OK this is great - I have been playing this flute for 2 years now every single day and it is VERY good to own. I love my Sam Murray wooden flute and play that every day for sure BUT this one lives in my car and I play in my car and when I am out and about many times every day. This flute is indestructible, has been caught in a car door, dropped on the rocks in a stream, and dropped from a high shelf. I have played this flute in the rain, on a beach, in a river, on boats, down to 35 degrees in the snow - everywhere but it could also be your only flute if you needed it to be it is that good!!! So if you don't have an Irish flute buy one of these and if you do have one buy one of these so you can play in all those places you would never take your wooden flute. The case makes is so compact I can carry it around in my pocket in case I have a few spare minutes to play I will do so where ever I am. A few weeks ago I call called out of the crowd to play on stage with a punk Irish rock band and sure enough I had the Carbony in my pocket ready to go. This is a great flute!!!
I just received this flute from Carbony today. I really like it. The weight is nice and it is well balanced. I especially like the closer holes, as I have small hands, so this feature does make playing easier. I thought the lack of the emboucher plate would make it harder to play, but I actually think it is easier. Thanks for this review, because it helped me make up my decision to purchase the flute.
Thanks for this. Just purchased one online today. This vid. came at a good time. I've been playing (not too well) the Chinese flute (dizi). It's wayyy cheaper than most other flutes but has been quite the challenge to learn. Have got there through practice. So looking forward to receiving the new flute. I have a Carbony low D whistle which sounds so good, I love it and strongly recommend to any. Obviously has a price tag but really, for what you get (for life) is so very worth it. Happy playing and again Stephanie, thank you for this vid 🙃👍🏽
Hi Stephanie - Thanks for sharing. I think I'll be able to learn to play the "Carbony Irish Flute" since I already play transverse flutes, such as the concert flute and fife flute. 👍 😊
Something else to mention: The carbon fiber has very low thermal conductivity, which means that it will be much less likely to go out of tune when cold (or hot!) than metal flutes or whistles would. And...I wonder if it might be possible to put a cushion near where the left hand grips the flute, to give the player more mobility. They do sell third-party gadgets like that for metal concert flutes. Even a low cushion makes a noticeable difference, in terms of reducing left-hand tension.
@@FabiusPyromanus Look up "Bo-Pep Finger Saddle," but it's made to fit a standard metal Boehm flute. It wouldn't work on the Carbony. Still, it might be possible to craft something similar that would work. It's true that the left-hand position for flute playing (any flute) is awkward, and some people experience joint problems after a while (Not to mention shoulder and neck problems, due to the side-blown arm position). I'm thinking a sticky rubber cushion that you put under furniture legs might be cut to work, but I haven't tried it.
I was hoping that you made an irish flute video one day, it's done, yeah !! Thank you Stephanie 👍 I bought one years ago but it's impossible to play for me : way too big !!! Yours seems big too but you manage to play it very well. Good job ! :)
On your flute, are the holes spaced too far away, is that the “too big” issue? As she said in the video, the holes are placed closer together, using a Chimney” technology, tubes that slant inside the flute to make the same sound as holes further part.
@@scottmorris4914 Yes the holes are spaced a little bit too far away and thay are too big for my fingers, I can barely cover them ! But it's not the same flut, it's a dixon polymer. I should look for a flute with small holes, they exist ;)
D Irish flute usually always have closer hole spacing than low D whistles. Its just important to use the proper grip. Edit: Dixon D polymer does have pretty bad hole spacing, its the same as a low D whistle. But if you use a proper pipers grip style flute grip it should be very playable. Look up how to hold a bansuri, is pretty much pipers grip but for flutes.
Thank you for just playing the scale ! Been trying to find it for the Irish flute as I've been making flutes and finding that I'm just making the Irish flute.. passing the tin whistle system on to bigger diameters Ive been doing...clearly just in making Irish flutes cool 🎉
Well played, Stephanie. You get a nice clear sound out of the instrument. This makes me a bit jealous, considering the effort it takes me to play my dixon flute. I needed quite a while to produce a decent scale and play a slow piece, like the Sally Gardens.
