1-key Baroque Flute fingerings, according to J.J. Quantz

Adapted for use on "regular" baroque flute with only one key for Eb/D#. See Quantz's "On Playing the Flute" for information on his flute with separate Eb/D# keys, and its fingerings. I thought this would be most useful, as most people don't use Quantz's system, though good reproductions are available.

For the time being this page is a bit rough, and assumes that the reader already has some knowledge of flute playing and music. Pictures to come! The plan is to have a page with all the fingerings I know, but I thought Quantz was a good place to start, and I'll probably keep this page as a reference of "pure" (almost) Quantzian fingerings in addition to all the others to come.

Finger numbers 1-6 refer to the finger holes, starting nearest the headjoint, with 1-3 for the left hand, and 4-6 for the right hand. 7 is the Eb/D# key on the footjoint. A number means that the corresponding finger is down on something, whether it is covering a hole of pushing down a key (thus *opening* a hole). A dash means that the finger is off the hole/key. Low D means the first D above middle C, the lowest note of the flute. Middle D means an octave above that, of course.

I've also put up a page of Hotteterre's flute fingerings.

First octave: low D up to C.


D	123 456 -					D#	123 456 7
E	123 45- -		Eb	123 456 7		E#	123 4-6 -
F	123 4-6 -		Fb	123 45- 7		F#	123 4-- -
							123 -56 -
G	123 --- -		Gb	123 -56 -		G#	12- 456 -
A	12- --- -		Ab	12- 456 -		A#	1-3 456 7
B	1-- --- -		Bb	1-3 45- -		B#	-23 4-- -
C	-23 --- -		Cb	1-- --- -		C#	--- --- -





Second octave: middle D up to high C.


D	-23 456 -		Db	--- --- -		D#	123 456 7
E	123 45- -		Eb	123 456 7		E#	123 4-6 -
F	123 4-6 -		Fb	123 45- 7		F#	123 4-- -
G	123 --- -		Gb	123 -56 7		G#	12- 4-6 7
A	12- --- -		Ab	12- 4-6 7		A#	1-3 --- -
B	1-- --- -		Bb	1-3 --- -		B#	-23 456 7
				12- 456 7
C	-2- 456 7		Cb	1-- 456 7		C#	-23 4-- 7
	-2- 45- -						--- --- -
	-2- 4-6 -





Third octave: high D and up.


D	-23 --- 7		Db	-23 4-- 7		D#	123 -56 7
	-23 4-6 -
	-23 456 -
E	12- -56 7		Eb	123 -56 7		E#	12- 4-- 7
F	12- 4-- 7		Fb	12- -56 7		F#	123 4-- -
G	1-3 --- -		Gb	123 4-- -		G#	--3 --- -
A	-23 45- -		Ab	--3 --- -