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Typically when I play an F above the staff is when I start to hear it

I would need to see & hear you play to know for sure. It’s possible that your embouchure is too tight. If you want to send a short video to me by Facebook messenger, I might be able to take a better guess.

@luellyndollard Oh ok I had a feeling, thank you. I don't have Facebook/messenger...

@sofiaperez2689, if you'd like to email it to austinflutesociety@gmail.com with Attn: Luellyn in the subject line, I can get it there.

@@s0cialreject, Congratulations!! Good luck to you in January. Happy practicing!

Sorry for the late reply. I was on vacation and didn't have internet access. I assume the audition on Saturday was for region orchestra, so hopefully you are still going to be auditioning for region band in early December. When high notes don't respond after a lower note, it's because we are waiting too late to increase the airspeed. If you speed up the air right on the high note, sometimes it's too late. I try to speed up the air, or crescendo, during the lower note, and then the high note just pops out of that. Let me know if that makes sense. Basically, speed up your air/crescendo before you get to the high note, not after.

Thanks, William! Hope you are doing well too!

@@curtiscurry5775, thank you!!

@@BubbyCauldron, you’re welcome! Thanks for watching!

Congratulations!!! I’m sure you will LOVE playing with your all-state group!

I’m on vacation with my family at the moment, so I don’t have access to my music or a metronome, but I try to record these as close to the high end of the TMEA recommended tempo range as possible.

Hi! Thanks for your comment. Yes, the tempo is very fluid. It should sound a little like you're making it up as you go along. I'm not slurring at the beginning - it's just very legato; the notes are tongued, but very long. Unfortunately, I seem to have misplaced my sheet music, so it's hard to give specific tips. I would learn it in a very straight, accurate rhythm to begin with, so that you know the written rhythm very well, before messing with the tempo. Once you're solid on the written rhythm, you can do some push and pull with the tempo. In very general terms, start a phrase slowly, speed up a bit in the middle (within reason), and slow back down at the end of the phrase. If you are able to take private flute lessons in your area, that would help you a lot - even if only a few to get some feedback on your interpretation. Good luck to you! This is a very fun piece to play.

@@luellyndollard Thank you so much! This is very helpful. I appreciate you taking time to respond!

Thank you! Miss playing with you, too!

Thanks, Mr Allen!

Thank you!

I like how you play the piccolo

@@LuisOrtiz-d9h, Thank you!

Thank you! Only two horns. They're hiding behind the strings somewhere.😁

Thank you! Super fun to play this way, too.

Thank you! You just made my morning.

Thank you!!

Thank you!!

Thank you! I hope your auditions go well.

I try to make lower notes feel louder than higher notes. Then they end up balancing themselves out. In slower tempos, if you speed up the air in the middle of the lower note, the higher note will speak more easily and stick out less. It kind of just pops out of the lower note, if that makes sense. If you wait until the high note to speed up the air, it will be loud and shrill.

Thank you! Good luck on your audition!

Thank you!!

Thank you!

Thank you!

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Thanks, William! We miss you in Austin!

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Sure! I usually do, but for some reason I didn’t this year. I’ll try to have those up in a week or so.

They're up! I put them all in one video, but there are time stamps in the description so you can go directly to whichever one you want to listen to.

Thank you for listening!

That probably works. I'd have to hear it to know. You're probably tonguing very forward in your mouth, and more between your teeth than behind, which is fine.

Well, you need to learn all of it. They probably won't have you play the whole thing, but you don't know which part they will choose, and it will be different at region than at area. Sometimes you have to play the whole etude, but that's usually when the etude is under one minute in length.

Thanks, Laura!

Quarter note = 100. The practice version at the end of the video is 1/2 tempo (eighth note = 100, or quarter = 50, subdivided)

@@luellyndollard so this the the audition tempo

@@monica7878, yes, the top end of the tempo range. 88 is the bottom end of the tempo range, so you don’t necessarily have to play it at 100.

Thank you!!

Thank you! It really was so much fun.

It is a Prima Sankyo. 9K with silver keys and a 10K head joint (a replacement of the original). I bought it used from a good friend for about $10,000, more than 20 years ago. They don't make the 9K flutes anymore, so a new, roughly equivalent 10K Sankyo flute would cost about $23,600 today.

Unfortunately, I don’t know! The etudes are usually just 3-4 lines and the copies I have don’t have the original titles on them.

@@luellyndollardaw OK but thanks I think my friend at the highschool might have it so I'll. Ask her for it but thanks anyways

It’s one of my favorites!

Thanks, Mr. Allen!!

I took a string sextet from imslp & changed it up for 2 flutes and 4 altos. (violin parts became flute parts, violas and cellos became alto flutes.) I can send you my hand scribbled notes (penciled in on the string parts), but I don't know how legible it would be.

@@luellyndollard Thank you for your reply! Unfortunately, I don't have access to four alto flutes. But using mostly altos sure does make for a rich sound. Loved it.

@@janeullmann3697, Thank you!

Aww!! Thank you!

Thank you! It’s a satisfying piece to play.

Thank you!

About 60 bpm at the beginning and 63-66 after the fermata.