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Thank you!! Yes, that is good advice and I really appreciate it :D What I plan to do is play the first part at normal pitch for the first time around and then go to me playing it up the octave at the repeat, with the others playing it at normal pitch. (I hope this makes sense :? ) We will have a reh...

Hello again! Thanks for your support! As I said before, the group is in the concert next Thursday, and we have been working on dynamics and how to come on/ off the stage, bowing etc. To make it a bit more interesting, I am playing the first part up an octave, two more are playing it at normal pitch,...

Just a small update! My flute emsemble met for the first time today, and we are practising a very simple duet (but with more than one playing each part), which does sound very nice! I think it will not take us too long for it to sound really polished, and my music teacher at my school would like us ...

Well, I've never actually heard the term flutist said aloud, but then again I have never been to America! When I go to England, I'm referred to as a flautist, but I guess they all mean the same thing!!

fluttiegurl, Thanks very much for your advice - it will be really useful :D I was thinking of perhaps arranging a piece called Last Rose of Summer, but if it is too difficult for them I think that they can just play something they all know from the books together. Our school doesn't have a band (we...

Hi everyone! I've been asked to run a flute ensemble for beginner flute players (ranging from complete novices to about grade 2/3) and I was just looking for any suggestions as to what music we could be playing, as a group of 11-14 year-olds. Currently, the majority of the group are working from a ...