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Simple System Flutes
Side blown flutes are traditional all round the world, though the first were in Asia. The Concert Flute, used for Irish traditional music, was the standard orchestral instrument until the introduction of the Boehm system. The D Flute has 6 open holes, and up to 8 keys which are often not used, as the notes can be found by cross fingering. A slide head is useful for fine tuning. This kind of flute produces an earthier sound than modern metal instruments, playing easily in D and G.
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FAQs
Acoustic Bass Guitars
The Ashbury range of acoustic basses covers 4 and 5 string models, fretted and fretless, all with solid spruce tops and good 4 band EQ systems.
Bass Guitar
Bass guitars usually have four strings, tuned to E A G D (one octave below the bottom four strings of a guitar). Five string (and occasionally six string) basses are becoming more common lately. They are either played with a plectrum (some players prefer a bass pick which is larger than a normal plectrum) or by finger picking. Can have either an acoustic hollow body or a solid electric one.
Bass Guitar Strings
We stock strings for both acoustic and solid electric basses.
Bass Guitars
We stock acoustic basses in all our shops. Canterbury is our main stockist of electric basses and the staff there are players and enthusiasts. We recommend Ashbury for acoustic basses and Fender, Cort...