Okay, I played flute for maybe eight years almost all through school and a little after it. I have decided to take it up again. But I live in an apartment now, and I know that they are not, shall we say, quiet instruments. Is there any way to mute a flute so my neighbors won't be mad at me? Please, only serious responses. Thanks!
2007-01-25 17:37:10 · 7 answers · asked by luttibelle 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
The only way I've ever heard of muting a flute is to take a cloth or towel and drape it over your hands and the body of the flute. I'm not sure how well it works, but it's worth a try!
2007-01-26 01:55:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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This E2 is the *punkiest* sounding note on the flute! It has no body, and does not match the tonal quality of either Eb below it ( because of the C key venting) or the F above it. There is a problem here on all flutes - when you get to E3, we have solutions (split E keys, donuts. etc.). Bu that E2 just needs embouchure work to learn how to *blend* with the others. If you want a little experiment - while playing that E2, just BARELY lean on the rill key between E and F - just enough to barely crack it open. All of a sudden - that notes changes quality! You cannot OPEN that key, and you cannot use this fingering when playing ( but we all use it when we have a held note, ppp, on that E2). The other possibility is - it IS your flute. Something so small and subtle that YOU do not feel it - but it is there enough to mess up this note. Could be a leak ( common) in the F/Bb linkage. Have a professional flutist check this over - and see if it need to go into the shop. If this a SUDDEN occurrence - then betcha you have a leak, either form the pad, or from a missed adjustment. Hardly fatal - but get it seen.
2016-04-01 07:32:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh dude don't even worry, if you rent the apartment yourself you're fine even in the worst apartments i never had a problem with hearing anyone else or them hearing me or tv or flute or guitar.
Though I do have some blankets i used to make a little tent room from the ceiling in the center of the room for recording and such and the sound barely can be hear out of it, decent regular blankets work too.
2013-11-07 14:33:48 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello there,
Well,you can make some sort of acoustic treatment in your house,and make it less loud.This,ofcourse,cost extra money,but I think too that flute is not so loud instrument,so talk with you neighbors,maybe they really don't hear it at all.
2007-01-25 20:04:15 · answer #6 · answered by darky 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honestly, a flute is one of the weakest and least intrusive insturments for neighbors, only electric instruments with headphones being quieter.
I would ask the neighbors if they can tell you if they can hear it at all, most likely they can't.
I play drums, unfortunetly, that problem applies more to me =/
2007-01-25 17:45:15 · answer #7 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The easiest way I can think of is to cover up the hole you blow in with tape so that no air actually enters the flute. You can then hold it to your lips and blow and push the keys just like you normally would only you wouldn't make any sound. That way you can practice fingerings and timing of music though you won't hear what it sounds like.
2007-01-25 17:46:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