Making a baroque flute

1. How is the baroque flute constructed?
2. What key is baroque flute?
3. How many keys did a baroque flute have?

How is the baroque flute constructed?

In general, the Baroque flute has the following characteristics: It is made of wood, of which the most commonly used are boxwood, ebony, and grenadilla. It has a conical bore that is wide at the end with the embouchure hole and tapers to become significantly more narrow at the bottom.

What key is baroque flute?

Baroque music for flute is typically written in keys which make use predominantly of the strong notes – for example D major (the strongest key, in which all the notes are strong), G major (C is weak but otherwise all are strong), E minor etc.

How many keys did a baroque flute have?

In Germany and Italy especially, flutists began to write studies for the flute in all 24 keys, rather than in the restricted range of tonalities or modes it had used before. But most published music was in relatively easy keys for the baroque flute, such as G major and E minor.