Why is the flute so hard to play
10 things I wish I knew before I started the flute
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knew about the flute before I started
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check it out number one it's not spit
its condensation I'm serious guys it is
not spit it is condensation people are
gonna be like yeah that's so gross out
of all the wind instruments we are the
one instrument that doesn't actually we
don't touch the instrument with any
inside part of our mouth we touch it
with the bottom part of our lip it's not
spit its condensation number two meet
your new best friend no not that one
nope not that one that one yep you're
gonna spend a lot of time playing in the
really high register so you want to make
really good friends with these ledger
lines cuz you're gonna be hanging out a
lot your flute is going to be shiny for
about five minutes when you get it and
then it's gonna start like oxidizing and
getting full of dust and all sorts of
things and you're gonna spend the rest
of your life trying to polish it clean
and make it look good there is nothing
more cliched then the whole food section
sitting there like polishing their flute
between you know in rehearsal between
bars of rest or whatever it's just the
way it is unless you have a gold flute
or platinum flute in which case get out
I'm joking I'm joking
that's great good on you this is a list
of the instruments that we are louder
than and this is a list of the
instruments that are louder than us yep
the flute is a famously very quiet
instrument not exactly your loudest
instrument you know but don't worry we
have two things to comfort us number one
we still later than recorders number two
if people complain about you being too
soft hello
speaking of recorders most people have
no idea what the flute is gonna be like
oh you play the flute you do me like
you're gonna play the flute and be like
is that that one you may be like no
that's that's the recorder or the
clarinet
some of them might think it's a clarinet
so you're gonna spend a lot of your life
educating people about the flute this is
what an average piece of flute music
looks like yep that's that's the one we
have to play a lot of notes in a really
short space of time for a lot of our
life so get used to it
many musicians won't take you seriously
I mean in their defense we don't even
know what to call ourselves like flutist
florists flute player I mean I would
struggle to take someone seriously that
doesn't even know how to you know name
themselves call themselves don't try and
argue with people on this one you know
especially a string player like they
have works by all the great composers we
we cannot compete there are no facts you
can lay on the table if you're having
problems with anybody just take your
piccolo out again play some really high
G's maybe even some high seas and just
wait for them to go away it should
happen pretty fast
the second you pick up a flute into your
hands you are going to be entering into
the world of competition flute players
you know and most musicians but flute
plays especially are famously
competitive and before you're one of
those players they're like no man I love
all of my flute playing friends we're
all great oh really is that sorry
think very carefully now my friends
think very carefully there is always
that little ooh what piece of you busy
playing ooh what gig have you got next
weekend Oh what are you doing this
holiday and we're always just measuring
each other up a little bit yes I
encourage us not to do that yes we
will do and it's you know very bad on
healthy behaviors but I say the first
step to recovery is admitting that it's
there and welcome to the world of
feeling guilty about breathing all the
time as flute players we are not allowed
to breathe we have pieces like ba where
we're you know told oh breathing ha ha
there is no good place to breathe or
that one day BC where people are like
it's competition who can get through
this whole thing without breathing
you will feel guilty about every breath
you take from now on my friends so take
your last good breaths if you haven't
started playing the flute yet and then
welcome there is such a thing as bad
tone days it's real it happens to all of
us when you have in one of them don't
think it's in your head or you making it
up it's real it says it's a true story
they are 10 times worse than bad hair
days and they happen a lot more
frequently I'm gonna throw in a little
bonus number 11 here and that is that
you are going to love your flute as much
as you thought you would if not way more
and if any of these points should deter
you don't let them this is an awesome
instrument and/or welcome to the flute
family if you have decided to join us
share this guys share this with your
flute friends and just spread the flute
love it is a cool instrument is it a
great community to be a part of so let's
all keep smiling keep laughing and
having lots of fun with Alfred
