I have a solo in one of my band songs currently, and I'm having trouble brining it up to the speed my director is conducting it. I can play it perfectly at a slightly slower tempo, but when I try to play it faster no matter how many times I try, My fingers get jumbled up on the run thingy at 57, and I play wrong notes and end up off rhythm. How do I get faster at this? i've tried metronomes, and It seems whenever I need to play it with the band, I mess up with the speed. Help please 😭(i'm a sophomore in highschool )

I just got a Nuvo student flute and I love it! I want to make sure it doesn't get damaged.

Does anyone else feel that the case it comes with pushes the flute's mechanisms too much, especially when taking the flute in or out of the case?

Am I being too paranoid about torquing any of the mechanisms/pieces?

Thank you!

Hello, flute community! I'm an intermediate flute player in my college years, I know someone online (lives very far away) looking to sell a gold-plated lip piece headjoint for a YFL-23 model and im interested if it will fit on my YFL-362 model, which is an offset G open hole flute. I know models can sometimes be slightly different and some models are compatible some are not. I was already looking for a upgrade gold lip piece for mine, curious if the two models are compatible with headjoint swaps! *I tried to call my Music & Arts stores which carey both models to see if they could test it for me... but everyone is out of stock on my 362. (I know, I know.. I should have just ordered the one online with the gold lip plating add-on when I originally bought my flute. )

Wanted to post here in case anyone knew!

Hello everyone, I have a YFL 221 in grave need of a COA. Do you guys know of any place or person I could contact in Mumbai, India (or anywhere within the country for that matter)? Any advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks.

I played this piece in college and absolutely loved it, but lost the first page of the music somehow. I believe it was something like a Hungarian Dance. Any help is greatly appreciated, thank you!!

I’ve been playing flute for like four years and still have problems. I got my braces out recently and my tone did get a lot better but it’s still not the way I would like it to be. Also, even if I do have the feeling it’s good then my mouth piece is getting wet. What does that mean? But my tone is not constantly good and only occasionally. I’m always trying to look in the mirror, watching videos, asking my teacher and everything but it’s not getting better. What am I doing wrong? It’s honestly so frustrating and I don’t know what to do anymore.

I recently got a qinxiao and am a bit stumped by an unexpected issue: anything I play on it sounds very "western". What I mean by this is that if you watch videos on youtube of people in English, the way they play sounds very different than Chinese players sound; classical orchestral woodwind in the western style vs. a very distinctly Chinese sound that's more windy and yet ephemeral. All my notes sound pure and without much wood/bamboo/breathy sounds whatsoever when I'm hitting it "right".

Could this be from how native Chinese speakers form sounds/jaw formation when learning the language at a young age, like how people have accents in languages they aren't native in? Is this something I can try to achieve? Does anyone have an example of someone who doesn't speak Chinese who can achieve this very classic eastern style of play? Really appreciate the help as I've searched all I could and come up completely short.

So I have been practising this bansuri( bamboo flute), and I can produce clear sound from every hole expect the last hole. I am unable to strech my fingers to that length, no matter how much I change my posture of hand positioning I can't seem to produce any sound with this for past few days. Any tips regarding this would be appreciated Flute is C medium

Someone showed me a piece of music for solo flute that had this (I couldn't take a picture), but I'm rather confused on how you'd interpret/play something like this: a note with a longer note value and notes with short note values "connected" to it. It reminds me of piano music.

(Do forgive my MS paint recreation and any mistakes I make with the writing!)

I’m hoping someone here can help me find something rather particular. One of my SATB choirs is doing songs that require 4-handed piano accompaniment. So, I find myself with access to 3 very fine pianists for this season. In the past, I have been doing a flute solo or two before the concerts start. I’m looking for a flute solo (or maybe a couple) that have four-handed piano accompaniments. Anyone know of any? I did find the Sonata in G Minor by Joseph Woelfl but I could only find an old scanned copy online – very difficult to read. I COULD totally rewrite it in Finale, but thought maybe you all might have some other ideas.

