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HI If you play the notes better at home, it could be for a number of reasons 1. more confidence at home 2. better acoustical environment 3. more warmed up. most players take a little while to get "warmed up" , you probably go into lessons cold, which is probably why you are having this problem. Ther...

Actually, you dont need to be in good physical shape (but it's good for your health !), there are 2 points I would like to make. 1. An efficient embrouchure is the key to long phrases, it comes with time and practice (long high notes, as quietly as possible is one way). 2. The other thing to remembe...

I bought a crown and stopper from Robert Bigio today. It's the Zirconium one. I ended up playing it all day !! it makes such an amazing difference, has anyone else tried them, and what sort of results did you have? I play on a solid silver Muramatsu, and thought that I couldnt improve my hardware, b...

I actually bought a cheap flute to practice on as a "throw away". My main flute is a solid silver Muramatsu which I love. But I dont use it for practice away from home. Instead I brought a cheap flute of Ebay to practice on (offset G , open hole and b foot so similar to my main flute except in quali...