anglais destiné surtout aux musiciens amateurs, car il était relativement facile à jouer. [...] L'instrument était généralement muni d'un porte-vent [...] destiné simplement à contenir une éponge pour absorber la condensation [...]

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