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Mine is a 14k Miyazawa with a platinum riser, on a 9k body. I tried the gold riser and found that the platinum riser offered more complexity of sound and color options.

Hi Heirii, I'm a Mississippian, so perhaps I understand a little (maybe) about why you might want to go to school in another place. I faced the same quandary about college, and ended up at the U of Alabama as a music therapy major, and then at the U of Arkansas as a flute performance major. I've sin...

Hi Fox, Wye has a second volume of the beginner series - have you looked at that one? Concurrent with the second volume of beginner stuff, my students might also choose to work out of his "Very Easy Flute Treasury," which has a nice variety of pieces. After they finish these, we usually will go into...

Yes, seems a bit weird to me too!

Ah, I didn't mean to come off as arrogant, perhaps I did! At any rate, you're kind of dispensing some specious information in general around here.. So I just felt like the record needed to be set straight. What's the use in learning a technique if you're not going to learn it correctly? Rim it, lip ...

Oh, me. Sorry, have to jump in and say that the middle finger F# is kind of verboten in the lower and middle registers, except in very fast passages (although, according to Kujala in his Vade Mecum, it is OK to use middle F# in ascending passages, but not in descending.. Hmm.) The sound tends to be ...

Perhaps I was unclear. There are different ways of fingering trills in the 3rd octave (in the same way that there are different microtonal fingerings) - some are more accurate, pitch-wise, some are less. You should always use a chart (hopefully with a variety of options) and a tuner, when you are tr...

I would disagree - I go for accuracy in these situations - trills and quartertones. An experienced ear can tell the difference.

This is a bit nitpicky, but I would always (always) use a tuner when trying to determine what fingering works best for a quartertone. Just depressing the rim of the key will not always give you an exact quartertone - sometimes all you need is to vent the key slightly. Using a chart along with the tu...

Hi All, I recently upgraded to a Miyazawa flute and have decided (reluctantly) to part with my silver Prima Sankyo. Last summer I briefly had it up for sale but decided to keep it.. Now I know that the Miyazawa is what I want, so this one has to go. It plays beautifully and needs a home! Please let ...

I purchased a Miya in July with straubingers and have had a miserable time with my G key. I don't eat/drink anything before playing and always rinse or brush before playing, but still have that one sticky pad! It's driving me nuts. Maybe I will try the flute juice! Thanks for the recommendation.

Hi! I played this piece a few years ago. Stephanie Rea has a recording on the Centaur label: http://cdbaby.com/cd/stephanierea

It's quite good!

I'm going!! And I am actually presenting this year, which is kind of exciting but also nervewracking. I haven't been since Nashville in '04. I can't believe how expensive the whole thing is, but it's a great experience - take almost everyone you've ever met in the flute world and put them all in one...

I am not there this year, but I will be there next year! Hopefully doing a presentation.. One of my teachers from grad school has just agreed to co-teach a workshop with me on improvisation and creativity. I am really excited!

I learned that dropping the lower jaw and putting a lot of space between the back teeth helps with good tone quality in the lower register. As for projection, the thing that helped me the most came in a masterclass a few years ago. The teacher moved my flute further down on my chin. It didn't seem t...