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yeah, the one downtown bellevue.. if you go there in the evening, when the roads quiet (aka after say 10 pm ) you can hear them screeking about.. i used to live down there and shop at that qfc, heard and saw them often..

lovely instrument, the native american flutes :smile: very earthy and pleasant sounding.. blaloch has mentioned lots of methods for interesting effects.. i liked trilling with the back of my tongue to make a dove like sound with my native flute in some of my more somber playing times.. good luck to ...

Hope the little fella's doing well :smile: they are lovely little critters.. I know here in Seattle its quite natural for the bats to be out and about.. even our plants are budding with this casual winter we're having.. its like a cool spring... fleas didnt get to die off, mosquitoe's either, it see...

i have found that same 'sweet spot' on both of my flutes, one is a hall glass, and the other is a romy benton bamboo.. the sweet spots are a little different, but when you find it.. its lovely!

absolutely lovely song.. i heard it just last saturday at a local pub sung by Hanz Araki who often plays in Setanta.

is this forum for Only Irish flute??

it seems to be the same song, in essence, but it sounds different, as it would be in a different key. i think the thing is wanting to be able to play the same song on a different flute but in the key it was written, not transposing.. so a song in d, played by a flutest in d, can be accompanied by a ...

well, beyond this new love of my life :wink: i am learning on a hall crystal flute (d) it sounds much brighter and lighter even though its low d, only one note higher, and i have small celtic harp. i listen to a lot of celtic music and all the flutes and whistles there seem so bright and chipper, bu...

i'm still quite new at flutes, but from the thread i gather no one has noticed ill effects to the flute from various drinks being consumed while playing? I heard warning to always rince out your mouth with water after consuming anything with sugar before playing a wind because residual sugar would g...

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thanks :smile: i shall have to look for that.. it sounds lovely.. and i am very much in love with the e flat flute.. so low and haunting.. i suppose i dont 'need' e flat sheet music, but some habits die hard.. i like to play what i see note for note, i'm not so fluent in other flutes to be able to k...

I just purchased a lovely bamboo flute in the key of e flat, the relative minor scale. It is just wonderful to play. I was wondering if anyone has any recommendations for books or songs written in e flat that I could pick up to play with my new flute? i know sheet music isnt the traditional way to l...