Tell us something.: Here for a bit to get info on adding another keyed lefty flute to my instrument collection. Preferably something from a highly respected maker. Been playing since 2006.
Flutulator wrote:Coming from the GHB world, initially, the idea that Irish trad has "standardization of teaching practices" seems pretty overstated
As a GHBer it amuses me too, but there is a genuine concern that there is too much standardisation and homogenisation going on, and it gets some people fairly wound up.
I suppose there are currently a lot of young players brought up within a 'competition' system who are very technically accomplished in a sort of semi-legato style. This might give the impression of increasing homogenisation...and it was the 'competition' format that helped push the Highland instrument towards a standardised approach. But the GHB have had two hundred years' head start in going down that road.
After saying all that the standardisation and improvement of teaching practices is probably a good thing - it'll help players progress with what remains a challenging instrument. In the process though we'll probably lose some of the more idiosyncratic flourishes. Would anyone else teach ornaments like Crowley's GHB-ish cuttings now?
