Flabiol almond wood

The Flabiol SANS is a kind of traditional flute exclusively of Catalan influences areas. It is used by the five fingers of the left hand. This makes it as well different to other onehand flutes with 3 holes, very popular in Europe. It is a transpositor instrument in FA6, allowing the deepest note (LA5) when played with one only hand. It showes two partes: the mouthpiece and the body, with cork union. We use to produce the Flabiol SANS with shaped mouthpiece (similar to the one of the German recorder.) The flabiol is played with the left hand, even using the little finger, which covers the second hole on the bottom side. If preferred, you can use the right hand in addition, in order to increase the tone range of a half octave more. The traditional way is to play the flabiol with the left hand, going with a little tambour and using the right hand for the stick. The instruments’ tuning is FA.