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Thanks everyone. I'm still anxiously waiting for the parcel to arrive at the door, I'll post again once I've made my decision on the flute.

Hi all. I spotted what looks like a great second hand flute yesterday, an older model muramatsu with a john webb headjoint. It was selling for a great price (plus I'd do practically anything to own a webb!) and the retailer would not give me it on approval. To try the flute i'd have to pay the full ...

I presume you mean Arnold's Four Scottish Dances arr. Painter. It's a fabulous piece. The trick is to remember they're dances, to feel the lilt and remember to head for the downbeat. The first eight bars (which repeats later on) are fiendish but it's decoration, you're not the melody- just aim for t...

My friend Angela couldn't roll her r's (the english are generally quite sappy rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrollers ) so I told her to do it the back of the throat way. She got along marvellously, then the day of the concert she got laryngitis and couldn't flutter for toffee

I haven't thought about this for YEARS! When I was 13 I was playing in the school band, and I was further advanced in my playing than any of the other flute players. I remember it being frustrating, particularly since I got attitude from the others purely from the fact that I could play my parts wel...

The Edinburgh Tattoo is perhaps what you refer to. It's certainly spectacular, generally underrated by Brits and more appreciated by tourists. It's still not the same thing as the choreographed High School marching band that I mentioned above though

I distinctly remember going to masterclass of William Bennet's and nearly falling asleep. People were so bored they were walking out. At the Royal Academy of Music in London where he teaches his masterclasses go on from 9/10 till 5/6. Thats not to say hes not a good flautist. Sorry, thought it was ...

Yes, military bands do march here, but they don't do choreographed spectaculars like the Ronald Reagan High School band! I'm sorry but it's chalk and cheese

I am gobsmacked. I live in the British Isles and wouldn't know a marching band if it ran me over. I have never seen ANYTHING like it. What is the purpose of it, would anyone mind telling me? Do you enjoy it? What do you do when it rains??

Who is your teacher, Sags? Just interested.

I played in a band under a certain conductor for YEARS. From when I was 14 until the age of 22. When I first encountered her I found her terrifying- she didn't miss a trick, she thought nothing of stopping the band to admonish you for wrong notes or bad intonation, she would not tolerate talking, ya...

William Bennett. You might as well end the topic now

I find this topic intriguing, I have never come across "first chair, second chair" in a band in my life. I suppose the band culture is more competitive in the USA than in the UK, but I've played in some pretty good bands and it's never been a problem. You generally get a strong player who's section ...

Harty's In Ireland, Busser's Prelude & Scherzo, and Sonate Undine by Reinecke

How about the Chaminade? You could talk to your band director about having the band accompany you- I'm sure there's a wind band arrangement of it somewhere. It's definitely got crowd-appeal.