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Is there any way for my to become a better judge of my playing? Especially while I'm playing
When I'm playing my flute I sound fine, but when I listen to a recording I sound terrible. Is there any way for me to become a better judge of my playing? Especially while I'm playing, I want to be ...
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Pan flute using straws: all notes measurements?
Thanks to this website, I was able to create a pan flute from some straws and it really worked (I could play all the music I know on C major scale). However, the dimensions of the straws only ...
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How to distinguish light vs dark tone?
I have been playing the flute for 2 years and I can't get my head around the concept of tone colors. I'm learning with Trevor Why books, which describe 3 beginner exercises with which to practice 2 ...
user50166
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Nickel vs silver vs gold flute
What are the timbral (sound quality) differences between nickel, silver and gold flutes, and what is it in these materials that produce the different sound qualities? I'm a string player, so I only ...
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How do I get my flute to sound clean?
I'm a beginning flute player. When I play, I often- but not always- have a "shh" sound along with it. I noticed that it usually starts out pretty quiet when I start practicing, but after I play for ...
user35655
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Will practice improve the tone on my new flute?
I just got a new flute- a good quality Yamaha that was quite expensive. I would love to say that it plays perfectly-but unfortunately, that's not quite the case.
Whenever I play it, it sounds a ...
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Flutes in octaves sounds like an organ? Why does this happen?
I have noticed something when I hear 2 flutes in octaves or a flute and piccolo playing the same notated notes, sounding an octave apart. It starts to not sound like a flute. In particular it sounds ...
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How do I keep low notes clear (on flute) when I am playing piccolo a lot in band?
How do I keep low notes clear (on flute) when I am playing piccolo a lot in band?
There is a song in band where I go from playing high notes on the piccolo to playing in the lower register on the ...
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Research on sound production in flutes: How do angle and position of the airstream affect the 2nd octave?
In flutes, the sound is produced when a thin, laminar airstream is divided by an edge, exciting vibrations of the air inside the flute.
I would like to know whether there exists research on how the ...
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Why doesnt my flute tone improve?
So i have been playing the flute for 5 years and a couple months ago, I purchased an intermediate level yamaha flute. I practice every single day for a minimum of an hour and i try to do long tones as ...
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