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Just a bump to remind people that this is only a few days away - Thursday and Friday of this week!

BTW, Fox did a special report on Paige Long - Friday night's special guest.

World's largest flute!
http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/040609flute

Thought I'd bump this for the weekend. If any one is interested, here's a little more about Paige Dashner Long - the woman doing the show on Friday night. http://www.contraflute.com/ Paige Dashner Long, BA and MA Washington University in St. Louis, MO, is an internationally recognized flute choir di...

Flute Mini-Fest '09 – Fullerton, Southern California – 4/30 - 5/1 This should be of interest to Students and teachers in the SoCal area. Brochures should be arriving in the mail to everyone on our mailing list, but I’m spreading the word through the grapevine as well so please feel free to pass the ...

I couldn't bring myself to try them; they were just too funny looking!

...So keep practicing, and sooner or later, they will become pleasant [although still very high pitched]. What he said. High notes are more about the focus and direction of the air stream than the velocity of the air. It takes a long while to develop the embouchure needed to hit them sweetly. Don't...

I'll be there. I'm flying in Wednesday afternoon, leaving Monday. After that, I'll probably wait 'til the Anaheim convention.

Another trick along those lines that a fellow flutist told me about was, if a newly re-padded instrument seemed a bit rough, to wrap the whole instrument lightly with an ACE bandage for a day or so before getting too frustrated and returning the flute for more work. She said it worked a miracle on h...

This is interesting http://www.jennifercluff.com/lineup.htm I've always aligned my embouchure hole with the outer edge level with the outer edge of the first key, which is how it is explained in the book I learned from originally. Interesting that she recommends aligning the outer edge with the cen...

I place it right into the curve, and have the head turned out slightly. My teacher wants me to leave as much of the hole as possible uncovered, but when I watched her play her "winged" lip plate, and when I saw a closeup of Galway, they both had half or more covered. I guess you just have to play ar...

#1 Make sure your instrument is in good adjustment. (have someone test it) #2 I know some people in my college band, that have been playing for several years, that aren't comfortable above high G. #3 It's been thirty years since I was a beginner, but I seem to recall being at about the same range af...

Well, this thread has been an interesting and entertaining read. When I was a younger flutist (with seven or eight years of private lessons), I practiced exercises as little as possible (read "almost never"), and spent all my time on pieces - both lesson material and band material. Now that I've ret...

I don't think that small of a discrepancy would matter much.

I have a beard (goatee to be more precise). I know there are plenty of flute players in the world who have the same (Galway!) but I'm wondering if part of the problems I'm having in producing ANY sound sometimes (I'm a beginner) are due to having a beard. Any advice/experience? I'd say the problem ...

I posted a link to that on one of my other flute lists a few months ago, and someone there said that she had been involved in the making of the video in some fashion (I think working on, or playing one), and, yes, it was Brannen. Ah, here it is. http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Galway-Flute-Chat...

kflutist wrote:[...]
This is why I advise to have another more advanced flutist or a tech to check the flute. This way you can be sure that it is the flute and not a lack of practice.

Absolutely.