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dstone wrote:

zenportugal wrote:

I would like to ask if someone can help me with making a tranverse 4 hole pentatonic flute...What are the percentages to put the fingerholes in one of this flutes...

Welcome, Carlos.  What is the significance of 4 hole flutes to you?  I don't even know if one would configure a thumb hole on such a flute.

I personally like the thumb hole on pentatonic transverse flutes. On one hand, it plays the same note as playing into the 2nd octave with all holes closed, however it gives you a hole that you can use to slide up to that note.

As far as the hole placement, aside from using the plans on the websites Darren provided links to, you can try placing them in the same place as on a six hole diatonic flute but leaving out the holes for the 2nd and 5th finger. This will work best on flutes with small holes because, by leaving the holes unopened, basically what you're doing is playing cross fingerings for the F and C (on a D flute) and cross fingerings work best on flutes with small holes. You might have to move the hole for the F to get it to play in better tune, and if you want larger holes you'll need to make futher adjustments, but it should get you started in the right direction.