Fingering chart C key

[yonatan]

Hi everyone!

I know this question brought up many times, but I still can not be sure what is the right fingering for C key dizi.
archive.is/VDSzR this link shows different fingering from this chart (as c key is number 1) starvoid.proboards.com/thread/1073

thanks a lot for the help!

[Blue]

Are you referring to the fingering of a C-pitched dizi?

Or are you trying to play a D pitched dizi with the C-key treated as "1"?

X = Covered
O = Not covered

C-pitch dizi means

XXXOOO = C

Therefore,
XXXXXX = G ==> 5 with dot underneath
XXXXXO = A ==> 6 with dot underneath
XXXXOO = B ==> 7 with dot underneath
XXXOOO = C ==> 1
XXOOOO = D ==> 2
XOOOOO = E ==> 3
OXXOOO = F = 4

[Blue]

If you're playing a G-pitched flute:
G-pitch dizi means
XXXOOO ==> G ==> definition of G-major

Then
XXXXXX = D ==> 5 with dot underneath
XXXXXO = E ==> 6 with dot underneath
XXXXOO = F# ==> 7 with dot underneath
XXXOOO = G ==> 1
XXOOOO = A==> 2
XOOOOO = B ==> 3
OXXOOO = C ==> 4


For a G-pitched flute, if you want to treat C as “1” such that you create a C-major scale then
XXXXXX = D ==> 2 with dot underneath
XXXXXO = E ==> 3 with dot underneath
XXXXHO = F ==> 4 with dot underneath
XXXOOO = G ==> 5 with dot underneath
XXOOOO = A==> 6 with dot underneath
XOOOOO = B ==> 7 with dot underneath
OXXOOO = C ==> 1

H refers to half-fingering.

[Blue]

D-pitch dizi means
XXXOOO ==> D ==> reference point for D major scale

Then we have this listing of the D major scale:
XXXXXX = A ==> 5 with dot underneath
XXXXXO = B ==> 6 with dot underneath
XXXXOO = C# ==> 7 with dot underneath
XXXOOO = D ==> 1
XXOOOO = E==> 2
XOOOOO = F# ==> 3
OXXOOO = G ==> 4

If you are playing a D-pitch dizi and want to treat “1” as C then it would be a nightmare because it would be XXXXHO with H representing half-fingering. Additionally, you would need to have another half-fingering to create "F" since C-major contains no sharps/flats:
XXXXXX = A ==> 6 with dot underneath
XXXXXO = B ==> 7 with dot underneath
XXXXHO = C ==> 1
XXXOOO = D ==> 2
XXOOOO = E==> 3
XHOOOO = F ==> 4
OXXOOO = G ==> 5


However, if you are playing the D-pitch dizi and want to treat "1" as G for a G-major scale, it's not too bad:
XXXXXX = A ==> 2 with dot underneath
XXXXXO = B ==> 3 with dot underneath
XXXXHO = C ==> 4 with dot underneath
XXXOOO = D ==> 5 with dot underneath
XXOOOO = E==> 6 with dot underneath
XOOOOO = F# ==> 7 with dot underneath
OXXOOO = G ==> 1

[Blue]

Textbooks can sometimes be cryptic about switching from D major to G major using a D-pitched flute. Often they might refer to D major as "5 with dot underneath when all holes are covered (XXXXXX)" and G major as "2 with dot underneath when all holes are covered."

[yonatan]

WOW thanks for the answers!! Really appriciate your help.

What I ment is that on my dizi writen C Key, so is it pitched C Key?

If i wanna play G key with C key dizi flute, diffrent fingering as well?

[Blue]

But what I'm saying here holds true for six finger dizis.

Low G is 7 fingers.

For a low G-pitched flute, if you want to treat C as “1” such that you create a C-major scale then
XXXXXXX = D ==> 2 with dot underneath
XXXXXXO = E ==> 3 with dot underneath
XXXXOOO = F ==> 4 with dot underneath (implication is that you can play "F" naturally)
XXXOOOO = G ==> 5 with dot underneath
XXOOOOO = A==> 6 with dot underneath
XOOOOOO = B ==> 7 with dot underneath
OXXOOOO = C ==> 1

[Blue]

If C is written on your dizi, you dizi is pitched in C.

If I want to play G-major on my C-pitched dizi, I need to do two things:

1) Define G as "1"
2) Generate a F# ('cause G-major contains F#)

Therefore,
XXXXXX = G ==> 1
XXXXXO = A ==> 2
XXXXOO = B ==> 3
XXXOOO = C ==> 4
XXOOOO = D ==> 5
XOOOOO = E ==> 6
OOOOOO = F# = 7

[yonatan]

Ohhh ok, got it!!
Thanks a lot for the help