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I tap my foot absentmindly. ALL the time!

God bless you! I'll be praying for
you.

Hey all! My 7yr old sister decided she
wants to play flute. I have my old close-holed flute but it''s a little to big
so I thought I could just teach her how to read music and stuff. Does anybody
have any suggestions on what I could teach her?

I have an Armstrong solid
silver,open-holed, golden lip-plated, b-foot,offset-g...the (most of the time)
usual.

If you take nice full breaths on the breath marks then you
won't need to breath outside them. My teacher calls taking short breaths when
your not supposed to "hiccup breaths"[::)]

Don't use cork
grease for the joints. It builds up and just makes it harder to put together.

Perfect! That would stop it right away. I
just might do that[:bigsmile:] I actually dont play in a band and no my
ventilater isn't broken. I tap my feet ALL the time it's like a habit of mine.
I tap my foot EVERYWHERE!

sound of music is cool. Rigaletto is cool too
although not really called a musical. I like seven brides for seven brother too.
oh yeah the music man is awsome.

Sometimes when I play the flute for a long
time, my feet start feeling like itchy and tingly like blood is rushing to your
feet or something. Anybody ever heard of that or know how to stop it? Thanks! (
I practice while I''m standing up all the time cause it makes breathing
easier)

When I got my inline open-holed I kept the plugs in cuz my teacher thought I should. I got a new teacher a couple weeks later and she took them out right away. She said that if your gonna have a open-holed the you gotta learn how to play open-holed! Within a couple days I could play good w/out the p...

Thanks a lot!!

Is there a difference between flutist and flautist?
And if there there is what is it? I''ve got the impression that a flautist is
a male flute player and flutist is a female flute player. Is that true?
Thanks!

I am going to start going to a flute choir in Jan.. It is
runned by my new flute teacher. She is a real good player so I don't think
I'll be bored. I'm excited about it though!

Clean your flute real well. Get a polishing
cloth and cleaning rod, but do not use cork grease or key oil! If you go to a
local music store they sometimes have little packets for the flute or if you ask
them they'll give you the right supplies.

I was in a band like that. I was first chair. It was waaay to easy. It was a beginner band and the students practiced about half hour a week. The directer didn't really do anything about it,so, I finished the band year and I decided not to go back. It was pulling me down and it took up a lot of my p...