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I don't think I had this problem before.. it's not a BIG problem.. but sometimes it can interrupt the clarity of my notes.. I'm now playing a different flute then before.. its open hole.. does this effect it in this way? Anyhow thank you SO much for those suggestions.. i will definately use them.. t...

I don't know if I had this problem before.. but I'm having trouble changing notes clearly.. usually going from high to low.. or switching between high notes.. sometimes the note splits (?) is there a way to work on this.. through certain exercises or songs? I remember one reason I was cracking on th...

I'm not sure if I had this problem before I got my new flute.. But its so hard for me to quickly change from a high A natural to a high E natural... the note like.. splits or something and plays an even high note.. Is there someway to improve this and master it besides practicing it over and over ag...

i've found out the problem.. it was mostly my embouchure.. i was concentrating too much on a certain time of pretty sound i wanted to have but my embouchure was just.. not right lol.. hard to explain but i think hopefully, i ahve solved my problem! thanks!

im trying to improve my crescendos and decresendos and following dynamics and such.. something I've kind of had difficulty with is from medium volume, quickly, but gradually becoming softer.. in particular with the C natural note.. I use vibrato and try to get softer at the same time with a half not...

I have been playing flute for over 8 years now.. Seriously playing flute for a little over 3 years however. I was wondering if any of you serious flute players have trouble with a constant good tone.. I have mentioned this before.. but my tone is always changing .. Sometimes I stop playing for 2 min...

I might consider the PEarl flutes.. but it depends on their pricing.. How do PEARL flutes compare in price to YAMAHAs? Also I'm not sure about this but I Think armstrongs are much cheaper than yamahas. Is this true? I think their flutes with solid silver plating in head,foot, and joint is around the...

As you may have read from my other topic I'm buying a new flute which may have only solid silver headjoint. For those of you who have silver plated body and footjoint intermediate flutes, are the silver quality different? Did it change color at all through the years you've had it for? My student mod...

Thanks for all that useful information... it will definately help me out when buying a flute i might ask to try the pearl quantz one at the store. Do you know if that's a popular flute? If not.. they might not have it :( Is yamaha that overrated? I don't see how such a popular flute brand could be t...

I am looking at intermediate flutes but I'm not sure whether I need solid silver in just the headjoint.. OR the headjoint, body and footjoint.. what do intermediate/advanced flutists generally buy? soild silver on all three pieces or just the headjoint? I'm wondering if its really necessary to have ...

thanks for all your help everyone!
After thinking about it.. I decided to just not buy a used flute b/c its kind of hard to find a good one and it takes SO much work. but my parents decided to buy me a new flute now so yeah thanks for all your advice

Hey are there any other flute forums or boards that are pretty decent? Or is this as good as it gets? Because I would love to be on a flute forum that is very active with lots of posts... FLUTELAND is not that bad but I was wondering if I'm missing out on a big flute forum somewhere else or somethin...

I'm not sure if I will get a used flute or new flute.... but I was wondering where the best places to buy a used flute would be? I looked at flute world, i think it was, and they didn't have what i needed.. i need a intermediate-professional flute open hole, b foot, solid silver head and body... eng...

The silver plated lip plate on my gemeinhardt 2sp is having problems.. one day after it was in its case for a day I noticed the lip plate became EXTREMELY rusted/tarnished... it was very dark from the tarnish and was a reddish/brownish color.. of course not a solid color .. it had a rusted look to i...

Are there any websites that show or explain how to memorize/learn these?