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Wow only playing a week and a half and already on long notes! I was lucky just to get a note out at that point :) I have been playing for over a year now (but fairly recently with instruction) and started working on Trevor Wye's book on Tone about 6 weeks ago on my own. I started with low octave and...

Thank you for the encouraging words.....you are right I am not going back to the beginning because I do know a lot more than most when they start :) I am sure you are right that my friend does feel rhythm more easily than most and does it without realizing it. In most situations her playing is beaut...

Thank you! It is very helpful to get some ideas on how to go about learning how to count while playing. I am trying to count everything and since many of the songs I know by memory I can't count in my head I now am playing only very simple songs because I can actually count the simple songs. I find ...

I am at a point in my flute playing that I am feeling somewhat frustrated with how things are going. My teacher has pointed out that although my tone is sounding good I really need to work on counting as she feels that in order to play with anyone else or even play a duet with her and the piano it i...

Thanks for the great replies! It sounds like I will be able to pick up the tin whistle without too many issues ..... I hope I enjoy it half as much as I do the flute
Jackie

Hi everyone, I am new to this forum and to flute playing as well. I am a older adult female that has been self teaching myself to play the flute for the past six to eight months up until about two months ago when I started taking weekly lessons. Going back to the basics with my playing has been diff...