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FruityFlutie wrote:: Pick a tempo on the metronome (start out at an allegro and work your way up)

Is that a typo? It seems odd to me to start that fast...

$650 is a pretty sum, but it's not very expensive for a good picc. The question is if this picc is good, and I'm not qualified to answer that.

All conical bore piccolos have cylindrical headjoints, so no worries there.

A bit over six years. Sometimes I was really serious about. Othertimes, things like clinical depression made it very difficult to play at all.

They may make motorcycles, but that doesn't stop them from making excellent musical instruments.

My piccolo is a Yamaha, and it's awesome.

Oops, I made a typo... sorry! Go to http://www.solfege.org to download it.

I forgot one - if you're learning a new piece, leave out slurs at first. Tongue everything until you have the rhythm down, then add the slurs back in.

They're not a good brand from what I've heard in terms of mechanics and such. My old student flute is a Selmer. I didn't have that many problems with its mechanics, but the tone SUCKS, the tuning isn't all that, the very high and very low notes are unnecessarily hard, etc. I've never played on a Yam...

I have problems with rhythms, too... Thing that might help: - Practice with a metronome on a regular basis. Instead of having it play the quarter note, you might have it play the eighth note at first (even on a duple meter piece) as it's easier to hear what's going on. - When you count it, clap as w...

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I'm glad that you're doing this for your students.

Band_Geek, they're not shaped exactly like cones. http://www.topwind.com/instrume/definitions/conical/k01.htm has a picture of a wooden conical bore picc as well as a cylindrical metal picc and explains a bit about the difference. David, conical piccs have better intonation, a more even tone, make s...

The embouchure is similar, but smaller. Technically it is a bit tighter, but I would avoid thinking of it like this as it may get you to tense up too much. Many people find that piccolos need more air. I don't understand that; personally, I need quite a bit less. However, the air does need to be fas...

Sometimes rubbing alchohol on a soft cloth does the trick - and it doesn't damage laquer (often the treated cloths do).

There anti-tarnish strips to put in your case, but I'm pretty sure they only prevent additional tarnish.

You have a point there. As I'm playing in college, not as part of a job, I'm not sure if that law applies. However, that page might help out. Still, I'm fairly sure that they'll at least require me to get more invisible ones. Bright blue ear plugs that have a blue string going from one plug to the o...