Was wondering what are some recommendations for pieces you guys would have. I'm a freshman in high school and I've played the chaminade, carmen, and some bach sonata (c major and eb). I like the poulenc sonata and the Burton sonata right now. What do yall think would be a good next piece for my level

I currently have a Yamaha 361 intermediate model flute that I purchased secondhand a few years ago for around $700. The flute plays well but does have a significant amount of nicks/scratches/dents from the previous owner. Would it be worth it to have this flute overhauled the repair the scratches and dents or to save up money to buy another (likely professional model) flute down the line. I’m an amateur player, been playing for around 17 years, and currently play in a community band, at my church, and in the pit at a local community theatre.

When you know better, do better, right? I just play flute casually in a local band, but as a pianist of 30 years I know the retrospective pain of "whyyyy didn't anyone tell me this fundamental?"

No I don’t mean my e flat key has an excessive sense of fashion 😭

Basically I’m an extremely “breathy” player, like I create a loooooot of condensation when I play. I make sure to wipe any excess moisture afterwards, but I’ve been noticing my E flat key has that sticky sound when I press it. Upon further inspection it turns out I have droplets coming out after I’ve been playing for a bit. I’ve used unpowdered cleaning paper on the pad to dry it off but I’m scared I’m doing the wrong thing. Any suggestions?

Do you have a music score writing program you use?

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i'm having problems with the first key on my flute that are unrelated to the pads (it sticks even when not pressed down all the way). i assume this is an issue with the springs, but i've only owned this flute for around six years and it can't have been more than ten - fifteen years since it was made. is it plausible for the springs to be weak already?

Howdy y'all,

So I upgraded from a used 90's Armstrong 103. I found a great deal on a mint Pearl 665rbe. The flute itself is flawless. My teacher went over it and said it looked perfectly brand new to her, so I'm very happy. The case itself has no apparent damage, but it's sort of warped towards the sides. It's a little hard to open/close and it doesn't totally close at the sides. Has anyone ever had this happen? Is it repairable? Not sure if I want to buy another Pearl case since it's $200+

Thanks! :)

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So I assume that the embouchure for flute vs fife is the same or at least similar, but I don't play the flute, I am learning how to play the fife though, so does anyone have any tips?

I got accepted to participate in a band clinic at Winthrop University and its on November 21st-23rd I believe. I’ve been in band since my 6th grade year (I am now a senior in high school) and I don’t think I’ve progressed on my instrument as much as most people have within the time I’ve played. The clinic isn’t so much of an audition other than placement for a chair. I’ve been really overwhelmed by searching through books of solos and such and so I decided to work on North Carolina’s middle school all-district solo and even this is a struggle for me. It’s brought a lot of disappointment and a strong feeling of failure as I can’t even play something meant for middle schoolers. If anyone has any advice on how to approach this that would be great!

hi ! i’m a 16 yr old flutist and i’ve been wondering if any of you guys have any mouth piercings ? and if so , how did they affect your embouchure ? i’ve always wanted piercings but i’m also planning on playing after high school so i wanted to see if there’s hope or if i should just cut my losses💔

Hi flutists and flautists!

I'm really interested in learning to play flute, but I'm not sure where exactly to get started. I am a big fan of world music, and what I find really appealing is the tone and character of wooden and bamboo flutes from pretty much any continent or culture.

I know that a new musical instrument is an investment of time more than anything, and as an older music student, I'm pretty familiar with the process of learning instruments. I played the cornet all through middle and high school, I used to compose on the piano and am now learning to play it properly, and I was briefly obsessed with coming back to the recorder as an adult to have some kind of woodwind instrument available to play.

I love scales and improvisation and I love simple, durable instruments. I don't love learning complicated technical pieces anymore - I had enough of that back in school with all those tests and competitions. I'm more interested in learning to play the transverse flute because it seems like there's more of a range of sounds available with varying embouchure and tonguing techniques, and that seems a whole lot more fun than the recorder. I'm not really interested in learning to play the concert flute.

