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Renaissance
At the start of the 16th century
printing was gradually
used in the sphere
of music.
Due to that
we find the first
methods for
a couple of instruments
(e. g. Sebastian
Virdung: Musica
getutscht, Basel 1511;
Martin Agricola:
Musica
instrumentalis deudsch,
Wittenberg 1528).
There are also
found some
intact instruments
of this
time.
The "flute"
dissociated herself
at this time gradually from
more shrilling folk
instruments.
Unlike the
military
"Schweitzerpfeiffen" she
distinguished herself
by a mellower sound
as result of a
wider aperture and
for that became
an instrument of
the fine arts.
The renaissance flutes
were made of one piece
with a cylindric
drilling. Altogether
there were 6
holes, including
none for the
thumb. The holes
were small (ca 6 mm).
The mouth hole
was drilled circular.
The common arrangement
of the tone holes
did not allow to play
major and minor scales
but only the hexachords
of the middle ages.
Michael Praetorius 1619 put down
the development of the
instrument in the second
volume of his
"Syntagma Musicum".
The same did Père
Marin Mersenne
in Harmonie universelle, calling
her flûte
allemand.
Last update: 17.02.2010
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