3rd/5th Harmonies
Formula: When playing in 3rd or 5th Harmonies, the higher key flute is played in Mode 1, without using the bottom hole; the lower key flute is played in Mode 4, without using the top hole. This will ensure a more melodious duet.
| Native American Flute Pairings for 3rd and 5th Harmony (actual pitch) | Courtesy of White Crow Flutes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd Above | A | A# | B | C | C# | D | D# | E | F | F# | G | G# | A | A# | B | C | C# | D | D# | E | F | F# | G | |||||
| PRIMARY KEY | F# | G | G# | A | A# | B | C | C# | D | D# | E | F | F# | G | G# | A | A# | B | C | C# | D | D# | E | F | F# | G | ||
| 3rd Below | F# | G | G# | A | A# | B | C | C# | D | D# | E | F | F# | G | G# | A | A# | B | C | C# | D | D# | E | |||||
| 5th Above | B | C | C# | D | D# | E | F | F# | G | G# | A | A# | B | C | C# | D | D# | E | F | F# | G | |||||||
| PRIMARY KEY | F# | G | G# | A | A# | B | C | C# | D | D# | E | F | F# | G | G# | A | A# | B | C | C# | D | D# | E | F | F# | G | ||
| 5th Below | F# | G | G# | A | A# | B | C | C# | D | D# | E | F | F# | G | G# | A | A# | B | C | C# | D | |||||||
| Color Key for Octaves | The tables above are designed to help the player determine an appropriate pairing of flutes for harmony duet play. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The tables show the flute keys most commonly produced currently by the popular flute makers . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Below Middle C | To use the chart - pick the table for your desired harmony, 3rd or 5th, and then locate the key of flute you wish to have | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Middle C | harmonized with on the chart in the "PRIMARY" column. From that position on the chart you can read the key of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Above Middle C | the flute which will harmonize with it by reading key on the line above or below the PRIMARY key line. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Note: The fact that a flute pairing is correct for harmony play does not assure that the flutes will sound harmonious. If the players are playing the same fingering at the same | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| time will sound more hamonious while different fingerings may make it sound less harmonious. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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