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Well, I play with a B-foot all the time, and also with open-holes. For starters, I play a lot of modern stuff, which -does- use low B, and, although many will disagree with me, I think it makes a noticeably richer tone, by being that little bit longer. You know the difference you get with an alto fl...

10 years. (Just counted on my fingers. Wow. That's kinda scary.)

Being someone who cannot flutter-tongue with my tongue, I was lucky enough that uvular flutter tongueing came very naturally - in fact in one of my first flute lessons, I started doing it without knowing what it was. My teach was rather surprised, of course... My suggestion is to gargle - it seems t...

Am working on the same issue right now, though my problem's not the Gb. When I play it fast enough and soft enough my double tongueing gets quite spitty. As for the Gb, my suggestion is to practice it singletongued as well, and try a broader tongue - Doo-goo rather than Da-Ga or Ta-ka, or whatever y...