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Old Apr 27 2008, 1:17 PM
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Originally Posted by maaton View Post
The flute range is from middle C up three octaves. no matter how hard one blows it, it won't make that D6.
Not to start any arguments here, but:

there IS a fingering for that high D, so it is technically PART of the flute's range, albeit the extreme.

And the low range CAN extend to a B just below middle C if you have the "patte de si" extension.

However, the point here being that the extreme high note isn't being approached in a realistic fashion, and in strictly "baroque" terms, it is not part of the flute register.
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