baroque flute

G#5 and Ab5

Impedance

Acoustic and Fingering Schematic a covered tone hole or key pressed an uncovered tone hole or key not pressed a partly covered hole Details in fingering legend. Non-specialist introduction to acoustic impedance Non-specialist introduction to flute acoustics

This is a cross fingering, but not so severe as that used for G#4: one hole is closed below one open. Both first and second minima are flattened below their values in the A4/5 fingering: the second (used to play G#5) by a semitone, and the first less so. For more detail on cross fingering see that section in the introduction to flute acoustics, or download a brief scientific report on cross fingerings.

Sound

Sound spectrum of a baroque flute played using fingering for G#5.

Sound Clip

You can hear G#5 played by Matthew Ridley.