I'm taking up the flute soon
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I'm taking up the flute soon
How's a goin' everyone?
I'm new to this forum and am a banjo, mandola and guitar player. I also play a little bit of whistle but am now really interested in a flute. I'll be buying one sometime over the easter and got a lot of information on flute maintenance from other websites and people I know.
I'd like to ask you flute players here for some general tips relating to the playing of a flute. Things such as breathing and fingering techniques and how they differ from the whistle (D).
Thanks.
I'm new to this forum and am a banjo, mandola and guitar player. I also play a little bit of whistle but am now really interested in a flute. I'll be buying one sometime over the easter and got a lot of information on flute maintenance from other websites and people I know.
I'd like to ask you flute players here for some general tips relating to the playing of a flute. Things such as breathing and fingering techniques and how they differ from the whistle (D).
Thanks.
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Paddy Cummings:
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Whistle fingering is almost identical all the way. Breathing differs somewhat and embouchure is totally different. Much has been said here about embouchre so run a search for that key word.I'd like to ask you flute players here for some general tips relating to the playing of a flute. Things such as breathing and fingering techniques and how they differ from the whistle (D).
Stay with it - - - and us.
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I think the best advice Paddy, as everyone else has said, is stick with it, don't get discouraged. She can be frustrating in the beginning, although I guess if you have the musical experience it will not be as bad.
I think the best advice Paddy, as everyone else has said, is stick with it, don't get discouraged. She can be frustrating in the beginning, although I guess if you have the musical experience it will not be as bad.
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I don't own any flutes, they own me. And I paid a great deal of money to have them dominate my entire life.Dana wrote:Jennie wrote:Which of us is "she?"OnTheMoor wrote:stick with it, don't get discouraged. She can be frustrating in the beginning, although I guess if you have the musical experience it will not be as bad.
The flute? My flute is a "he".
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Re: I'm taking up the flute soon
I play guitar, banjo and mandolin - well, I sold my tenor banjo a few yaers back, so I don't play banjo any more. Have been playing guitar for about 30 years now.Paddy Cummins wrote: I'm new to this forum and am a banjo, mandola and guitar player. I also play a little bit of whistle but am now really interested in a flute.
I took up flute about 1 year ago. Slow progress at first - I even felt awkward just trying to hold it at first. After about a month, I could get a scale and a weak effort at a slow tune. If you stick at it and are patient, it just keeps improving. I can now play a handful of jigs and hornpipes up to speed, but myreels are too slow (working on that!).
Dana wrote:Jennie wrote:Which of us is "she?"OnTheMoor wrote:stick with it, don't get discouraged. She can be frustrating in the beginning, although I guess if you have the musical experience it will not be as bad.
The flute? My flute is a "he".
So are mine.
How could these guys not have noticed . . . !!??!! Men . . . go figure!
Paddy, right now, you're hearing everyone say "don't become discouraged" and "keep at it," and you haven't a clue what they mean.
Soon, though--about 10 seconds after picking up that flute the first time--you're going to have an inkling. About 10 minutes after that you're going to want to stomp your flute into toothpicks. This desire will recur every time you pick up that flute for the next year. Possibly longer. And with good reason.
So, print out this entire thread, fold it up neatly, write "DO NOT BECOME DISCOURAGED!" on the front of it, and insert it into your flute case in such a way that those words remain visible at all times. You'll need them.
Progress in flute is measured in micro-increments. Be happy with those and do not fret because you are not achieving performance-level success right away.
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Just drop off the key, Lee
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Just hedging my bets: If the flute making thing doesn't work out for me, I plan to go into the keyboard repair business - gotta create some demand, just in case.dow wrote:Loren, Dangit, another ruined keyboar. I just spewed soda pop everywhere.Loren wrote:Paddy, with regards to your questions: Do yourself a favor, read the thread titled "Rolls" and then, run like hell.
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