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I wrote to a head joint manufacturer in the UK about sourcing and apparently he gets his silver tubing from Cooksons in London, and his gold from a supplier in the states (though he did not specify). Look for 19mm internal diameter and 0.4mm thickness (however, most suppliers will not list specialis...

Hi,

Does anyone know of a publisher who has any of the piano concertos arranged for flute? I think they'd sound tremendous!

Cheers,

Robin

Pahud is shockingly good, but until I've heard 100 of the world's finest players I couldn't claim that he's the best (he is my favourite so far, though!).

Well... play all the notes right and the correct tempo, even if the embellishments are lacking :) I practice most days during my lunch break (have an empty entire wing of the office to myself! :D ) and it feels like it will be in the order of a year to get as good as potential allows. I am working o...

Hi, This is a bit of a strange question. If the Mozart G and D concertos were erased from your memory, how long would it take you to master them all over again? I'm working on them, but I suspect it could be some time before they sound amazing. Your answers might help me gauge the rate of my progres...

Hi, I came home from work yesterday, having cycled in the bitter cold. I whipped out my flute and tried to blast out a quick concerto in G major. But to my horror I couldn't play any note above middle G without it sounding like a beginner's effort. High D wouldn't sound without serious coaxing. Norm...

Thank you. It will be a few months of daily practice but I will crack it!

Hi, The problems are: long jumps (F1# D2 C3 C3) playing fast (for which I'm hoping there are a few things I can do other than just practising the final payload slowly) structuring my practice (I just play bits randomly - practising the first few bars, then the next few + the first few and so on) Per...

Hi, I've recently started practising the four movements of this truly epic flute solo. However, being only mediocre in talent I'm finding some of the parts very challenging. Since this is very standard flute repetoire (apparently), I'm hoping someone here who's cracked this can recommend any exercis...

Thanks! That's encouraging.

How much did you pay for yours? I'm wondering if the cheap ones I'm seeing @ £30 or so are representative - especially seeing as they often ship in sets of 10+ flutes of different sizes!

Hi, I play the vanilla transverse flute and was thinking of getting an Indian Bansuri for the side board, as I heard a busker playing one and it looked quite fun. They're cheap as chips, but the following fears instantly spring to mind: Is the embouchure different? Is the fingering similar? What's t...

This is exactly what I wanted and I'm thrilled that someone with from within the industry answered :) I'm sure others will also appreciate this. Can you recommend any decent learning materials on flute technology? I'm interested in, for instance, how the octave jump is possible by embouchure change ...

Hello fluteland, I've been looking at the selection of head joints that Yamaha have to offer but am left utterly bewildered. Firstly, the models are named after letters of the alphabet, which doesn't exactly reveal their focus. Secondly, their descriptions are all the same . Each one being a shuffle...