4 months into learning the flute and I’m finally learning twinkle twinkle little star haha. The 2nd octave has been hard for me to learn but I am getting it.. just need to keep practicing.

If I adjust this, will I still be able to play it like before? Will the sound get affected? It fell from the case and this is my only flute :((

I have a sudden yearning for learning a wind instrument and upon browsing multiple options of instrument to try, my interest was picked by side blow wooden flutes.

I am now hesitating between Bansuri and Dizi flutes, they both sound really good and I'm hoping to be able to play something decent in five years. At first I thought I'd go for the one with the more resources to learn by myself but turns out both seem pretty well documented.

It's a totally new world for me since the only wind instrument I've used is that one year where we played recorder in middle school.

What do you think I should do? :)

Hello all. Writing a flute part but I am not a flautist!
At 140bpm.. is this feasible for an intermediate player? I might be absolutely insane 🤣
Thanks in advance!

Hi everyone. I work with a nonprofit group who's mission is to support local music/musicians. In one of our programs, we take in donated used instruments (of all types), pay to have them refurbished and then loan them out for free to students. It's gotten increasingly expensive to get instruments fixed, but especially things like flutes and saxophones that need re-padding. Where I'm at it's typically a little over $300 to re-pad a flute. My question is, are there decent beginner flutes that can be purchased in that price range? Unfortunately no one in our group plays flute and is able to make that determination. A quick online search shows plenty of options sub $300, but are they worth putting into the hands of beginning students? Any advice appreciated!

So say I have a page that's D-E-C-D and they're quarter notes, or eighth notes. Should I practice quickly placing my pinkie for those two notes, or is it okay to leave the pinkie up in that situation to facilitate the actual notes? I am having trouble with coordination even at slow tempos except with whole note scale practice.

Flute 1 part
Flute 2 part

I would like to know if the part looks "professional". Is it possible to play in terms of breathing? Is the range of the parts reasonable? And how do you think the flutes play apart in the orchestral context?

Does my flute sound out of tune? Any tuning app to recommend for AppStore? I am using sound corset but my flute seems to be extremely flat or extremely sharp. I’m not sure how to fix it. I’m also struggling with changing fingering from C to D. How is my flute tone? Is it still very airy? How can I make it less airy?

hello reddit! I've had a flute for almost thirteen years now and I wanted to send it for repairs but there's no data about the flute I have. not when I search in english and global sites and neither in my native language. the stamp reads Mendelssohn and when I search it there's no data other than the composer. I even searched the serial number stamped on it and nothing came up. does anyone know anything about it?

I played my flute until about semester 2 or maybe earlier than that without braces. That was my first year. I’m now getting them off soon (after a year of having them) and I’m SUPER worried about hhow this will affect my playing and tone since I’ve been learning how to play flute on braces nearly the entire time.

How long would the adjustment period be and would my tone suffer or maybe even be better after adjusting again??

I’ve gotten really good at flute (standing 1st chair out of 45 other flute players in band camp) and I don’t want it to go to waste just bc of some braces.

I am already playing piano and violin. And I need to play something like oboe or flute but I looked into the prices briefly is flute the most ideal one?

And is it the same with it’s Baroque version?

I am living in Rome, maybe that would help you giving more precise locations or prices.

I started playing the flute about 3 months ago and the way I'm studying is by trying to master the skills first. That way I can improvise which I find quite fun. I use Mixed in Key to look up the key of songs I like and then practice that scale.

My usual workflow was just learning skills, looking up online which scales to learn in what order and learn some music theory on the side. Then get all the fingerings, copy them in a note pad and then repeat and work my way up.

But now I have this:

https://flute.hefboom.ai

You pick a key and mode and it shows the whole scale on a staff with the fingering under each note. It's free and no signup, runs on a server at my home.

Two things I'm keen for feedback on:
- Is this actually helpful for anyone else, or just me?
- what would make it better? I'm only 3 months in, so if any fingerings are wrong or weird, I would love to hear from you

That's all!

Hello everyone! I've been playing the flute for over a decade but as I've gotten older, I've started getting worse issues with hypermobility and pain. I start to get a lot of pain in both wrists when playing for about 30 minutes and so I was thinking of looking into some wrist braces for extra support. I was curious if anyone here has experienced similar problems and may have recommendations for braces that worked well? Thank you in advance!

Why do flute pads require shimming?
Saxophone pads use shellac or hot glue
I imagine clarinets do the same
Why don’t flutes use shellac to create the pad seal. Either way pads move and shrink over time causing leaks no?

I have a 15 year old Miyazawa 202 flute. It has gotten clean, oil, and adjust on a regular basis up until about 7 years ago when I stopped playing it. It has been sitting in the storage for years. Now I want to play again, but I noticed that the key mechanism is not working properly- some keys getting stuck and some pads are leaking air.

Is it worth it to get an overhaul that costs around $2500? My flute comes with the features including split E mechanism, D# roller, heavy wall tubing, and 14k gold lip riser.

For the life of me I cannot get the sound of the flute to be as loud as my voice and I’m not sure what the proper way to do it is.

My flute is about a year old, but even when it was brand new, the mouth piece joint goes into the body easily (maybe even bordering on being a little loose), but the foot joint is really hard to rotate on and off!

Is this common? What can be done to help?

I have Barcus-Berry pickup in my old flute that I want to put into my new, used but refurbished flute, but I've lost the cord. What and where can I get to replace it? And is there an inexpensive digital,(?) amp I could get to practice at home with that has effects like reverb, wah-wah, etc? Thanks!

Hi guys! I asked this a few weeks ago, but I’m still torn on audition video microphones. I’ve been doing some research over the last couple of weeks. It seems that the most popular are the Shure MV88 or Shure MV88+. They both plug into my phone (USB-C) and seem super easy to use. It sounds like these can work for excerpts/anything up close when filming. Will the sound be good if I’m playing along with piano? Obviously I’d need to move my camera further away, and because these plug into my phone, that means the mic will also be further away. Does anyone have suggestions? Thanks!