It has been used mainly orchestrally since the times of its creation in 1680, though in the 20th and 21st centuries it has been increasingly used in chamber and solo repertoire. Tremolos in this octave are hard to do fast/at allīecause the baroque flute grew out of the renaissance consort family, smaller flutes have always been used for different color and for greater ease in the higher octaves (that baroque flutes couldn’t reach). (This is an optional key that most professional flute players do have, but that is not standard on student flutes, or all flutes.)ģ. Many flutes do not have the capability of trilling between high G and A. Please do not write 8va for this (or any octave) as it takes our brains longer to process because of the different fingerings between the 2nd and 3rd octaves.Ģ. Do not expect younger students or amateurs to have great facility in the higher ranges of this octave.įlute players are used to reading ledger lines. Timbral trills work especially well in the lower half of this octave. As a result, you can have wonderful color (and pitch) variation between “real” fingerings and harmonic fingerings of notes as there are many options from which to choose.
This is where fingerings change completely from the first two octaves (where fingerings are roughly the same between octave jumps) because the natural harmonics in this octave are both hard to control (especially in passagework), out of tune, and have a limited dynamic range.
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