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The point is: If you want to do it, GO FOR IT!!!! There'll be opportunities to play with others after you get the basics down. Since you already know how to read music, you'll be that much further ahead. You can concentrate on the embouchure, tone, and fingerings since you won't need to spend as muc...

Every instrument has its own challenges to over come. I agree. Any generalizations about one instrument being easier than another are simply the incorrect statements of the uninformed. Also, there is a big difference between being able to make a sound on an instrument vs. playing an instrument musi...

When playing clarinet or sax, most of the actual lower lip is folded in over the lower teeth. Be careful to not bite too hard and make your lower lip sore - that would be detrimental to your flute embouchure. The fingerings for the middle register of the clarinet are somewhat similar to flute finger...

Look for an instruction book or book of music for the tin whistle. You can't get more Irish than the tin whistle! Most books of this type are full of simple Irish tunes and the range is perfect for the flute. Some books even offer suggestions on some of the embellishments mentioned in a previous pos...

Not sure if this is related, but in the late 60s-early 70s, there was a band named Chase. It was sort of like Chicago or Blood, Sweat, and Tears but mostly trumpets playing up in the stratosphere and it was very high energy rock with a bit of jazz influence infused. Maybe it's a tribute to their mus...

The YPC-62 is pretty sweet for an intermediate-to-semi-pro grade picc. I have one and it sure beats the old banged-up silver plated Armstrong that I used to play. :lol: I don't play picc often enough to justify a true pro-grade picc, so the YPC-62 was a just-right fit for me and my needs. It's great...

I always found it helpful to coordinate scales, studies, and musical works in the same key. For example, if you are working on a piece in the key of D, then preface that with a bit of work on the D scale and etudes in D. That seems to make a lot of sense because you develop a bit of synergy so that ...

Many times the first part is melody and any decent player can usually play it. Sometimes, the second part carries an important countermelody or has notes that are crucial to the chordal structure. Music frequently needs things these additional elements to keep it interesting. Perhaps the band direct...

Fluteguy, your theory isn't necessarily wrong. I was offering some other possibilities for the pitch change on CDs. You mentioned MP3s, and that's a whole different issue because of the compression. There are a number of different compression algorithms. Some are lossy while others are lossless. MP3...

I've had pretty good results using the strips. Granted they don't totally stop tarnish, but for me it slows it down quite a bit. My flute is 8 years old and it's just now beginning to show a bit of tarnish around the toneholes and posts. I've never had it in the shop for a COA; I do all of my own ma...

... and get some 3M Anti-Tarnish Strips. They're available at many music stores for around $5-6 per pack. Put a fresh one in the case at least every 6 months and it will help keep the tarnish away! Far easier than trying to polish...

There are many factors that can affect recorded sound and the resulting playback. When music is recorded onto a CD, it normally is not compressed. It IS digitized, but not compressed. Compression can introduce inaccuracies, but that is generally heard as distortion rather than a change in frequency....

At this point, it sounds like the instrument is just very unstable. Have you tried oiling the bore? As a reference, I'll point you to an interesting online article that describes a semi-scientific approach to studying the benefits of oiling a wooden insrument bore: http://www.naylors-woodwind-repair...

I majored in Music Ed (Intrumental) and when I started, I had virtually no piano background. I knew notes of the keys, but that was about it. Since this is a flute board, I'll assume that you will concentrate in instrumental music. While piano is very essential for a choral major, it's also extremel...