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I find that a lot
of times, when I have a cold, I have to take more breaths as I play--it's
probably because I can't get in as much air at one time as usual.
~*FlutiePebbles

Hey guys- I''m 16, a junior in high school, and have been playing the flute for about 8 years. My freshman year, for marching band, I took up the saxophone because a) I didn''t want to be in a section with a bunch of out of tune piccolos for three months [:knockout:] b) I wanted to learn a new instr...

It's really hard to say what happened. Maybe you were having a bad flute day for the audition, or maybe you had a really tough judge. It's also possible that you may have been one of only a few good piccolo players, and one of many good flute players--therefore, they may have needed you more on pic....