Description
These are smaller, thus higher pitched, fifes designed for more of a folk music use over the fife & drum association. We typically offer them in the keys of Eb, D, C#, and C and have conical bores, rendering them more in tune with themselves than a traditional cylindrical bore would. They are available in Honduras rosewood and in African blackwood, but for international orders we offer mopane as an alternative – similar in colour to the rosewood, it is free from the recent CITES rules imposed on rosewood and blackwood.
These are available in 10-hole/chromatic versions. Please inquire before ordering.
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Jos! I received my fife in B Major today! Oh my Lord. How beautiful ! Thank you so much for being an artist who makes such beautiful instruments . The world is better for your being in it! And thank you for taking the time to include that fingering chart for the E major pentatonic scale I mentioned that I needed to play my melody .
Ya know, I have never played a fife before in my life. I did play clarinet and saxophone as a kid and I had one half semester when I was 13 where I actually played flute in school for a bit. So from my childhood I had some idea about how to blow and have a controlled embouchure . That was many years ago! I love this instrument and I know this is now a part of me thats here to stay. Such an expressive instrument !
Rebel Jack Country, Stroudsburg, PA
