Voice Flute

The Voice Flute is essentially a tenor recorder, but with the lowest note tuned to D instead of the tenor’s C. It was created in the Baroque period to give recorder players easier access to the flute’s repertoire. By tuning the voice flute in D, it is possible to play much of the Baroque Flute repertoire without transcription. The voice flute is constructed exactly like a tenor recorder, except the voicing is a little different. The particular voicing is used in order to accentuate the more flute-like aspects of the recorder sound. This is also supported by the use of softer woods in the construction.