Once again, a lovely review ! You maybe don’t work enough your embouchure position but I can assure you that you already have a beautiful sound and play it really beautifully ! You are close to arrive to a pure « pleasure to play » level ! Don’t give up dear, you will awesomely done it ! Just to share my experiment on it, try to have a continuous breath which is the base ! Then you can add tongue and throat strike as an ornaments ! Btw, always a big fan of your videos ! 😊
I was shocked hearing a carbon fibre guitar recently made by Emerald guitars in Ireland, I'd heard them before and was unimpressed. Depends on technique /density of material to get resonance. Impressive and carbon fibre works in all conditions and is almost unbreakable.
I hope because of the advancement of technology, The Irish flute makers will create the (Alto, Tenor (former bass), Baritone (Contralto), Bass (former contrabass), and Contrabass (former double contrabass) etc) flutes in a serpentine or a traditional flute style with low G footjoints made out of 3D printing or Blackwood. They’ll use simple fingerings and ornaments. They’ll have swan neck horizontal embouchures and headjoints. They will be held vertically. Boehm-system versions of these instruments will also be available. The most common of these will be the tenor size (an octave below the standard D flute)!!!! It’ll be innovative!! They’ll be called serpent flutes!!!!
Tempted. I've been playing low D whistle for a while. But I also played concert side-blown flute in the school orchestra - I'd say this is not simply hard to shape the mouth, it is very flexible in different mouth shapes and breathing, so you can do far more and be more expressive, than with a whistle. I'm not a fan of the chimney's as it does sound like it must create slight eddy pockets below each one, further down the instrument. But I can't hear any problems from it. And having short (not long or medium, but short ) fingers, this may be easier for me to play. I can manage the pipers grip, but it's not consistent. I might rather try this, than go on learning the low D whistle and come back to the whistle later, if I feel the urge. Thanks !
I've played a classical transverse flute in the school orchestra and so I found the lack of guide for embouchure on the Carbony flute to be a greater challenge for me. I'm getting there now. Just very breathy. FUN FACT : If you become totally frustrated while learning, you can turn around and play left-handed. I found my found my sound quality actually improved - although my fingers were totally confused :)
Nicely done, especially the upper octave. And thanks for the review. Your frustration with hand position and ornamentation may be helped some by rotating the finger sections relative to the embouchure. The nice thing about the three-piece flute is that the holes do not have to be all in a line, as on a whistle. You can rotate the midsection out a bit for left hand comfort and the lower section back in for the left to better cover the holes. You adjust them individually until you get the positions that work best relative to a good embouchure position.
I noticed that you played Long Journey Home at the end of the video. Do you have any tabs or sheet music for this tune? It would be great if you also did a tutorial for it. Sadly this beautiful song isn't on The Session yet... Thanks in advance and keep it up with the great job Cutie Pie!
Hi CutiePie! That sound you were making wasn't that bad, i was playing worse when i started irish flute even though i had some shakuhachi experience xD Did you keep this review copy or was it sent back afterwards? If you kept it, would you perhaps consider selling it?
@@CutiepieTinWhistle No worries! I'd honestly advise giving it another go if you got the time, since you still have it, if you zero in that embochure, the flute can give a much darker, edgier, harder tone that you can't really get from a Low Whistle, not even the best ones.
How’s the second octave intonation on the Carbony? One thing that irks me about my Penny Whistles (Lir & Generation) is the second octave “a” and “b” are noticeably flat. Is this the case with the Carbony? Thanks! 😎
I can't say I've noticed that with either Lír or Generation so you might perhaps need to push a little more air through to highest notes to help bring those fully up to tune 😊 unfortunately I've not played enough high notes on this flute to have noticed, but with a flute the embouchure will determine a lot of the quality of the sound you're able to get out of the instrument.
