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Yes, Jim, I have no doubt you are right. I've been messing with my wooden flute a bit lately and I think I'm starting to get the hang of it more and I'm enjoying it. Not sure what I'll do with the blog. If I have the time I may turn it into, as crookedtune said, a way to document my progress. Ideall...

Congrats!

Very good point about the wait thing. And yes, for that price you could probably get a decent Boehm. And as a bonus, if it is made of silver that appreciates where wood does not.

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Thanks kkrell. I have Albums 1 and 3 of the wooden flute obsession cds. I also have three of Molloy's albums, Paddy Carty, Conal O Grada, and Colm O'Donnell. Still collecting lol.

Thanks Cubitt. I have an M & E flute in rosewood and I'm working on getting to know it better.

That is a good question MTGuru! The classical perception is "in tune" = A 440. But I read in Grey Larsen's book that that might not be the same definition used in ITM.

benhall.1- I agree with you in some respects, I like things to be in tune. Maybe it was just drilled into by private instructors and directors :boggle: Jim- I thought perhaps that might be the case. Nature of the beast I suppose. As an aside, are you using throat vibrato in your clip? That is very i...

So how much attention do you all generaly pay to your intonation, as far as when you are playing alone (I know that obviously if you are playing with others you want to be in tune with them)? I sat down with a tuner a couple of times and just about lost my mind

Jason- Thanks! Yes, that does make a lot of sense. It kind of feels like the airstream needs to go deeper into the simple system than it does in the Boehm. Also, with the Boehm it is generally suggested (I think) that you open your throat up as wide as possible for the lower register. I also let a g...

Ok then, good to know

Ok....one of the biggest problems I've had when trying to play my simple system flute is the intonation. Coming from a somewhat classical background, you are supposed to keep each and every note at A 440 and each note should have the same sound qualities as the next. So when I pick up my rosewood fl...

Thank you!

Thanks for the apology hans, that was very kind

Flute on,

Eden