Flute is not for the faint-hearted

A blog dedicated to the awesomeness and hardships of flute (with a bit of miscellaneous music, fandom and Australia/Perth mixed in)

[asoftpsychnerd]

obscure but important question: do all brass and sax players just instinctively wear gold jewellery? do all other woodwind players instinctively wear silver?

[elly-fant]

I started to wear mixed silver and gold (I have a ring and a necklace that are made out of both) after I got my Aurumite headjoint. Most of the time I wear silver, though!

[flute-for-your-life]

I wear silver because it matches my skin tone better than gold does. Just so happens that it’s the same colour as my instrument

[thefaultinourslides]

Finally, something I can do

[khdailydrawing]

daily drawing week 11

flute 2: C western concert flute

[musicforyourplants]

[boy-matt-deactivated20181204]

*slams reblog*

[ariesaav]

Klezmer dolphins.

[willcub-deactivated20180521]

I don’t know that I’ve reblogged anything faster in my entire tumblr life.  

[deadwithoutdata]

The one dancing and flailing at the end

[flute-for-your-life]

My flute case got a science upgrade!

[classical-carp]

[theviolin-deactivated20190722]

made a meme

[flute-for-your-life]

That winter practice aesthetic! First time playing in 18 months, and all my technique has unsurprisingly gone out the window

[keyofcsharpminor]

What did the musician say when they were asked if they were going to play a woodwind instrument?

“absoflutely!”

[violapianolife-blog]

get out

[soyoumusik]

every time I’ve gotten off a plane this year and an attendant spots my instrument: “oh you could’ve played for us!!”

no sir I could not have but thank you for somehow making me feel guilty for not practicing on the plane

[doubleflopflat]

playing with too much espressivo

accidentally playing a minor 2nd with your section

ignoring 1st time repeat and 2nd time repeats and getting lost af

ignoring time and key signature changes and making the worst sounds ever

sight reading contemporary scores

playing a solo and faltering on one note

missing your sectional cue and hits

wasting your time instead of practising your new part and then getting to rehearsal trying to sight read the whole part

double tounging

excessive articulations

[in-the-key-of-f-major]

musician problems

wanting to practice when it’s 12.45am but not when it’s 3pm

[aki-anyway]

When someone says these days sexism and misogyny don’t exist anymore show them this.

[flute-for-your-life]

Update

Still have not picked up my flute. It has now reached 18 months since the last time I played. Full-time work is a real time-vacuum.

[classicalcarp-deactivated201805]

under the c

[viola-and-chill]

noo

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i can’t believe you made me look at this with my own eyes

[flute-for-your-life]

music asks everything ending with 4 :)

Oh, boy…

4. What do you need to work better on in your music?Everything. I haven’t practiced in over a year, so I would’ve lost a lot of things, but mainly my tone and my breath control, so when I pick it up again, those are the things I’ll need to work on.

14. What would you advise a person who is struggling with their music learning?Take it as slow as you need to, but don’t give up. You will eventually get where you want to be.

24. When do you feel the happiest, music-wise?When I finally, repeatedly get a section that I haven’t gotten for a long time and it’s taken a lot of work to get there, and I’m finally there.

34. Have you every cried because of a beautiful piece?No, I don’t think I have.

44. How is a normal practice session for you?Short to non-existent.

54. Have you performed for 200+ people?Many times, but always in a band or choir, never as a soloist (unless it was within aforementioned groups).

Thanks for that :)

[piccolojesus]

Ah yes, the great mystery of the tunable piccolo