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I've been taking private lessons from my teacher for 3 years now. He has taught me just about everything I know about the flute! He's helped me accomplish many things. But I feel like he's not teaching me anything anymore. Of course, at first having lessons with him was wonderful, and gave me the ad...

hi, I'm Leanne; I'm 14 and have been playing for
three years. I hope your son comes home soon! I bet playing in a flute choir is
a lot of fun. I hope to see you around. ttyl Leanne

I know it''s a division of powell, but is it any good? I''m still thinking about buying a professional model flute because I have decided that I want to do something with the flute in my life and I''m wondering if a good sonare flute would be a good step-up flute from a gemeinhardt intermediate flut...

WOW!! I went to UCA's band camp in Conway,
Arkansas, and that was only 250, but I mean, it is Arkansas.... anyway, I heard
Intercholen was supposed to be awesome..there was a kid at all-state who got a
scholarship to go there, it's like a whole summer and a whole lot of
money!!!!lol

does anybody know when and where the national
flute convention is being held this year? thanx *~*Leanne*~*

Take it very slow; use a metronome and just practice. I played this piece for an audition, you don't have to play it like rampal or galway, playing it at 100-110 is fine. And don't listen to other people play it fast, because it will only make you more anxious and make you play it faster. But for ri...

I don't think this will help but,I point my airstream
up when I play p. and higher notes, so I don't go flat. Leanne

hmmm, ??? uh, ppp playing soo soft you can barely hear yourself, to fff as loud as you possibly can w/o changing the pitch. lol..umm, I direct my airstream up when I play (p) and I just try not to go sharp when I play (f). I don't know what to tell you! except to practice going from ppp < fff with a...

Don't worry, they will come, just keep practicing, that is the best thing to do!! Do you know your F major scale? If so, practice the top octave in whole notes, just go up and down the scale *be sure to breathe and fill from bottom up*. Make sure the notes come out, and within a couple of weeks, you...

I totally agree. I think a solid
silver gemeinhardt would suit me best. I now think that those flutes are a
little while down the road. Maybe I'll get one before college. we'll see, but
for the meantime, I'll check out the silver flutes. Thank you all so much!
THANK YOU! Leanne

Thank you all soo much. Sorry I haven't replied sooner. Our computer was down due to the sasser worm.[:knockout:] Anyway, my lesson teacher also plays saxaphone and he's always talking about how great the selmer VI was and how he's upset they don't make it anymore. Your advice helped a lot but I'm s...

Oh nevermind on the easy pieces. You're a good
player. Yeah, I recommend the Faure and the mozart, they're high school grades
four and meditation is grade 3.

well, I don't really know what you mean by intermediate to advanced, but I'll throw some out. Meditation by Thais (I think someone already said this and it really is a wonderful solo) Badinerie by Bach Fantasie by Faure (This is one of my favorites!) Concerto in G or D by mozart (either one is beaut...

My lesson teacher has sugested getting a new flute and I am lost on what make and model of flute to get. I started out with a second hand student model buffet (silver plated, plateau, c-foot) then I got a gemeinhardt 3SHB (silverhead, b-foot, french model). I''ve been playing almost three years, but...