Do you have a video suggesting where to start/what whistle to get for low and tin whistle? I'm looking to include one in the pipe bands rep, and I'm the one who's going to have to figure it out
Well, I do have videos for where to start with tin whistle and low whistle, but these are mostly suited to beginners who don't play other instruments: ua-cam.com/video/9CXpoO_H60A/v-deo.html
These don't necessarily apply if you already play other instruments (woodwind for example) and think you'll find tin whistle/low whistle easy: ua-cam.com/video/6wTTiCBkkE4/v-deo.html
If you already play woodwind instruments and you'd like to go straight in with professional level, high and low whistles, and you plan to use them for live performances, you'll need different whistles to the ones suggested in my videos. Does that fit your description? If so, I can suggest some, so let me know. x
Nice presentation,it looks like a hybrid between flaute transverzo and Your beloved tin whistles.Also it is diatonic and extremily difficult to play(no valves)...unless you are an experienced western flute player.Not recommended for beginners.Kind Regards from Bulgaria
Can you make a cover of a video game ost called genshin impact please... The Irish flute will be a great choice for the piece. BTW you can find the embouchure by saying "emm", then blow.
I’ve been waiting for an Irish flute video for ages!!
OK this is great - I have been playing this flute for 2 years now every single day and it is VERY good to own. I love my Sam Murray wooden flute and play that every day for sure BUT this one lives in my car and I play in my car and when I am out and about many times every day. This flute is indestructible, has been caught in a car door, dropped on the rocks in a stream, and dropped from a high shelf. I have played this flute in the rain, on a beach, in a river, on boats, down to 35 degrees in the snow - everywhere but it could also be your only flute if you needed it to be it is that good!!! So if you don't have an Irish flute buy one of these and if you do have one buy one of these so you can play in all those places you would never take your wooden flute. The case makes is so compact I can carry it around in my pocket in case I have a few spare minutes to play I will do so where ever I am. A few weeks ago I call called out of the crowd to play on stage with a punk Irish rock band and sure enough I had the Carbony in my pocket ready to go. This is a great flute!!!
The science of this world! And the world of music! That's art! Thanks..!
I just received this flute from Carbony today. I really like it. The weight is nice and it is well balanced. I especially like the closer holes, as I have small hands, so this feature does make playing easier. I thought the lack of the emboucher plate would make it harder to play, but I actually think it is easier. Thanks for this review, because it helped me make up my decision to purchase the flute.
Thank you!
Like to hear you play it in a few weeks after to have video this. You are a Great Musician!!!
Beautiful instrument.
I am thinking of buying the Carbony flute.
Thanks for this. Just purchased one online today. This vid. came at a good time.
I've been playing (not too well) the Chinese flute (dizi). It's wayyy cheaper than most other flutes but has been quite the challenge to learn. Have got there through practice.
So looking forward to receiving the new flute.
I have a Carbony low D whistle which sounds so good, I love it and strongly recommend to any. Obviously has a price tag but really, for what you get (for life) is so very worth it.
Happy playing and again Stephanie, thank you for this vid 🙃👍🏽
Hi Stephanie - Thanks for sharing. I think I'll be able to learn to play the "Carbony Irish Flute" since I already play transverse flutes, such as the concert flute and fife flute. 👍 😊
Would love to see u make more irsh flute videos really enjoyed this videos
Something else to mention: The carbon fiber has very low thermal conductivity, which means that it will be much less likely to go out of tune when cold (or hot!) than metal flutes or whistles would.
And...I wonder if it might be possible to put a cushion near where the left hand grips the flute, to give the player more mobility. They do sell third-party gadgets like that for metal concert flutes. Even a low cushion makes a noticeable difference, in terms of reducing left-hand tension.
Great points!
Do you have a link to the cushions available..?
