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A well known exponent (in Europe) of circular breathing is the virtuoso flautist Sharon Bezaly.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Bezaly

On top of those prices, you also have to take into account that you are also paying for the wasted [and unusable excess] materials. When a key is made, it is usually cast [meaning heated into a liquid, then poured into a mold] [example: Pearl, Brannen... etc. etc.]. Then, the craftsman will go in w...

I agree with the recommendation of De La Sonorite, and would add two more Moyse gems: 24 Petites Etudes Melodiques (24 small melodic exercises) and Tone Development Through Interpretation. The latter is especially wonderful for those moments when you just want to play something beautiful, but which...

Thinking about it - have been advised against it. Flute will cost me half the price of a new one ($4000 vs $9500). Everyone I know tells me not to do it. Husband looking at $$$ and thinks I should go for it. Seller is a flute store o/s selling the instrument on consignment. Tells me it's 5 years ol...

joolz wrote:would I be just as happy with a lower priced Altus?

Joolz

Don't buy anything until you have worked this out for yourself !!

If by middle you mean D2 -> F2 then it could be that you are tending your embouchure to the lower register. I find these notes the most difficult to foster a good tone especially E2. If I mouth them more towards G2 then I find a better tone. Good luck

Hi! Another minor update, it is most probably not the flute - last night I was experimenting with different embouchures, I tried covering a bit more of the bottom lip and I was able to blow a very different, strong and immediate low C, as well as the other low notes. The entire range also sounded q...

Well, there are a couple of possibilities, but we can't give a definitive diagnosis of the problem since we can't observe your playing or examine the flute. What type of flute do you have? If it's an instrument from a reputable maker, assuming there's something wrong with the instrument rather than...

i heard the yamaha 200/300 series are made in Indonesia and not worth buying. is this true? This is one of these broad rubbish statements and is an insult to both Yamaha and Indonesia. Yamaha, like very many Japanese manufacturers, has superb Quality Control ethics and can deliver quality work from...

bfloyd wrote:Thanks for the links. The thumb rest I seen is here at the bottom of the page:
http://www.flute4u.com/flute_accessories.html

Is the rest you linked the same type of design or different?

Different

I hope that someone has some advice for me on this; I am having pain in my right thumb at the base of the thumb. It doesn't feel like it is at the lower joint (the joint closer to the wrist) but just below that area. I blame this on my 41 year old hands and their lack of agility. Anyway, is there s...

Mahler 1 has some sublime woodwind passages in the first movment (especially) - trilling bird calls etc etc - you had all better be good

GOOD LUCK and BEST WISHES

PS - Try to hear the Bernstein Concertgebouw recording.

IanR

Give the Ibert Concerto a go !

Thanks Ian. I'm not sure I understand the note sequences. Why does it go from say D1, D2, then to A2 then to D3 then F#3. Are those just the notes you get if you overblow using the D1 fingering? I can manage D1 and D2 (or whichever note I start on) quite easily, but after that nothing happens unles...