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Metronomes are your friend! It's the only way you're going to get those sextuplets in time :D Set it quite slow to start with. Also, have you got a recording of the accompaniment? You can doownload a MIDI file of the whole thing from http://www4.osk.3web.ne.jp/~kasumitu/eng.htm <-- there! If you hav...

I wasn't sure where this post should go, so I'm sorry if it's in the right place! There's a big competition where I live, and the first rounds are next February. I'm going for it, and I have to prepare a concert programme lasting 8 minutes. I've decided to play the Suite Antique, by Rutter, but I ca...

Wow!

That's amazing!!

Hello! I can see you're from Poland - just to let you know, we don't use "ais" or "fis," so you might not have got any replies yet because we don't know what they mean! Sorry! :cry: Does it mean "sharp" - this sign? http://www.doubleclick.com.sg/town4kids/kids/music4kids/dictionary/symbols/sharpsign...

Motrin- I'll have to look into that, thank you! pandagirl, you're doing your DipABRSM? Wow, yeah, I'm doing my performance diploma sometime next year, with Trinity. It's amazing you're doing your diploma after having taught yourself, you must be really dedicated! But good luck, I'm sure you'll be fi...

Thank you both for your help! I'll give those suggestions a go

When I practise, the little finger of my right hand starts aching quite badly. I take lots of breaks, but it still does. What do you think this could be? Might it be worth getting it checked out? I hope it's not Repetitive Strain Injury or anything

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I'm currently working on the first movement of the Poulenc Sonata, and all is good - except the double tonguing section. I'm alright with the double tonguing part, it's just the fact that it's an upper-register Gb and it has to be played piano. No matter what I do, I have to play it loudly otherwise...

ABRSM grade 5 in TWO YEARS??!!! Don't ever say you're bad at music while I'm around ever again [:)] [;)] [:p] I really, really wouldn't worry about it. My first compositions were hopeless... it's just now I have to do one for AS-level music, so with the practise it's kind of coming together (althoug...

The LotR soundtrack?! Ooh, I have the piano scores for FotR
and TTT... both beautiful *sighs* (I love movie soundtracks) Girl for Jesus here
too [:)]

Oh, definitely! [:)] I'm in a couple of bands/orchestra and
I feel your pain, I really do [:p] Although in band I'm first flute so I sit on
end of the row- t'is much better, although it does mean the audience can hear
my mistakes [:knockout:]

I don't really know what's been going on either, I
haven't been around here for ages [::)] But it seems it's all pretty much
sorted out now, which is good.

Ooer. Well, I'm not sure which F# and G# you need,
but this should help- it's a fingering chart for the flute [:)]
http://www.8notes.com/flute/fingering/

Thanks very much! I had a bit of an experiment today and double
tonguing certainly seems to be the best solution. I'll probably give your
metronome idea a go too; I've tried it with difficult passages noteswise but
the articulation sections could benefit too [:)]