I want to have an expressive flute to play, see if I enjoy the process, and see if I can add it into my musical fun time. If I love it, I'll stick with it and probably add more instruments so I can get a range of keys and modes.

Would anyone here have any recommendations on how to get started or what kinds of flutes to explore? It seems like there are an awful lot of options out there!

I have been learning flute for a year( not the concert flute) and have been facing problems with high notes recently, so I want to relearn the embouchure. Can someone give tips or some guide for getting the perfect embouchure?

Edit: nevermind, I figured it out

Hello! I'm struggling to hit some notes/some of my notes sound almost the same and I'm curious if I'm missing something about those foot keys. Any advice wether for playing or maintenance are welcome.

Despite this, still having fun learning!

This is the current state of my piccolo. I had a marching band competition Saturday and it played perfectly fine. I pulled it out since then today and couldn’t play my notes that involve the second hand. After examining it, I realized I had a crack all the way around my piccolo. Is this an expensive repair? I have a service plan on my piccolo for repairs and maintenance but I’m worried they’ll still charge me if it’s a huge cost. This is a Yamaha ypc-31 pic so it’s fairly old. Any advice is appreciated

Hello ;) I changing my embouchure at the moment and for the past few days my tone has been extremely bad/airy. How much time does it usually take to regain a "good" tone? Also if you went through this are there some exercises you would recommend working on while changing your embouchure ? (Apologies if there are some language mistakes english is my 2nd language ) Edit : thought I should mention it in cas it has an impact, I've been playing the flute for 10 years.

I’ve been really struggling to get a good tone on flute. My primary instrument is oboe, and on flute i sound really airy. Does anyone know why or how to fix it?

hey hello!

in my high school band there's a flute solo and there's this girl that kind of decided to play the flute solo and we all kind of let her, but honestly she keeps messing up the 16th note runs and i kind of would like to try to play it too... the concert is coming up, and the teacher seems to be leaning towards just letting her do it, but i want to have an opportunity to at least try for the solo, as much as that sounds selfish. what do you suggest i do in this case?

Hiya, so I've been self taught in flute for just over a couple years now and have finally met my match. Scales. I know it's embarrassing but not having a teacher and learning "fundamentals" through youtube has always been my go to. Now I have an audition coming up in a little more than a month and am struggling with the scales portion of the audition. The audition piece I can do in my sleep but there's something about a 2 octave b flat chromatic that makes my brain hurt (I could do it but not as fast as it needs to be) I was hoping someone has a crams sesh type of practice schedule I could use before I absolutely demolish this audition as I want to get better at scales but was never forced to learn them.

I've playing the flute for about 2-3 years now, and one issue I've had is with its tone whenever I take my flute out to practice. The sound at first is very airy and I feel like I'm exhausting way more air than usual. However (apologies, this is kind of gross), after maybe ~10 minutes of playing, and dumping out the accumulated saliva from the flute, the sound would suddenly be very clear and I'm able to play the notes (especially high ones) with much more ease. I'm just wondering... is there any way to skip this "awkward" stage whenever I begin practicing? Because I'm pretty sure this isn't an embouchure issue,, unless it just takes me that long to adjust. Is this a temperature issue? I'm remember my teacher talking about how instruments might be more flat in the cold, so would that affect the airiness of my sound as well?

Anyone got any ideas?

I'm having to play a piece of music with a few C to D trills. On flute, I would play a C and open the first trill key with my right index finger to trill to D. For a C# to D# trill, I would play a C# and use the second trill key with my right middle finger. However, on piccolo, the D and D# produced with these fingerings are nearly a semitone flat. To trill C to D, I have to use the second trill key to get anywhere close to a D, and trilling C# to D# is impossible (I get a D instead). I'm using a Yamaha YPC-32 piccolo, and the trill keys appear to be opening all the way. Any idea what could be the problem?

I just bought an Armstrong flute 104. I've been trying to figure out what year it was manufactured but the serial# doesn't seem to make sense with the numbering scheme I found. The serial# is 7061556. If anybody can help I'd appreciate it.