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Oh my Gosh I love Candide!!! The
flute solos are so fun, especially the one on the last page. It is a great piece
of music and you are lucky to play it.

I have the same problem with pain in my left shoulder...and I was told it was from bad positioning of the flute from playing with the traditional straight forward "marching band look" most directors want to see even in concert band. To fix this I was told to angle my head more to the left toward my ...

does anyone have any breathing suggestions in the last like 3
or 4 lines of the allegro aperto// cadenza? I can never get enough air after the
8th tied to the 16ths and I dont want to end the piece weakly....hmm maybe I
will just learn circular breathing by next week hahaha I wish.

Oh I DO NOT do 4 hours straight haha, I would DIE...although I have when I had a big audition coming up. I do 45 minutes...then break ( during school ) then another 45 minutes then break, then another 45...then I come home and do an hour or so. Not all is playing, so IS reviewing my music and readin...

thanks, yeah I would love to be able to get a powell or a
haynes, but I dont have the money at all. I am going to have to do something
soon though because I have just decided to go into music ed and I will need a
proffessional instrument.

hmm thanks, I tried one....a 700 coda model or something,
and it was nice. the mechanism was HUGE compaired to the yamaha 674H though,
hence the price difference. Anyone else have any thoughts???

Well, I practice everuday during my lunch period and study halls ( 1 1/2 hours) and sometimes choir has a freeday so I will get in 2 hours right there. If I have time I will go home and play for another hour, but during audition times I put in a good 4 hours + a day, not including the 45 minutes I p...

I DID play a yamaha 385II but it was damaged recently so I need a new one. I am considering Pearl flutes ( I posted a new topic about it) but I dont know much about them. If anyone knows could you fill me in? I want my teachers flute! She plays a Brannan Cooper aka +$10,000 and I might get to use it...

has anyone played Pearl flutes? How do you like them?
Details please!

about the tuning, my band does A=440 and
it is the standard which instruments are made, although they are definitly used
in proffessional orch. but for lower levels like highschool bands use 440

how in the world did your dad step on your flute!? haha was
it on the floor!? SHAAAAAAAME [;)] [:devil:]

Ah I remember like it was yesterday. My baby sitter played and she was wonderful to listen to and I fell in love with it so when I reached fifth grade it was the flute no questions asked. I knew it was meant to be haha. I loved the way her fingers moved on the keys and the way her mouth looked when ...

In my band ( we have 2, wind ensemble and concert band) we have some amazing musicians. I practice all of the time and the only thing I get is how amazed people are by it and they respect that. Same thing with our principle clarinetist. He is awesome and everyone is just like wow. People always feel...

hmm flute world goes from grade 1-4 or 5 I believe, 1 being easiest and 4 being most difficult. Level 3 is for advanced highschool/college level, and things like the hindemith sonate and gabriel faure's fantasie for flute are in this level ( both soooo fun to play, I love them! ) Take the pieces you...

if you have a B footjoint try using the B natural
mechanism when playing c4, it improves tone and intonation