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Thank you! I guess I am just frustrated since I am doing this self-taught. Is it normal for certain notes to come out fine on a flute and other notes to come out a different pitch or not at all? Is it because I need a different mouth shape for these notes? How long have you been learning? And what ...

There are different kinds of flute. The most commonly seen is the Concert or "C" Flute, which is pitched in the key of C Major. Does this mean that when I blow through my flute with no valves pressed it should play a C note? If so, I need to pull out the head joint almost all the way to get the C. I...

I've been in my school jazz band for three years now. At the beginning of sophomore year I asked my director if I could join. He mentioned that I wouldn't be doing much, but allowed me to. For the first couple years (sophomore and junior) I didn't play much. Then at the end of junior year, I asked i...