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I guess this comes a bit late, but I'd like to mention that it is possible to smoothly glissando from middle D to high E. (It's also possible to push it higher, but it gets kinda tricky, clumsy, and hard to control.) The glissando is smooth with respect to pitch, but timbre varies somewhat - rather ...

This comes a bit late, but I hope it's still relevant. There is only one way to know whether some multiphonic (or multiphonic passage) is actually playable: know the instrument intimately - either yourself, or someone else. In other words, if you're not a flautist-composer, then the only way is to c...

flutego12 wrote:I read with great interest your comment above and was wondering what type of pads your techie recommended for flutes in the tropics?

He didn't specifically mention any, just cautioned that JS Gold pads were less satisfactory with this humidity.

Hello there, fellow Muramatsu EX user! (and welcome!) I know I'm two weeks late, but here goes... With this EX model being solid silver head only, and a plated body/foot, I have heard that the plated material is much less forgiving than an all solid silver tubing in terms of accidents resulting in d...

Recently I tried a few new piccolos (including Geoffrey Guo's plastic piccolo! it had a rather nice response), and one thing I couldn't stand was that I couldn't hit anything above high Bb on them; at least, not properly (e.g. required special fingerings, unreasonable amount of air pressure). For al...

fg18 - Yay another advocate of ergonomic alterations! whoohoo! Back to the topic... I had to relearn my embouchure once only, thankfully. My first few teachers never said much about embouchure, usually just on more of how to get the sound out, and they tutored in groups in the school band programme ...

I think it's pretty much the other way around: a significant number of people who buy lower end flutes are young learners who do not have sufficient hand size to play an open-hole flute.

Amandaibags, you might to reread the previous posts; they have some really good advice and information. Anyway, by "marks" do you mean black tarnish marks? As mentioned in previous posts, if your cloth turns black after wiping, then it is impregnated with silver polishing compounds and abrasives; if...

Hi there! Well, yes and no; it depends on which notes you want to slide, and whether the flute has perforated keys. There is a very limited set of ranges a normal flute can slide, and achieves an effect rather different from that on the violin. Feel free to ask if you want more details. I'm not sure...

A bit late but...

Given that it is SO flat, I'm inclined to think that there's something wrong with the cork position? Might also be problems with covering too much of the embouchure hole with the lower lip.

Hey, I don't think there're any specs for Eb flute stopper positions, simply because there are so few out there, but you can figure it out by experimentation. Stopper positioning affects intonation in different registers differently, so it's always a compromise. The key is to find a *good* compromis...

I've been scouring the internet for flat fingerings for high G, but could never find anything satisfactory. It's a real bane, especially for band music because it's often in the flat keys: G's would have to be tuned rather flat, and frankly, that's not possible by embouchure alone, nor will any head...

A month late, but oh well. I'd say staggering is a better idea, but... circular breathing is best! My section can do some masterful staggering, I have no idea how they do it, (I play the piccolo most of the time, you see.) but oftentimes, you can't really tell that they're staggering. I think the tr...

Hi there, I've played Baratone Horn and switched back to flute and piccolo while acting on stage. I never noticed any problems. Played trombone in the marching band and flute in concert band...no problems. However, I was backstage at a band competition and for some reason asked my friend if I could...

I really don't know why so much paranoia on adjusting screws that are there for this function. Whoops forgot to mention. When I said you need precision screwdrivers, I meant that for the screw slots of the axles. The adjustment screws don't need such precise screwdrivers... unless they are stuck. O...