How is the pentatonic structured?
If you stack the notes D, E, G, A and B in fifths on top of each other you create the order G, D, A, E, B. In this order the middle note is A. If you arrange the five tones in a circle and then draw connecting lines between each fifth, travelling from G to D, A, E and then B, a pentagram is created, and A is found at the tip. Clearly, the note A is of central importance within these 5 tones.
This importance becomes clearer still if you examine the intervals between the notes as they are placed closest together in their scale. The intervals from A outward are first a major second, then a minor third, in both directions travelling downward and upward. Only from the starting note A are the intervals found to be mirror images. This intriguing phenomenon indicates that the note A has a truly unique significance within the pentatonic. Rudolf Steiner allocated a different planet to each tone:
Thus creating links between:
- E and Jupiter
- G and Saturn
- A and the Sun
- B and the Moon
- D and Mercury.
In this way the five tones E, G, A, B and D are displayed as a solar scale with the Sun tone (A) at its centre. The central importance of the tone is again mirrored in its pairing with the Sun, the central body in our solar system. This gives us a better understanding of why Steiner suggests these tones in particular for young children.
Sonnenflöte 432 Hz mit Griffmulden
€64.00*
The tuning pitch a = 432 Hz gives the instrument a calming effect. One of the best-selling 7-tone pentatonic recorders.The bore
The inner bore of the recorder is cylindroconical and slightly wider than normal soprano recorders. This type of bore gives the model its typical sound.
In principle, instruments with a wider bore sound warmer, fuller, more fundamental and therefore more suitable for ensembles than recorders with a narrower inner bore.Who is this recorder aimed at?
To school classes in Waldorf schools, Montessori schools or early music education.The wind tunnel of the recorder
The windway is the area in the head of the recorder where the air is formed into a thin sheet of air. This air blade is one of the most important elements of a recorder's sound.
At the labium, the vibration that generates the flute sound is created from this air sheet. The shape of the windway is therefore
one of the defining basic features
for the musical shaping of the achievable sounds of the recorder. The windway of the sun recorder is 30% narrower than the usual width for soprano instruments. This results in the delicate sound.The sun flute has a windway that is straight and very narrowly cylindrical in shape.Handling
The sun flute 50061 from Kunath Instrumentenbau has the following fingering: Pentatonic, 7-toneConstruction of the bodyOne-piece
Packaging and accessories
The model is supplied as standard with a bag and the following accessories:wiper rod, wiper cloth, fingering chartPodcast about the instrumentThe instrument is available at Blockfloetenpodcast.eu a separate Episode Sonnenflöte
sun recorder, pentatonic, 440 Hz, d'' e'' g'' a'' b'' d''' e'''
€64.00*
The tuning pitch a = 440 Hz makes the instrument suitable for fixed-tuned instruments such as piano and mallet instruments. One of the best-selling 7-tone pentatonic recorders.The bore
The inner bore of the recorder is cylindroconical and slightly wider than normal soprano recorders. This type of bore gives the model its typical sound.
In principle, instruments with a wider bore sound warmer, fuller, more fundamental and therefore more suitable for ensembles than recorders with a narrower inner bore.Who is this recorder aimed at?
To school classes in Waldorf schools, Montessori schools or early music education.The wind tunnel of the recorder
The windway is the area in the head of the recorder where the air is formed into a thin sheet of air. This air blade is one of the most important elements of a recorder's sound.
At the labium, the vibration that generates the flute sound is created from this air sheet. The shape of the windway is therefore
one of the defining basic features
for the musical shaping of the achievable sounds of the recorder. The windway of the sun recorder is 30% narrower than the usual width of soprano instruments. This results in the delicate sound.The sun flute has a windway that is straight and very narrowly cylindrical in shape.Handling
The sun flute 50061 from Kunath Instrumentenbau has the following fingering: Pentatonic, 7-toneConstruction of the bodyOne-piece
Packaging and accessories
The model is supplied as standard with a bag and the following accessories:wiper rod, wiper cloth, fingering chartPodcast about the instrumentThe instrument is available at Blockfloetenpodcast.eu a separate Episode Sonnenflöte