Does The Wood Type Influence The Sound of a Flute? Comparing 4 Different Romanian Caval
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- Опубліковано 6 чер 2024
- I made a quick sound comparing video in my workshop of these 4 handmade Romanian Caval~Kaval flutes I made out of different types of wood. Pearwood, Hard Maple, Elm and White Oak.
Can you hear the difference in sound? What type of wood sounds the best in your opinion?
Let me know in the comment section!
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0:00 Comparing different wood types
0:47 Pearwood Standard
1:11 Pearwood Lip embouchure
1:27 Hard Maple Standard
1:53 Hard Maple Lip embouchure
2:09 Elm Standard
2:30 Elm Lip embouchure
3:07 White Oak Standard
3:30 White Oak Lip embouchure
3:54 Pearwood Romanian tune
4:14 Hard Maple Romanian tune
4:35 Elm Romanian tune
4:57 White Oak Romanian tune
The white oak really lifts off. It sounds magical and ethereal.
This man is gold
hahah
Time stamps for comparison!
Pearwood
Standard 0:47
Lip embouchure 1:11
Romanian tune 3:54
Hard Maple
Standard 1:27
Lip embouchure 1:53
Romanian tune 4:14
Elm
Standard 2:09
Lip embouchure 2:30
Romanian tune 4:35
White Oak.
Standard 3:07
Lip embouchure 3:30
Romanian tune 4:57
Ha thank you, I have never added these before, I will look into it for this video, might come in handy indeed! Thanks!
Each is nice in its own way.
I liked the elm. It was slightly softer in texture than the others. Soothing.
I like that oak sound - the elm was less defined
Fabulous! I like to listen to your play on your own made kaval!!! Thank you!!!🙏✨💫
welcome!
what a sound! I am getting goosebumps!
oh glad you like it! This is yet just a quick rec. in my very dry sounding studio, check out some of the other vids in my channel for a better soundexperience!
@@1fujara I will do this for sure! It sounds magic, Like 10.000 years back in time.
Glad to see ya back lad
glad you are glad to see me back hah!
i enjoyed the Elm the most ❤
very nice job! Love your new embouchure shape, looks like helmets or Easter Island figures. All sounds very nice. But have a preference for the Pearwood.
I love the oak sound.to me the notes sound very smooth
:)
Thank you for
Amazing craftsmanship Winne I'm a regular follower of your channel for many years now and love your videos so much. I love woodwinds and like to experiment too and I also play the Indian bamboo flute (Bansuri). Just curious to know do you make transverse Caval flutes too? Thanks
Not at this time ;)
Hi Winnie I really admire the change of tone you do with lip change technique. I've only heard it so far on your Kaval and playing _ is this a technique only for Kaval ?
03:30 has the magic
hah!
Great video! I like the Elm flute the best
Thanks, interesting!
@@1fujara I was wondering if you are going to make another fujara playing tutorial. Those videos are awsome!
Wow! Could you make a video about the lips technic? Please 🙏
Coming up!
They are all beautiful, if I had to choose one I'd toss a coin between the the pear wood and white oak.
Maple feels clear and powerful, I also prefer it on wooden shakuhachi flutes I have tried
hi.did you have any experiment to make romanian kaval in la from bamboo?
In my opinion the White Oak Caval sounds brighter then the rest. It might be that you played a bit louder on it the last piece.
White Oak 4 the win!
yes it is more 'present' in sound , thats correct!
I'd love to see how that wooden Ney sounds (brown color, right side of the image)
This is a prototype, one of many I am working on. When I have finished my search I will make a video for sure!
I like the elm wood sounded ❤️
interesting!
As for your video, where can I buy a fuyara flute instrument? thank you
Do you also make whistles in normal European scale? What keys/ scales do you make them.
Thats awesome thanks alot for this I always wanted a comparison!
Do you make the Kaval with a plug in it or do you keep them open beyond the sound hole?
these are fipple flutes so they have a block in the top to transport the air, but I make these with a open top as 'oblique' flutes as well yes.
@@1fujara Thanks for the info! I was watching a Japanese style overtone where a cork was stuffed inside to "stabilize" the octave and it got me wondering!
All are very good sound
Hey please tell me one flute price
Hi Winne, I believe you answered the question yourself when you said that they are hand made and the fipple and also the hole dimensions may differ. So:
1. geometry being ever so slightly different,
2. granularity and surface texture being very different (on the inside!)
I know research has been done and it indeed concludes that 'for the flutes the material doesn't matter as long as the inside is of the same smoothness' But this being said my experience tells me the opposite. But maybe the difference is more noticeable for the one playing as it is for the listener. I think the nuances in the types of wood are quite obvious actually, but there are more things that will influence the sound offcourse as you state.
Congratulation, long life !!!
Oak is used alot for kemence making :) What material is made the white baspare on the behind? :)
Ah, did not know that! The baspare is just made out of boxwood because its a prototype wooden ney, but I make them out of bone or horn as well. More coming on this and other oblique flutes soon!
@@1fujara I am dreaming of a hybrid Ney made half from reed and half from wood for some time :) I am curious about your wooden Ney :)
I am wondering. Winne, if you can feel the vibrations of the notes on your fingers with some woods and not others. I find that softer woods can pass the vibration feel to my fingers. This can be pleasant. All of these sound amazing.
Hello Harold, thats actually a interesting topic, I have similar experience with that. Hard woods that are partly damaged by fungus or some softer woods tend to vibrate more. sometimes also thicker walled instruments do that. I really like this as well
@@1fujara Thanks Winne :)
As much as I wanted to like the pearwood. The Elm and the Oak has a special quality that the others do not.
come fare per acquistare?
I feel as the Pearwood is the most 'etheric' of them, the Elm is the softest and the White oak is heavier / sleepy. Like they have their own personalities.
Hah interesting, in my experiece the Oak is the awake one, the pear the most sleepy! Thats the beautifull thing about sounds and instruments I guess, they all speak to us in a different way. Thank you for becoming a Patreon by the way! Much appreciated!
question would you try making hungarian flutes too?
what do you mean?
@@1fujara i mean there are many types of hungarian flutes and it would be amazing if yourself could possibly make some of those and even videos about them
I waiting a few months for one caval but still mothing from you
Hello Marius, I am working a long waitinglist as I am sure I told you when you ordered. I hope you can understand that quality takes time. I am one man making instruments by hand, playing, answering emails, paking, working on other music and sound projects, making videos like this one and so on. I work 7 days a week but at my own pace, this keeps it fun and ensures the quality of my instruments and life. I never ask for a down payment so you are free do do what you want, your order is not bound, Cheers!
@@1fujara your work is well worth waiting for. You sure are busy according to your work bench
How can i buy this one?
www.fujaraflutes.com
@@1fujara You have forgotten the j in www.fuaraflutes.com ;-) Greetings from Andreas Allgäu Kempten. Your Flutes sound great!
@@purklang hah thanks!
Elm
idk about you guys, but they all sound the same to me. If I said I heard a difference I would be lying.
:(