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ahh, that makes sense. It's obviously not the highest quality instrument, but for $60, it's definitely a steal. Plus it's got the unique quirk of being so mysterious. Thanks for the info.

So there was a guy on my college campus today selling instruments. I noticed a beat up old flute that happened to have a split E (something I've been interested in). He was only asking for $60 for it, so I figured, "what the hell," and bought it. The foot joint's a little bit broken; the low C pad r...

It's an interesting transition because it requires you to "reverse" the position of every one of your fingers; the two fingers that are pressing keys for C are lifted for D, and all the other fingers, which are lifted for C, drop down for D. If you're having difficulty with the switch, it may mean t...

My friend sent me this video, and I figured I'd share it with all of you.

http://kotaku.com/5400143/flute-hero-fo ... twont-sing

If you have a store near you, use it. It's always better to play an instrument before you buy it. At a dealership, you'll be able to pick up lots of different models with the features that you're looking for and within your price range. Then you can play all of them and figure out which one you feel...

Cb and Fb are enharmonic to B and E. But, in terms of music theory and the actual theory behind the way the scales are written, Cb and Fb are completely different than B and E. To write them as a B and an E, you would change the entire chordal progression. They would however sound the same. Just in...

nasxxx wrote:there are no "C" nore "F" flats on the flate scale surely this is an error

If I'm understanding your confusion, then Cb and Fb are just B and E respectively. Good luck.

When I last had my flute adjusted, the tech called me when it was done to tell me that he had play-tested it and that it was in much better working order than when I had brought it in. You should ask for the same service.

You'd also need two pinkies to manage that properly...

I want to bump this thread with a question. I've recently started taking lessons (finally), and the one thing that I'm still most frustrated with is my breathing. I feel like my tone is pretty good, and I really believe I could actually become a decent flutist, were it not for my extremely limited b...

Ah yes, the infamous high E. Since you don't have a problem with it when playing scales, practice playing intervals around the high E. Try playing DEDEDEDE slowly and work to get a good solid tone and pitch on the E. Then try C#EC#EC#EC#E, then CECECECE, BEBEBEBE, etc. AEAEAEAE takes a bit more wor...

sounds interesting. Can you post a picture or two?

Everyone knows this note is annoying. I typically have no problems with it when I'm just playing scales, or if I give myself a "running start" from some lower notes, but when I have to hit it in certain contexts, it becomes troublesome. It's not usually that I fall short of it (and produce an A from...

I have a Benjamin Adams student flute (I think the model is called BAF1) that I got about two and a half years ago for under $200. All things considered, I think it's a great instrument for the price. I would definitely recommend it for your purposes. As long as you take good care of it, it'll play ...

As those who have read some of my previous posts may know, I've been playing flute for about 2 and a half years now, but only as a minor hobby. I've never had any formal instruction, and, as a result, I don't think I've really improved very much since hitting a certain level of competence a while ag...