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Friends, thanks for the input. I will try some and make decision.

My lip is much more moisturized this week. Bad thing is inside the flute get wet very easy. I often have to stop practicing to wipe the flute to get right sound.

Trouble after trouble....but that makes the flute interesting.

Hi everybody. I have a quick question. When my lips get dried, I cannot make a clean sound. It becomes very airy. Is it normal, and I should find the way to avoid dry lips? Or it is becouse something wrong with the way I play? My lips get dried especially when I practice for long time. Any advice wo...

I am wondering if we should avoid using Listerine before playing the FL.

Yes, in terms of the flute holding, I am getting there. Thanks. Now I am having browing problem. One day, I can generate very clean steady sound without any effort. Next day, a lot of noise and waste of air. From time to time, I can make no sound at all for minutes. It's not consistant. I hope the p...

That's an encouraging message. Thanks. Good to hear from others who use the same instrument.

This kind of things never happened to me when I am talking about my other instrument - violin.

Thanks again. Then I have one easy question. When a finger is not pressing the key, should it rest on top of the keys or in the air without touching the keys? Or it doesn't matter as far as the fingers are not too far away from the instrument? I got Pearl PF-505 flute by chance. I have no experience...

Dear pied_piper, Thank you for the info. I look into the site you recommended, and understand exactily what you mentioned. And wow, immediately when I changed the way to hold the flute as suggested, my problem has gone. Well, I am working on next problems now. So far I love practicing the flute. And...

Hello. I am new here and new to the flute. I wish there is a teacher around here, but I couldn't find any yet. So I have a basic question to ask. When I play 2nd C note, the flue is very unsteady. I have to hold the flute only with left index, right thumb and right pinky, right? The flute cannot sta...