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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...

Learning the piccolo can provide benefits to your flute playing. I found that playing the piccolo improved my flute embouchure especially in the top octave. The piccolo embouchure is smaller and less forgiving to variation than on the flute. When I started getting a better piccolo sound, my flute up...