YAY!!!!!! I have my Tipple flute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Bothrops
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YAY!!!!!! I have my Tipple flute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yesssssssssss, it arrived a few minutes ago!!!
It's a low D Tipple flute in 3 pieces.
I tried it 15 or 20 minutes and it's awesome. Nothing compared to a crappy bamboo flute
It was incredible that I blew into the embouchure and I could get a very nice tone easily.
Also, I didn't know that it was that beautiful. Yes, it's white (I would prefer a black flute as well), but that plastic is thick and shiny
I'll be playing it like crazy all the afternoon
It's a low D Tipple flute in 3 pieces.
I tried it 15 or 20 minutes and it's awesome. Nothing compared to a crappy bamboo flute
It was incredible that I blew into the embouchure and I could get a very nice tone easily.
Also, I didn't know that it was that beautiful. Yes, it's white (I would prefer a black flute as well), but that plastic is thick and shiny
I'll be playing it like crazy all the afternoon
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I'm glad that the flute finally made it to Buenos Aires. I was beginning to get worried. Martin, I pictured you as a beginning flute player, and I was shocked to watch the YouTube video that you made after a couple of hours with the flute. Just for the record, Martin is playing my 3-piece, 6-hole low D flute with the standard headjoint without the lip plate. I don't think he is using the internal wedge. The flute sounds pretty good in the bathroom.
http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=GgMS7O1c9KI
http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=GgMS7O1c9KI
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Elementary my dear, Tipple.Doug_Tipple wrote: The flute sounds pretty good in the bathroom.
http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=GgMS7O1c9KI
PVC's natural habitat.
Sounds even better in the shower.
Don't ask me how I know that.
Good times Bothrops.
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Bothrops, I just watched your video. You sound a lot better than I do.
I got my Tipple about two months ago, but I haven't had much practice time.
This Summer though I intend to practice all out. I can't wait to get consistent tone out of the thing.
I got my Tipple about two months ago, but I haven't had much practice time.
This Summer though I intend to practice all out. I can't wait to get consistent tone out of the thing.
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- Bothrops
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Thanks for the kind words, people! I'm glad you liked the video.
By the way.. I wasn't playing in the bathroom, I was in the kitchen
The acoustics are very nice in both places.
Anyways, my apartment is just 42 m2 or so, therefore, the acoustics are good everywhere
I'll try to record another video/s next week..
Cheers,
Martin
By the way.. I wasn't playing in the bathroom, I was in the kitchen
The acoustics are very nice in both places.
Anyways, my apartment is just 42 m2 or so, therefore, the acoustics are good everywhere
I'll try to record another video/s next week..
Cheers,
Martin
I offhand can't remember the French words, but, "little by little, the bird builds its nest." Petit et petit,...? Anyway, please keep that saying in mind, while I suggest to you in all sincerity, to practice every day, while taking on just a little bit more each day, and, in time, results will develop, sure enough.Boody wrote:...This Summer though I intend to practice all out. I can't wait to get consistent tone out of the thing.
Little by little, that's the true road to flute progress.
;-)
- Bothrops
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Thanks, shecky!
Regarding to getting a consistent tone out of it, I'm being able to get it practically every time I try to play, but it's, in fact, quite difficult to keep it and to play a whole tune with that consistent tone.
Sometimes I can play a whole slow tune (a waltz or an air) quite good, but not a jig or a reel.
I agree that practicing a bit everyday you keep improving and sooner or later "it comes"!
Regarding to getting a consistent tone out of it, I'm being able to get it practically every time I try to play, but it's, in fact, quite difficult to keep it and to play a whole tune with that consistent tone.
Sometimes I can play a whole slow tune (a waltz or an air) quite good, but not a jig or a reel.
I agree that practicing a bit everyday you keep improving and sooner or later "it comes"!
Seriously, playing well begins with playing slow, indeed, very slow, and here "long" tones are your best friend, each for as long as a breath could last.Bothrops wrote:...Regarding to getting a consistent tone out of it, I'm being able to get it practically every time I try to play, but it's, in fact, quite difficult to keep it and to play a whole tune with that consistent tone...
For instance, go for that consistent tone on only the very first tone you play, every day, and keep on going until that tone is just right.
And, once you have it right on that tone, then try "spreading" that same tone to the next tone over, one tone at a time.
Try doing that, before going on to playing any tunes, every day. Honestly, that's what I do.
Remember, little by little, your goals will be done.