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I had a problem like your a few months ago, I'm still fighting it, but my teacher suggested this excercise that's been helpful for me. And I quote: Stand with feet apart, arms down, holding your flute more or less at the joining places between the head & middle joints, and the middle & foot joints. ...

That's exactly what I was thinking, etgohomeok! I just bought Jeanne Baxtressors Orchestral Excerpts for flute for 50 bucks, so that sounds like a great plan.

Oh? She's at Depaul which is high on my list. What was she like?

Okay, what about Nicole Esposito? She is the flautist at University of Northern Iowa. Anybody know anything about her? Maybe had a friend or something that studied with her?

Welcome! Most of us are classical flautists, but I'm confident there are a few native american flute players as well. I've actually never heard of any of those flutes by name, but I haven't been a part of the flute community for very long. As for breathing, there's plenty of good reading on that sub...

Wow, he sounds great! Thanks for sharing that Fluteguy.

I hate to be contradictory, but I've found that not only rolling in and out helps a great deal for tuning, so does actually pulling the headjoint in and out from the socket also does a lot, but that's for extreme cases. I've found that when my headjoint is pushed all the way in my flute is utterly s...

Hmm, interesting. What kind of comments did Michel have for you Fluteguy?

I'm still searching for a college, at this point I'm considering all the big name schools. I'm wondering if any of you have had any experience with any of these flautists, I'm trying to gather information on how they are to learn from. Jeanne Baxtressor, Mary Stolper, Bonita Boyd, Marina Piccinini, ...

Since I've stopped taking lessons for the summer, I've noticed that the end of my upper lip is even with the end of my top teeth when I play in the low register. Should this be avoided?

Um, where's the youtube link? Is this it? It has your screen name. http://youtube.com/watch?v=6DCUS1GJSMs

Also, don't forget about the placement of your tongue, it could very well be obstructing the air stream. Another thing, make sure you are using the wet squishy part of your lip to guide the air stream into the flute. One more thing, this is something I have trouble with since my lower lip is bigger ...

Thanks, I have added UNT to my college list. Any other suggestions?

I'm starting to look at colleges that have a good music program an excellent flute teacher and happen to offer Japanese as a minor. Do you have any suggestions? It's hard to tell who is a good flute teacher from their bio.
Thanks.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of bubble headed piccs, conical bore, cylindric bore... I know what they mean and look like, but how are they different to the performer?