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I am a flute player. How difficult is it to adapt to the wind controller?

April 26, 2017adapt controller difficult flute Player wind

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I am a flute player. How difficult is it to adapt to the wind controller?

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While flute and sax both share a Boehm fingering system, there are some differences that may or may not be an issue to a flutist. The Yamaha WX5 has 4 selectable fingering modes called WX, SAX A, SAX B, and one called FLUTE. Some flautists find the WX5’s FLUTE fingering mode useful, but most simply learn to use one of the sax fingerings. Over the years, the consensus seems to be that the WX5 flute fingering is not all that useful and simply using one of the sax fingerings is far better for flute players. One interesting note about the WX5 FLUTE fingering mode is that instead of using the reed as a pitchbend sensor, when the WX5 is set to FLUTE fingering mode, the reed sensor is used to jump an octave.