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- Thu Mar 04, 2010 9:21 am
- Forum: Intermediate Flute Playing Tips and Questions
- Topic: keeping piccolo warm?
- Replies: 10
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Maybe I wasn't clear...that is the strange thing about writing. I only mean the headjoint. I just put it between my legs. NOT THE KEYS. That would be bad. With a wood piccolo (any wood instrument) I was taught that if it is cold you want to both warm up the outside, along with warming up the inside....
- Thu Mar 04, 2010 5:17 am
- Forum: Intermediate Flute Playing Tips and Questions
- Topic: keeping piccolo warm?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 16432
This is going to sound crazy,but gently put the headjoint under your leg. I do this (I am very careful not to catch the keys in any odd way...sometimes, I even put a cloth down too). Your body heat will warm it. Ideally, I like to put it between my crossed legs...this way, it has leg on each side. H...
- Fri Feb 26, 2010 9:27 am
- Forum: Flute History and Instruments
- Topic: Looking for a new flute
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8523
I had always heard Muramatsu's raved about. However, keep an open mind. I loved the mechanism on them (so smooth and buttery) but I hated my tone. When I tried new flutes about 6 months ago, I had it down to a Miyazawa and a Powell. I ended up with the Powell, but the Miyazawa was a great flute. I h...
- Fri Feb 26, 2010 5:07 am
- Forum: General "Hang-Out" Place
- Topic: Not One but TWO new flutes?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 25167
Personally, I feel like you can outgrow a flute. I feel like I became limited by my Sankyo. The mechanism was getting clunky and I couldn't get as much out of it as I once felt that I could (therefore, I grew in playing...it didn't diminish). However, that was after 10 years of both high level colle...
- Tue Feb 23, 2010 8:04 am
- Forum: General "Hang-Out" Place
- Topic: Not One but TWO new flutes?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 25167
I know I am a little late to this thread...but here is my 2cents anyways. I played on a Sankyo Silver Sonic for 10 years and just bought a Powell. Changing mechanism was a big process (not to mention I went from inline to offset and got a C# trill key). It took several weeks/months of intense techni...
- Sun Feb 21, 2010 7:42 pm
- Forum: Flute History and Instruments
- Topic: When about do they...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6917
- Tue Feb 02, 2010 2:33 pm
- Forum: General "Hang-Out" Place
- Topic: Would a specific section on repertoire be useful?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3723
I would be in for some good ol' Baroque interpretation talking! I studied Bach a lot in college, but continue to find so many different and diverse opinions on it. I think it could also be a neat idea to have a piece of the month (for various levels of course) and work on it (or re-work) and discuss...
- Mon Feb 01, 2010 8:36 pm
- Forum: Intermediate and Advanced Flute Topics
- Topic: I get so tense I sound bad... please help
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5066
- Tue Jan 19, 2010 8:04 am
- Forum: Flute Playing and Practicing Basics
- Topic: Lower register used to be easy - now difficult???
- Replies: 8
- Views: 13631
Well, since you are going into the high register (and depending how your teacher is telling you to do it) you may be aiming your airstream too high and too fast. Sometimes people get stuck in high note techniques. If this is so, try slowing your air down and aiming more towards your elbow. I like to...
- Tue Jan 12, 2010 8:57 pm
- Forum: Intermediate and Advanced Flute Topics
- Topic: How to adjust headjoint fit to body
- Replies: 13
- Views: 25588
really, the head is adjusted? I have heard so many different things on that. My headjoint maker adjusted the head (but, then again, he made it, so who am I to complain). But, I heard from a local Powell dealer that it is better to adjust the body. Just realized I can gain some good knowledge from th...
- Tue Jan 12, 2010 7:08 pm
- Forum: Intermediate and Advanced Flute Topics
- Topic: How to adjust headjoint fit to body
- Replies: 13
- Views: 25588
- Tue Jan 12, 2010 7:34 am
- Forum: Advanced Flute Topics
- Topic: Graduate student struggling with embouchure
- Replies: 7
- Views: 19541
I know what you are going though...however, I don't know anything to say about that upper lip stuff! That is one I never heard. But, I thought I would let you know you are not alone. When I went through college it was that I smiled/pulled corners too much. Then I was supposed to frown with one teach...
- Tue Jan 12, 2010 7:25 am
- Forum: General "Hang-Out" Place
- Topic: Strange question..about wrists
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2848
Hum...I think my pinky and ring fingers curve very slightly...I don't know the bone thing you are talking about. Try this (I learned it at a class with Patricia George, you may want to google her or try to attend a body mapping workshop): When putting your fingers on the flute, try adding the pinky ...
- Tue Jan 05, 2010 8:48 pm
- Forum: Flute History and Instruments
- Topic: What to do with a beat up student flute?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5205
- Tue Dec 08, 2009 7:37 am
- Forum: Intermediate and Advanced Flute Topics
- Topic: Allegro 471 Series flute
- Replies: 12
- Views: 37955
Yes, I know all those things are available on the 400 series. The thing I was trying to make clear is that you don't have some options on the 471. It only comes offset, w/split e, and gold lip/inside. I personally hate split e keys...so this would never be a choice I would use. I do have some studen...