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Flute fingering patterns

All notes from the C on the first ledger line below the staff (the flute's lowest note) to the D♭ on the fourth line follow a pattern for their fingerings where only near holes are covered for high notes and all holes are covered for low notes. (Please note that the left hand little finger key and the most commonly used right hand little finger key [a.k.a. the E♭ key] actually un-cover a hole when pressed as opposed to covering a hole when they're pressed down.)

The D on the fourth line and E♭ on the fourth space are fingered the same as the same notes an octave lower, except that the left hand index finger is up.

All notes from the E on the fourth space to the D♭ on the space above the second ledger line are fingered exactly the same as the same notes an octave lower, only with a different lip position.

The notes from the D on the space above the second ledger line to the A♭ on the space above the fourth ledger line are fingered in a way that combines the fingerings of the same notes an octave lower and the note an octave plus a fifth lower, as follows:

• D is fingered like D for the left hand plus G (perfect 12th lower) for the right hand.
• E♭ is fingered like E♭ plus the left hand little finger key being pressed (as for A♭)
• E is fingered like E (either 1 or 2 octaves lower) except that the left hand ring finger is up (as for A)
• F and F♯ are fingered like F and F♯ (either 1 or 2 octaves lower) except that the left hand middle finger is up (as for B♭ and B)
• G is fingered like G (either 1 or 2 octaves lower) except that the left hand thumb is up as for C (a perfect 12th lower.)
• A♭ is fingered like A♭ except that the left hand thumb and index finger are up as for D♭ a perfect 12th lower.

A on the space above the fourth ledger line combines more fingerings; all of which it is part of the overtone series. A combines the same fingering as A either 1 or 2 octaves lower with:

• The left hand index finger up (as for D a perfect 12th lower)
• The right hand fingered like F a major 17th lower.

These are the notes that this A are the 3rd and 5th overtone series of.

Now, anyone able to describe the fingering for B♭ on the fifth ledger line in a similar way?? As well as the B and C above this B♭?? Georgia guy (talk) 01:56, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

There are relatively standard fingerings [1], but there are also alternate fingerings for many notes [2]. What you're getting at is how the pattern of fingering changes as you move to a different Register_(music). From first principles, this change comes about due to Acoustic_resonance#Open. More info here [3], and here [4]. You may well know all this, but the links above might help you fill out your fingering heuristic, and understand why it changes. SemanticMantis (talk) 19:45, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

Downton Abbey & Six Feet Under using similar music ?

I've noticed a certain similarity in the music in recent seasons of Downton Abbey and the Six Feet Under theme song. Did the same person (Thomas Newman ?) write both ? Are they similar for any other reason ? StuRat (talk) 05:42, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

IMDb has John Lunn for Downton Abbey, but only for 21 episodes. That leaves 22 where the music just sort of happened, I guess. Or IMDb doesn't know. Either's possible.

Can you be more specific about the similarity? Everything sounds like everything, to an extent. InedibleHulk (talk) 06:21, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

The guess about the music being purely organic is somewhat discredited by conductor Alastair King working on 33 episodes. InedibleHulk (talk) 06:24, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

Thomas Newman only did the title theme of Six Feet Under. Richard Marvin was in it to win it. InedibleHulk (talk) 06:28, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

I'm usually better at reading. InedibleHulk (talk) 06:54, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

The piece of music I mean appears in Downtown Abbey, Series 5, episode 9 (A Moorland Holiday), approximately 10:35 in, right after the scene with the women talking during a train ride: [5]. Compare this with the opening theme from Six Feet Under, 30 seconds in: [6]. Do you notice a similarity ? StuRat (talk) 19:54, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but this video is not available in my region due to rights restrictions. I guess I'm not "viewers like you". InedibleHulk (talk) 18:56, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

Can anyone find it elsewhere ? StuRat (talk) 06:19, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

EARPHONE/HEADPHONE CONNECTION TO A TV

We bought a LG LD330 TV but unfortunately there is no earphone/headphone jack/socket. How can I connect an earphone/headphone so I can watch TV at times without disturbing others? Thanking you.175.157.47.75 (talk) 14:26, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

They haven't put a headphone socket on a lot of their TVs since 2010 or before. LG themselves suggest buying an external amplifier (5.1 surround or similar) and using the headphone socket on that instead. A few variants came with Bluetooth available but this had limited use. Feel free to contact LG, but they may not be able to help you much with such an old model. Nanonic (talk) 14:40, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

Dear sir I got the reply within a few minutes and thanks a lot for you all.175.157.47.75 (talk) 14:48, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

Of course you can always mute the sound and turn on the closed captioning subtitles, but they may leave out some bits of what's said, and you won't be able to hear music. --70.49.169.244 (talk) 16:35, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

How does the signal get to the TV ? If it comes from a cable box, DVD/BluRay players, etc., there may be an audio output on that device. You might need to mute the TV, or unplug the audio input, if separate (HDMI has a version with both audio and video included). StuRat (talk) 17:08, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

@175.157.47.75: If they recommend getting a separate amplifier, it must have audio output (it would be shocking if any TV didn't these days). Just get an RCA male to 3.5mm female cable. You can plug your headphones into that. I see one on Amazon for less than $2 (first result when googling "rca to headphone jack female"). — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 20:36, 3 March 2015 (UTC)