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Started November 20, 2019 by Deleted user

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woah thanks for the advice! Yes it is for chair positions and I want to get out of last chair and make myself feel better before I go for drum major in the summer

also hot tip from a lazy btch who's section doesn't know how to be in tune
it's easier to go from d flat to e flat if you leave the fingers on your right hand down. Also helps it be more in tune

Also tip from my band director: You'll get a better grade if you take it at the tempo you can play it well at instead of fast and messy. Don't do it cold, warm up first (duh), and you got this my dude. you're amazing

I'm really sorry if I sound rude or condescending or anything I'm just bad at advice

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wH????

The d to e flat thing?

oh wait i do that lmao nvm

Rip my jaw. Every time I play a high note and because my reed is extra THICC it’s hard to get some notes out. F. Flutes still have it worse though… holy god.

Ehh, I've tried to learn clarinet. It's hard

meh not much harder

we just have to tighten our embrasure

I have to play the A flat scale for a playing test in both octaves

very epicly fun time

I can play it now but I’ll be practicing over the break lol

Oh sweetie. Try C with 3 octaves. A flat is not that bad. Need any alternate fingerings? All this is coming from a high school junior who really doesn't have much of a life…

^^^^
Or adjust that headpiece

That too. But adjusting only goes so far 😂

I have to play the A flat scale for a playing test in both octaves

very epicly fun time

I can play it now but I’ll be practicing over the break lol

Oh sweetie. Try C with 3 octaves. A flat is not that bad. Need any alternate fingerings? All this is coming from a high school junior who really doesn't have much of a life…

^^^ I can do b flat and c but not b natural

I know right?!?! What is up with B natural? Is it just like funky all the time?

The fingering is so weird and I never remember it but there's notes above c and we found fingerings. Of course, I can't actually play any of them

I have a special flute it's like 4 inches longer, and has 2 extra keys. I can go all the way up to a third octave E flat, and first octave, below that already really low C, to A flat. It adds like 4 extra notes.

That's REALLY special
I didn't know that was a thing wow

It's nice. It was really expensive, but my grandparents bought it.

But the best thing is an Alto Flute. It's amazing. It switches from Bass clef to treble clef

uh thanks Winter but I’m quite ok. I have all the fingerings and stuff and I can play it relatively slow, but I just need practice with the octave change. I most recently got a new flute so the higher octave is a lot easier for me. I love Fhyll but he’s super old and just squeals whenever I try high notes. And i know the extent of our octave ranges and I know 3 range C is incredibly challenging because it's reaching all corners of our range.

But the best thing is an Alto Flute. It's amazing. It switches from Bass clef to treble clef

Agreed

TIL to play the high notes, push your jaw out and press HARD against your face with your flute
Also that my tutor doesn't like my alternate fingerings even though it's mOrE iN tUnE

But the best thing is an Alto Flute. It's amazing. It switches from Bass clef to treble clef

Agreed

TIL to play the high notes, push your jaw out and press HARD against your face with your flute
Also that my tutor doesn't like my alternate fingerings even though it's mOrE iN tUnE

I feel that. My tutor is rough. She's like an old woman in her mid sixties, who's played professional flute for 45 years. God she'll beat the everloving mess out of you if you miss a note. She's a monster in all the nest and worst ways.

So we had our playing assessment on the SECOND and just got our new seats today. The first five chairs stayed the same but the kid that doesn't even know how to read music OR any of the fingerings moved up two chairs and now my friend is last and she's beating herself up about it and she thinks that she's awful because he beat her even though he shouldn't have
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT BECAUSE I LOVE HER AND I WANT HER TO HAVE A GOOD CHAIR

Respectful clarinet squeaks BIG OOF.
But, I was put next to my section leader last year, and I didn’t do any assignments. And yeah I found out it was for my health concerns.

Respectful clarinet squeaks

I love that

I have a special flute it's like 4 inches longer, and has 2 extra keys. I can go all the way up to a third octave E flat, and first octave, below that already really low C, to A flat. It adds like 4 extra notes.

SPutters You have a B flat Foot joint! I want one so badly, does it make the upper register more difficult to hit?

Even though I’m a clarinet, I have to say the Flute is the most dominate instrument, but do you have a Squidward to your clarinet?