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October 10, 2011 at 4:40 am · Filed under Flute, Irish flute, Martin Doyle Flutes, Recently Added, Website ·Tagged Added, D flutes, fingering charts, Martin Doyle Flutes, simple system flute, Website
In the interests of serving those who play simple system flutes, Martin Doyle has added fingering charts for simple system keyless D flutes to his website. Printable PDF versions of the fingering charts are also available to download.
These fingering charts are inspired by the fingering charts published by Johann Joachim Quantz (1697–1773) in his treatise On Playing the Flute which was first published in 1752. Martin Doyle studied Quantz at the beginning of his flute making career and found On Playing the Flute to be a great source of inspiration and information regarding simple system flutes and eighteenth century music in general.
Martin Doyle's fingering chart for a simple system keyless D flute
Martin Doyle’s fingering charts for simple system keyless D flutes can be viewed here »
A big THANK YOU to Asankita for creating the graphics – chur bro…!
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April 25, 2011 at 12:10 am · Filed under Cocus wood, Flute, Flute Making, Irish flute, Martin Doyle, Martin Doyle Flutes, Wooden Flutes ·Tagged cocus wood, Cocus wood flute, D Flute, Flute, hand-crafted, Irish flutes, Martin Doyle, new, nine keys, sterling silver, tuning slide, Wooden Flutes
Martin Doyle Cocus Wood 9 Key D Flute - click on image to see a larger version
Martin Doyle has just finished crafting a 9 key D flute made of cocus wood. The tuning slide, keys and ferrules are hand made of sterling silver. Photos of the flute can be viewed here.
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June 30, 2010 at 2:06 am · Filed under Flute, Flute Making, Flute Players, Ireland, Irish flute, Irish traditional music, Martin Doyle, Music, Musicians, Personal Experiences ·Tagged Art in Action, arts and crafts, County Louth, Drogheda, Elizabeth Petcu, festival, flute maker, Gwenn Frin, Ireland, Irish flute, liberal arts, Martin Doyle, Mircea Petcu, Music, performing arts
Art in Action is a 3-day arts and crafts festival held every June Bank Holiday Weekend. Top artists and craftspeople from many different disciplines are invited to set up studios, stalls and workshops to demonstrate their work and skills live. Over a hundred craft, fine, liberal and performing artists demonstrate and sell their art to the public. An extensive range of children and adult art classes are also available, all set in the lovely house and grounds of Townley Hall near Drogheda in County Louth, Ireland. Art in Action is affiliated to the John Scottus School.
Art in Action is organised and staffed by the School of Philosophy, an educational charity in Dublin (CHY 5791). Everyone who contributes to the organisation and staffing of the event does so entirely on a voluntary basis and without payment of any kind. This is at the core of the ethos of Art in Action and contributes to its unique atmosphere – about which both visitors and artists frequently comment.
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June 21, 2010 at 12:30 am · Filed under Baroque Flutes, Flute, Flute Making, Martin Doyle, Martin Doyle Flutes, Recently Added, Website, Wooden Flutes ·Tagged Baroque Flutes, Baroque Flutes by Martin Doyle, flute maker, Martin Doyle, Martin Doyle Flutes, new page added, Website, Wooden Flutes
A new page highlighting Martin Doyle’s Baroque Flutes has been added to Martin Doyle Flutes.
Martin Doyle completed his first set of Baroque flutes early in 2000. Originally working with African Blackwood, he modeled his Baroque flute design on an eighteenth century Rottenburgh Baroque flute. Martin has also made Baroque flutes from Irish Boxwood — one of which is featured below.
Martin Doyle Baroque Flute in Irish Boxwood
To find out more and to hear Martin playing his boxwood Baroque flute, jump to: Baroque Flutes by Martin Doyle.
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January 11, 2010 at 11:19 pm · Filed under Aikido, County Clare, Flute, Flute Making, Flute Players, Ireland, Irish flute, Irish traditional music, Liscannor, Martin Doyle, Music, Musicians, Recently Added ·Tagged Aiki Céilí Band, Aikido classes, County Clare, double bass, Eamon McCarthy, Flute, Frank Healy, Gabrielle Cappachione, guitar, Introducing, Liscannor, Martin Doyle, Music, radio documentary, The Music Tree
Double bass (Frank Healy) and flute (Martin Doyle) in action
As recently posted on this weblog, Martin Doyle featured on a radio programme called The Music Tree. As the The Music Tree is about the Mpingo (African Blackwood) tree and its popular timber that is used extensively for the production of woodwind instruments, one of the requirements for the programme was some Irish traditional music that was predominated by the Irish flute. This task fell upon Martin Doyle to organise.
Asides from making great Irish flutes, Martin is also an Aikido instructor who offers classes at the town hall in Liscannor, County Clare – the Aikido group is known as Clare Aikikai. One of the many wonderful aspects of the County Clare is that music is an integral part of the culture there – musicians, singers and story tellers abound in Clare as they do all over the west of Ireland. And so it is with Martin’s Aikido group. Four of the members are strong traditional musicians so Martin got them together after an Aikido session one evening and they recorded a very nice piece of traditional music – and The Aiki Céilí Band was born!
The Aiki Céilí Band consists of Martin Doyle (flute), Éamon McCarthy (flute), Frank Healy (double bass) and Gabrielle Cappachione (guitar). Featured on The Music Tree documentary, the piece consists of two reels and can also be listened to here.
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September 10, 2009 at 9:36 pm · Filed under Flute, Flute Making, Flute Players, Ireland, Irish flute, Martin Doyle Flutes, Recently Added, Testimonials, Website
Tomás MacUileagóid, a flute player, fiddler and harp player/maker from Dublin, Ireland, has kindly added a testimonial to Martin Doyle Flutes. Tomás recently purchased a keyed flute from Martin Doyle.
“Hi Martin, I have thought a lot about writing to you since I got my keyed flute from you. I wanted to really feel my way into it and explore what it has to offer. I am astounded by the range of colour available, just waiting for me to exploit it. The tones available far exceed what I could get on the flute I got off you 10 years ago. I wanted the keys because I have a particular interest in the music of east Galway, Paddy Kelly and Paddy Fahey in particular, and you can’t really manage that without the F natural. Obviously since I have a keyed flute I notice other flutes much more, and I am continuously impressed by your standard of craftsmanship, and I understand how difficult it is to maintain such a high standard. Well done!! I don’t know what motivates you as an instrument maker, but I enjoy being able to create something that is unique with its own voice, that will hopefully live long after me and in some small way contribute to making the world a better place. I think you have already achieved this. Thank you. Regards, Tomás.”
Very thoughtful and insightful words from a fellow instrument maker — thank you for your kind and encouraging comments Tomás.
This and other testimonials from owners of Martin Doyle flutes can be viewed here: Testimonials
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Born in Dublin, Ireland, Martin Doyle grew up in the seaside town of Bray in County Wicklow. One of four children in a family with music in their blood, Martin was influenced and inspired by his mothers melodious singing from a very early age – learning songs that have stayed with him to this day.
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