@@FabiusPyromanus Look up "Bo-Pep Finger Saddle," but it's made to fit a standard metal Boehm flute. It wouldn't work on the Carbony. Still, it might be possible to craft something similar that would work. It's true that the left-hand position for flute playing (any flute) is awkward, and some people experience joint problems after a while (Not to mention shoulder and neck problems, due to the side-blown arm position). I'm thinking a sticky rubber cushion that you put under furniture legs might be cut to work, but I haven't tried it.
@@ubizmo Thanks!
I was hoping that you made an irish flute video one day, it's done, yeah !! Thank you Stephanie 👍 I bought one years ago but it's impossible to play for me : way too big !!! Yours seems big too but you manage to play it very well. Good job ! :)
On your flute, are the holes spaced too far away, is that the “too big” issue? As she said in the video, the holes are placed closer together, using a Chimney” technology, tubes that slant inside the flute to make the same sound as holes further part.
@@scottmorris4914 Yes the holes are spaced a little bit too far away and thay are too big for my fingers, I can barely cover them ! But it's not the same flut, it's a dixon polymer. I should look for a flute with small holes, they exist ;)
D Irish flute usually always have closer hole spacing than low D whistles. Its just important to use the proper grip. Edit: Dixon D polymer does have pretty bad hole spacing, its the same as a low D whistle. But if you use a proper pipers grip style flute grip it should be very playable. Look up how to hold a bansuri, is pretty much pipers grip but for flutes.
Well done Stephanie. Besides the embouchure, the problem I have is keeping the flute in position on the B & C, C#. It often smacks me about the head😄
Thank you for just playing the scale ! Been trying to find it for the Irish flute as I've been making flutes and finding that I'm just making the Irish flute.. passing the tin whistle system on to bigger diameters Ive been doing...clearly just in making Irish flutes cool 🎉
Well played, Stephanie. You get a nice clear sound out of the instrument. This makes me a bit jealous, considering the effort it takes me to play my dixon flute. I needed quite a while to produce a decent scale and play a slow piece, like the Sally Gardens.
Once again, a lovely review !
You maybe don’t work enough your embouchure position but I can assure you that you already have a beautiful sound and play it really beautifully ! You are close to arrive to a pure « pleasure to play » level !
Don’t give up dear, you will awesomely done it !
Just to share my experiment on it, try to have a continuous breath which is the base ! Then you can add tongue and throat strike as an ornaments !
Btw, always a big fan of your videos ! 😊
Thank you 💚 I'll stick with it, just need to find a bit more time to play it. 😁
You were sounding good while playing it! Getting a good embouchure is hard work too.
Thanks for the nice review
I was shocked hearing a carbon fibre guitar recently made by Emerald guitars in Ireland, I'd heard them before and was unimpressed. Depends on technique /density of material to get resonance. Impressive and carbon fibre works in all conditions and is almost unbreakable.
Great info as usual! Thanks! ✌️🌞😎🎻
I hope because of the advancement of technology, The Irish flute makers will create the (Alto, Tenor (former bass), Baritone (Contralto), Bass (former contrabass), and Contrabass (former double contrabass) etc) flutes in a serpentine or a traditional flute style with low G footjoints made out of 3D printing or Blackwood. They’ll use simple fingerings and ornaments. They’ll have swan neck horizontal embouchures and headjoints. They will be held vertically. Boehm-system versions of these instruments will also be available. The most common of these will be the tenor size (an octave below the standard D flute)!!!! It’ll be innovative!! They’ll be called serpent flutes!!!!
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Tempted. I've been playing low D whistle for a while. But I also played concert side-blown flute in the school orchestra - I'd say this is not simply hard to shape the mouth, it is very flexible in different mouth shapes and breathing, so you can do far more and be more expressive, than with a whistle.
I'm not a fan of the chimney's as it does sound like it must create slight eddy pockets below each one, further down the instrument. But I can't hear any problems from it. And having short (not long or medium, but short ) fingers, this may be easier for me to play. I can manage the pipers grip, but it's not consistent.
I might rather try this, than go on learning the low D whistle and come back to the whistle later, if I feel the urge.
Thanks !
