Great video! I absolutely love the first tune but can't quite understand it's name, sorry. Is it 'Hour on the Lauer'? Can't find anything online either!
Blayne - Any reason not to get one of these as a primary D for Irish sessions? Sounds like they can be ordered with a tuning slide. Though you made a comment elsewhere about cross-fingering maybe not being great?
I guess the store has been out of stock for a bit now for the low Bb you show playing here. I'm still waiting for new stock to buy one. Hopefully this coming year? Thank you for the beautiful demonstration!
Does anyone have a name for the reel at 8:00 it's on the tip of my tongue, i know it from some where...so many tunes !! Great sounding flutes by the way.
Hi! I'm really interested in buying one of these. I wondered if you'd be able to tell me whether these flutes work with any kind of cross fingering or half-holing? I recently started out on a bamboo flute, and want to find some good quality wood or bamboo flutes for reaching different keys. Since buying quality flutes for every key would be very costly, I'm looking into flutes that can be played in multiple keys. Is that possible with the Ellis Essential flutes?
You can half hole though your mileage may vary depending on the key. These flutes play best in major keys (or relative modes) built off the 1st, 4th and 5th degrees. For ex. A D flute, will play well in D, G and A major - if that makes sense.
Geoffery's flutes are great of course - another really popular one at the shop is the Galeon. www.irishflutestore.com/collections/irish-flutes/products/galeon-delrin-pratten-irish-flute
Sound lovely but they look bland as hell it's like playing the handle of a brush you think he'd be a bit more creative with the design. Aesthetics are important too.
