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I practice in the bathroom sometimes. It's a nice echoy enviroment...It's like playing in a small hall for me. I tried practicing picc in there once, but it didn't like my ears ><. I have a hard time in places that absorb sound, I often think I'm not getting the full tone that I know I can produce. ...

I'm getting a new flute! My private teacher told me to order 4 flutes from fluteworld... just wanted your opinon on them. Amadeus AF600B0F Jupiter 711RB50 Sonare SF55BOF Yamaha YFL-361H Haven't touched any of them. They came in today and they're still in the box. She told me I shouldn't do anything ...

Circular breathing to me is just usless. My band director sees it as a party gimmick or something like that... only useful if you want to impress people by saying "I can hold a note out FOREVER!!"

Oh, I didn't know you could mix a metal headjoint with a wooden body...

Hmm, I didn't know a lot of this.

Thank you all for your input

Cylindrical and conical bores? Please explain

Hmm, well thanks for the advice.

If all else fails, I'll just have to learn to play the wooden Yamaha one we have at our school.

...You could just get a metal cleaning rod and paint it purple? >.>

Get a sharpie or something...

...This topic seems rather silly to me

Which is best for what?

I intend on playing a few peices on piccolo next year, and I really like metal piccs because of how they feel and it's easier for me to get a good sound out of. Wooden ones tend to be a bit harder for me. :/

Next year we're doing Cirque Du Solie: Quidam.

My high school has a drum corps... so there's a lot of transposing to do. \

We're playing in Symphony Orchestra... It's pretty easy... or we just have an easy version of it...

lol, this is a rather funny topic. There are several ways to put it... at least in my school Band Geek: Normal Band Student who is just an avverage band member. Band Nerd: someone who is in band but every class he/she has is honors or AP Band Whore (or Music Whore): someone who does nothing BUT band...

Instead of bringing our corners out, like smiling, bring them in

That's what my private teacher basically told me when I first started with her in January.

If you can do it accidently you've got it made then...

Learning it just plain stinks.

What about "dee-gee-dee-gee" or "Doo-goo-doo-goo" ?