The hand flute, or handflute, is a musical instrument made out of the player's hands. It is also called a hand ocarina or hand whistle. To produce sound, the player creates a chamber of air with their hands, into which they blow air via an opening at the thumbs. There are two common techniques involving the shape of the hand chamber: the "cupped hand" technique and the "interlock" technique.[1]
The pitch depends on how the hands are held. If the space between the hands is made smaller or the opening made larger, the pitch becomes higher: the principles are the same with an ocarina or Helmholtz resonator; see vessel flute for details of the acoustics. The best hand flute players have a range of up to 2.5 octaves.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Tutorials". www.handflute.com. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ "Everything you need to know about Handwhistling". Musicoguia Magazine. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
External links
- Handflute Marathon by several hand flute players on YouTube
- Performance by the group "Childhood" on YouTube
- Performances by Peter Hassell on YouTube
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