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Thank you Linda for your comments. As I play more, the high tone is sounding better, although not up to what I would like it to be. I appreciate your insight.

Dean

I am thinking about buying a bass flute. I am an average ability player, with no intention to play professionaly, just for fun. I like the lower sound of the bass flute. About a week ago, I borrowed a Pearl bass flute. I am planning to keep it for a couple of weeks, to get an idea of what it is like...

Almost a month later, I will add closure to this subject. To be fair, Hal Leonard finally did send me an email, directing me to the same website mentioned above. It is unfortunate that they took almost a month to respond.

That book sounds like a good one. What type of accompaniment does it have? By this, I mean, do real instruments play in the accompaniment, or is it just electric synthesizers? I am having trouble finding CD accompaniments with real instruments. Even just a piano accompaniment is fine with me.

Thank You. That is exactly what I was looking for. It makes me wonder why neither Schott nor Hal Leonard could let me know about it. And I am sure the owner of the music store knew about it. He sells a lot of Schott music.

A couple of months ago, I bought a book of flute music with CD accompaniment titled “Baroque Play-Along” by Schott music, part of the “Schott Master Play-Along Series.” The cover advertises that “Piano accompaniments available as PDF files on the CD, ready for print-out.” I like the music, and the C...

I would like to put a picture of myself, similar to many of the others I see when posting. I see in the profile, instructions indicate that the file must be maximum 150*150 pixels and 20KB. I have been using Adobe Photoshop, trying to make a picture this small. the pixel count is not a problem, but ...

Below, I have shown some of my observations. They are not meant as questions, only my own observations and opinions. I have been playing flute for about four years. I play rather well for a typical community band player, but not to the ability of many people on this forum. I will probably never beco...

Beauty and the Beast is rather new, compared to what I was looking for, but it is still nice music. I would like this music, but I do not want anyone to get into copyright trouble by scanning them.

Thank you for your help. I was thinking more of classical style solos, but I will look into these also.

I recently heard a cello solo with piano accompaniment playing "Feed the Birds" from "Mary Poppins." It was beautiful, classical style music, not the cheezy kids stuff. I would like to find some arrangements like that for flute. I really love the Disney music of the 1960's or before (When Walt was s...

I'm not as old of a coot as you, but hopefully I will be some day. I am almost 49. I played trombone for most of my life. I was good enough to get paid to play, but not a real professional. An eye injury about four years ago forced me to stop playing trombone. The pressure of playing was bothering m...

I would think that common sense dictates that quality flutes should not get wet. However, when I play for a long period of time, a lot of water comes out of my flute. How important is it to keep flutes from getting wet, or even completely soaked? If I were to march in a parade, in the pouring rain, ...

I could be considered a "nonexistant member". I registered a while ago in order to ask a few questions about buying a new flute. I still read many of the posts, but rarely have anything to contribute. Being a mediocre flute player, I realize that many other people can comment on most subjects much b...

Thank you Fluttiegurl. After reading what you called it, I looked up the Gizmo key, and that is exactly what it is.