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Fingering tables.

In the following you find fingering tables for the Beukers and some advice for my other flutes. An X is a closed hole, a O is an open hole. Different fingerings are often possible. A survey of historical fingerings from tutorials etcetera can be found in:

The Baroque fingering book. by Margaret Neuhaus, Second printing Flute studio Press 846 Wellner road, Naperville, Il.60540, USA. This book can be readily found in many libraries. I received a mail from Ardal Powell that this book is no longer available from the above address but should be obtained from him. 

Some information can also be found at Lars his page

Let me list some notes that have different fingering possibilities that may be considered for the Beukers flutes, to be chosen according to the embouchure, the harmonics involved and finally the taste of player.

cis/2 (on most flutes can be played in different ways) may be played with closed holes: 4,5 or 4,5,7 or 7 or none. My favorite is 4,5 because my flutes are -10 cents with respect to equal temperament for this choice and my embouchure (and the embouchure of some others I have tried). For more information on the choices discussed here see "tuning".

cis/3 either use  4,5,6 or 4,5  (so key open) for the same reason as in the first octave.

gis/3 should be played with all holes open and is exactly equal tempered that way.

For the Tassi flutes the usual ais/2 and bes/2 fingering should be interchanged (original is the same, as many originals). Also the eflat/2 needs the first hole closed.

 note: for the 408 joint of the Beukers the cork may stay the same as for the 415 or at most be pushed in 1.5 mm! This is different from many other traverso. If the cork is pushed in differently the 408 will not work.

For the Kirst the only special fingerings are for g/3: 1,3,4,6 or 1,3,4,6,7 and for the g#/3: 5,6,7. 

first octave

d

es

e

f

fis

ges

g

gis

a

bes

b

c

cis

1

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

O

O

2

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

O

O

X

O

3

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

O

O

X

O

X

O

4

X

X

X

X

X

O

O

X

O

X

O

O

X

5

X

X

X

O

O

X

O

X

O

X

O

O

X

6

X

X

O

X

O

X

O

X

O

X

O

O

O

7

X

O

X

X

O

X

O

X

O

O

O

O

O

 second octave

d

es

e

f

fis

ges

g

gis

a

bes

or

lower

b

c

cis

1

O

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

 X

X

O

O

2

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

 X

O

X

O

3

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

O

O

O

 O

O

O

O

4

X

X

X

X

X

O

O

X

O

X

 X

O

X

X

5

X

X

X

O

O

X

O

O

O

X

 O

O

X

X

6

X

X

O

X

O

X

O

X

O

X

 X

O

X

X

7

X

O

X

X

O

O

O

O

O

O

 X

O

O

O

third octave (XO means either open or closed, not half finger)

d

es

e

f

fis

ges

g

higher

gis

a

1

O

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

O

O

2

X

X

X

X

X

O

O

O

O

X

3

X

X

O

O

O

X

X

X

O

X

4

O

O

O

X

X

X

O

O

O

X

5

O

X

X

O

OX

X

O

X

O

X

6

O

X

X

O

O

X

O

X

O

O

7

O

O

O

O

X

X

X

O

O

X