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Well, my flute has a sticky pad on the foot joint. I think it's the E flat key. It's the key by the little roller, not below it, the one to the left of it. Well, like advised in the faq thing, I used ungummed cigarette paper. I do what it says in the faq, and I do it for a little bit and it's gone. ...

If I use my ring finger I can't get a decent sound out. The sound sounds higher than an ordinary g with a ring finger, and just doesn't sound like a proper note. But when I use the middle finger the note comes out pretty well.

Does anyone know any simple breathing exercise I could do to increase the amount of beats I can hold a note? I'm in my late 2nd year of playing the flute, and I can barely hold a second octave B flat for 2 measures. I think it's second octave, it's the one above the staff. ----<------------------a f...