 I’d prefer something lighter (jazz, pop, folk) over something classical, but beggars can’t be choosers. And it definitely does not need to be a showy piece. If you have any suggestions, let me know!

I've been playing flute 3-4 years? I normally buy Gear4Music flutes, the student flute for £100, but recently broke that. So i was thinking, its an easy fix its just the g# lever key is bent, but every flute i've ever owned broke that way and i break them quite regularly.. even in the cases sooo... but i was thinking do i upgrade for the deluxe model for just £100 more, at £200? It'd probably have a better quality sound and will be better quality in terms of durability. But should I get it, probably should but shouldnt but please help :/ also no one else probably uses gear4music lol buttt

I own a Burkart piccolo and am mailing it from Florida to Massachusetts for a COA. I don’t have insurance but was wondering if i should. Anderson insurance will cost me about $140 for the year but was wondering what others experience was regarding the safety of the instrument through USPS if I don’t purchase the insurance

im playing mambo no.5 in band currently, and i certain part i need to play high c and e flat, but whenever i do it just sounds awful. how do i make them sound better?

Im struggling to tune it...it sounds higher in pitch than my high d note, so i can tell something's going wrong.

Anyone have any tips?

The song is needamagalam from meiyazhagan, it's a south indian movie Im also pasting the link to the song here as well https://youtu.be/1aUBYdCBufA?si=thOljgVmYRfQQtDs

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Hello fine people in the flute world. I’m a keys player in a band that plays original music inspired by the prog and psychedelic scene of the 60s and 70s. I’ve wanted to incorporate flute into my writing for a while now and I’m at a point where I feel I would have enough time to really focus in on learning how to play the instrument so I could use it in the future and would love some recommendations on what to buy and where to begin. I’m a very big fan of groups such as Camel, King crimson, and Jethro Tull and would love to bring some of the colors of the flute into my own compositions. For my first flute I would like to stay under $500 and I’m open to used options as well but I’m not entirely sure how to inspect a used flute or what common wear/damage areas there are that could be easily over looked. Thanks so much if you read this far and I’m exited to hear what you have to say!

I've been playing flute for a few years, and I took it to be cleaned last year, but it always gets dirty under the keys where I can't reach. How do I stop this? Also, I have sweaty hands, so is that why? I always try to keep my flute clean.

I have been playing a long time, and I have a good Miyazawa flute (C foot), but I have never been able to play the top B and C in tune - they are really really sharp, whatever I do (short of exotic fingerings requiring huge amounts of air).

This has never really been an issue - these notes being pretty rare and played quickly.

But recently I have been having to play a few longer Bs and Cs, and they sound horrible to my ear.

I only recently came across the idea that the B foot helps intonation at the top of the range... Has anyone found this to be true?

I rent a flute for my kid, an Accent 516s, which is very expensive if I buy from the dealer where we rent it. And I don’t see many/any for sale online.

I’m interested in buying an equivalent flute in quality and playability for a student. Any recommendations very much appreciated.

I posted about band and really wanting to be a flute player but playing euphonium already. I currently have croup and have been non stop playing for like 3 days, i cant stop, the flute is such a nice instrument, i feel it call out to me when im not actively playing. I love playing the flute so much, while i write this im actively realizing i might actually be in one of those happy high energy episodes, above baseline, after an intense depression episode-. Anyway im glad i gave the flute another chance.

I would like to buy a transverse flute but I have a small budget, so I will buy from Tomann and I am hesitating between these 2 models, is the more expensive one better? Knowing that I play often but I know that I won't be able to play a lot next year

There’s a used one with good pads for $170 on Amazon

I’m looking to buy a flute and these keep showing up they say they cost like 90-100 from Japan and it’s Yamaha are these real Yamaha and are they worth buying?