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Yes that's it! Thank you.

Hi Jeff, I've been to Swannanoa several times, and to the Celtlc week twice. Here's my take: 1. You just never know what kind of instructor you'll get. They are all wonderful musicians and wonderful folks; that doesn't mean they're all teachers. That's not a dig in any respect; just the way it is. 2...

Thanks to Pandora, I've come across what I think is a wonderful combo: Lilt. They are a US-based duo of flute/bouzouki. The Celtic flute player, Tina Eck, is just my style, though I'm not exactly sure what that style is. I think it's "East Galway." I very much like simple/not over-ornament...

I did search. There was a thread on a good book about how to breath when playing Celtic flute. Came out in the past few years. Ring any bells? Thank you.

John
North Carolina, USA

[Thread revival. - Mod.] I thought I'd share what I came up with. I have several guitar stands; one is pictured. I removed the lower "shelf," which allows the upright support to lower right to the floor, which makes it low enough for my flutes to lean against. These pictures are on a carp...

Maki's link to thesession list of 41 slip jigs is great. Here's one I enjoy: Promenade, which Kevin Burke and Micheal O'Domhnaill did on their CD of that name: http://youtu.be/J7XzqjndH-Q

John

I too have just discovered Steph Geremia's "The Open Road" and think it's lovely. I'd also add to this list Jérôme Palac'hig's CD "Maudy's Hut." Very nice flute CD.

John

I'm curious whether this old news to folks. I happened to be listnening to music with an-old style set of headphones -- the kind that cover the entire ears. After a tune, I happened to pick up my flute to play a bit. I happened to forget that I had my headphones on. WOW! The sound of the flute was v...

For the past 3 years I have had a keyless Forbes delrin D flute, which I really enjoyed. It works fine for Celtic, which is why I bought it. B/c I play other genres that require accidentals, I’ve recently acquired a Copley D delrin flute, 8-keyed. I like the sound of the Copley much better. So my qu...

My Forbes delrin flute has no cork on the joints; I leave "assembled" on my desk all the time. Now I have a Copley delrin, and there's cork on the joint. I'm ignorant; is it OK to leave my flute assembled all the time, for easy access? Or should I take it apart regularly so the cork does n...

I've had a keyless D Forbes delrin; just received a keyless C Dave Copley delrin. Very sweet sound. I'm finding the breath/embouchure I use for the D doesn't work for the C. Since I've had it all of 2 days, I figure there's a learning curve. Is that right? I'm ignorant (been playing 2 years). Does a...

Curious if there are any sax players out there. I've started and learned quite quickly -- for me -- that playing sax makes my flute emoubouchre sux. It'll come back after 5-10 minutes, and playing whistle accelerates it. I found that fascinating and wonder if there are any others out there who can s...

Looks very nice, Doug.

Thank you very much, Rob and others. Yes "breathing endurance" in the subject line was a bit imprecise. This has been very helpful. The James Galway video prompted an "aha!" moment. I've always thought that the best embouchure was the tightest, but as Sir James suggests, a "...

Let’s say I’m playing a lengthy medley on flute at a session. I find that after several minutes on flute, my sound “deteriorates.” It’s not lack of breath, but it’s lack of something. If I then switch quickly to whistle for a minute and then switch back, the flute sound is fine again. To me that sug...