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I thought that was really good. You play with a lot of feeling. It feel a little wired in some places. Almost like you lost the tempo or beat a little, but it flowed nicely. You might want to try taking a few pauses in your playing. Also maybe try and do something different with the long notes withe...

hold on to the A slightlly longer than the rest of the notes and just kind of glide up. I usually think of a bird taking flight.

the length of the recital is unlimited. Obviously I'm not gonna go too long because has much as I love the flute, I think that most people, unless they are also flute lovers, will get bored after awhile of only flute on piano.

So, in about a month and a half i am having my senior recital honoring my senior year in high school. This recital is my own concert featuring only me and I am trying to come up with my selections taht I want to play. I am trying to stay away from the usual pieces, with the excepetion of the Chamina...

I think the best thing to do is to play it all the way through without stopping. Even if that means "fudging" through stuff. This will give you a feel as to specific sections that you need to work on. I like to put some of those mini colorful sticky notes around the hard sections. This forces my eye...

well I do have a private teacher and we are going to go to a flute convention together and try out all of the different flutes. I guess my mail question is for anyone that has experience with these brands can list the pros and cons that they personally have towards them. I realize that picking the b...

I am a senior in high school that is going to college next year as a music education major. I currently have a geminheart 3SH and am looking for a more professional flute. I am looking for something that has a good sound in all registers and that produces a darker, fuller sound. I am making a list, ...

I was wondering if anyone knows of any good solo Jazz Flute pieces with Piano accomp. I am looking for something fun that will show off my technique for my Senior Recital and I am trying to play unique songs and would like a really cool jazz piece rather than the standard classical ones.

What are some of the most important aspects of a good audition, assuming that the audition isn't perfect. Is it more important to have all the notes right, musicality, ryhthm. I knwo it is important to have all of these things down, but if you were examining an auditioner, what would be some of the ...

Can anyone tell me what the notes in the 8th measure of the Chaminade are supposed to be. I have F# E# E# D# D C# A# and F# but I am not sure if there are suppossed to be two E#. It may be right, It just sounds like the second E# should be a E.

Thanks to everyone that had givin me suggestions. I am definatly going to play the Chaminade and the Mozart seeing that I have those down really solid and I am happy with myself when I play. I only need two songs for most of the collegs but I still need to decide on a 3rd. I'm not positive if I want...

I know this might be a little gross but I am looking for suggestions on how to deal with spit build up when you are playing the flute. It seems lately that my biggest problem occurs after I have been slurring for a while and then have to go into like double tounging or even single and it doesn't com...

I recently and made the New YorK All-State band. You just have to make sure you are well prepared for the audition. Don't procrastinate. Give your self a mental prep before the audition and just go in and have fun. ODn;t think about the music so much but think about what it is saying. Here we have t...

I am always hearing people say you would warm up doing long tones and scales and arpeggios and tounging exercises etc. but I was wondering if there was a certain order you should do these in.

I am looking for some tempo suggestions for the Chaminade Concertino and the Mozart Concerto in G. Thanks