I've played a classical transverse flute in the school orchestra and so I found the lack of guide for embouchure on the Carbony flute to be a greater challenge for me. I'm getting there now. Just very breathy.
FUN FACT : If you become totally frustrated while learning, you can turn around and play left-handed. I found my found my sound quality actually improved - although my fingers were totally confused :)
I wish I could afford one
That hair color of yours! I like! 🥳
So Irish
Nicely done, especially the upper octave. And thanks for the review. Your frustration with hand position and ornamentation may be helped some by rotating the finger sections relative to the embouchure. The nice thing about the three-piece flute is that the holes do not have to be all in a line, as on a whistle. You can rotate the midsection out a bit for left hand comfort and the lower section back in for the left to better cover the holes. You adjust them individually until you get the positions that work best relative to a good embouchure position.
I noticed that you played Long Journey Home at the end of the video. Do you have any tabs or sheet music for this tune? It would be great if you also did a tutorial for it. Sadly this beautiful song isn't on The Session yet... Thanks in advance and keep it up with the great job Cutie Pie!
Yes, I have one already filmed, it'll be coming out soon! I'm actually making a cover of it with a whole group of talented female musicians soon too!
@@CutiepieTinWhistle Nice. I'm looking forward to it. Thanks for the quick response.
If you had to pick one. Would you rather buy thr carbony flute or low d whistle?
Low whistle, but that's because I don't really play flute.
Sweet.
Hi CutiePie!
That sound you were making wasn't that bad, i was playing worse when i started irish flute even though i had some shakuhachi experience xD
Did you keep this review copy or was it sent back afterwards?
If you kept it, would you perhaps consider selling it?
I have it yes, but as I was given it I can't really sell it on. My apologies. x
@@CutiepieTinWhistle No worries!
I'd honestly advise giving it another go if you got the time, since you still have it, if you zero in that embochure, the flute can give a much darker, edgier, harder tone that you can't really get from a Low Whistle, not even the best ones.
Which model is that flute? Maybe I missed it? So glad you made this video. I love the sound of a flute.
Link in the description to find out more info on the Carbony website. x
How’s the second octave intonation on the Carbony? One thing that irks me about my Penny Whistles (Lir & Generation) is the second octave “a” and “b” are noticeably flat. Is this the case with the Carbony? Thanks! 😎
I can't say I've noticed that with either Lír or Generation so you might perhaps need to push a little more air through to highest notes to help bring those fully up to tune 😊 unfortunately I've not played enough high notes on this flute to have noticed, but with a flute the embouchure will determine a lot of the quality of the sound you're able to get out of the instrument.
@@CutiepieTinWhistle Thanks!
Do you have a video suggesting where to start/what whistle to get for low and tin whistle? I'm looking to include one in the pipe bands rep, and I'm the one who's going to have to figure it out
Well, I do have videos for where to start with tin whistle and low whistle, but these are mostly suited to beginners who don't play other instruments:
ua-cam.com/video/9CXpoO_H60A/v-deo.html
These don't necessarily apply if you already play other instruments (woodwind for example) and think you'll find tin whistle/low whistle easy:
ua-cam.com/video/6wTTiCBkkE4/v-deo.html
If you already play woodwind instruments and you'd like to go straight in with professional level, high and low whistles, and you plan to use them for live performances, you'll need different whistles to the ones suggested in my videos.
Does that fit your description? If so, I can suggest some, so let me know. x
Renaissance traverso next? Lol
Nice presentation,it looks like a hybrid between flaute transverzo and Your beloved tin whistles.Also it is diatonic and extremily difficult to play(no valves)...unless you are an experienced western flute player.Not recommended for beginners.Kind Regards from Bulgaria
Can you make a cover of a video game ost called genshin impact please... The Irish flute will be a great choice for the piece. BTW you can find the embouchure by saying "emm", then blow.
Plz convert this video in indian national language (Hindi). you will be very beneficial.you will get name, fame and plenty of money.i say sure.