Can You Hear the Difference Between a Cheap and Expensive Alto Flute?

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  • Опубликовано: 19 окт 2024

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  • @diezwiebel6873
    @diezwiebel6873 2 года назад +55

    As a young flute player I really appreciate the flute content you make! I personally felt you were playing more comfortably with your Sankyo flute. I’ve never got my hands on an alto flute before but I would love to, and if I could I think I’d try to arrange the second movement of the Sibelius violin concerto, since alto flute’s tone color seems fitting for that piece.

  • @isidoragonzalez23
    @isidoragonzalez23 2 года назад +19

    The song that you played is one of my favorite songs, its called "The girl from Ipanema" I love that song I cant believe you played it!!! And that flute looks really cool, now I want to play it. Today I had an 8 hour band rehearsal because we were the only middle school in the state to get selected for the UMEAs in Utah. Its next week!!!

    • @Allbbrz
      @Allbbrz Год назад

      Welcome to the world of the Brazilian Bossa Nova :-)

  • @Justiceone88
    @Justiceone88 2 года назад +17

    I’m a beginner, I played flute in middle school (32 years ago!), I just bought a Y-222 and just found your channel….. looks awesome……. I’m so excited!!!
    Thank you 🙏 🌹

    • @flutechannel
      @flutechannel  2 года назад +2

      Hi Sara! I have loads of videos for you to check out. Dive in and leave comments or questions. I'll try to get to them! Happy practicing, you got yourself a nice flute!

  • @Balzac241
    @Balzac241 2 года назад +6

    J'ai recommencé à jouer de la flûte (J'ai pris des leçons pendant une douzaine d'années) après 20 ans d'arrêt. Je découvre tout ce qui est disponible aujourd'hui pour apprendre et je suis tombée sur cette chaine. Je sentais l'accent francophone (no offense!) et j'ai compris qu'on habitait la même ville , probablement pas très loin! Bravo, les vidéos sont super bien faites et elle me rappelle plein de souvenirs! C'est sûr que je vais tout regarder!

  • @BrellCover
    @BrellCover 2 года назад +13

    They sounds good! I wish I could have one.
    1700 USD sounds affordable, I thought basic alto flute is expensive, probably because it's really rare to see alto flutes in my country, at least amongst average musicians... Thanks for this video!

  • @eduardafelix858
    @eduardafelix858 Год назад +7

    I'm learning the flute and your videos are so funny e your tips helps me a lot (especially the hawaii one), and i'm brazilian so you're helping me with my english too! Keep going, love your content❤️

    • @flutechannel
      @flutechannel  Год назад +1

      Thanks so much Eduarda! Happy practicing!

  • @flutechannel
    @flutechannel  2 года назад +7

    Hope I sparked your interest in this amazing budget Alto Flute! Have you ever tried Alto Flute?

    • @Thedreadedflutist
      @Thedreadedflutist 2 года назад +1

      Can you do one for bass flute comparing a budget bass and either the kotato/sankyo/Eva kingma bass flutes

    • @flutechannel
      @flutechannel  2 года назад +1

      @@Thedreadedflutist I would love to. But it'll most likely be a solo review. I don't think sankyo/Kigma will ever lend over a bass flute. I think the only bass flute in my area is a Yamaha gold plated bass. It's wasn't very good.

    • @Thedreadedflutist
      @Thedreadedflutist 2 года назад +1

      @@flutechannel That’s the very first bass I’ve played on while i was in college and i thought it was the most amazing thing. I now own a Pearl bass flute

    • @flutechannel
      @flutechannel  2 года назад

      @@Thedreadedflutist Nice bass to have! :)

  • @Heyyy630
    @Heyyy630 10 дней назад +1

    My band director is seeing if he can get an Alto flute for me to play. So excited for it and can't wait to try it!!

  • @samelliot9186
    @samelliot9186 2 года назад +5

    I played an alto flute in a flute group I really loved it we played the brandenberg symphony no 2

    • @flutechannel
      @flutechannel  2 года назад +1

      Thats so cool! I love Brandenberg!

  • @laceygreenwood
    @laceygreenwood 2 года назад +7

    Thanks for sharing. I have a Brio alto flute, and love it! I've had it for 10 years or so; it was a bit less with only the curved head joint. It sounds lovely, and is good enough for me. I'm thankful for it and have done a lot of transposing for it! ~ I enjoy your channel.

  • @Nara1Family2Rulez3
    @Nara1Family2Rulez3 2 года назад +4

    Oh wow, how nice! For that price it sounds great! Thanks for posting this.

  • @vonHolzwege
    @vonHolzwege 2 года назад +5

    I have a silver Haynes hand-made Alto. It is far and away the best Alto I have ever played.

    • @flutechannel
      @flutechannel  2 года назад +1

      Im sure its a really nice alto!

  • @PushpendraChauhan123
    @PushpendraChauhan123 2 года назад +1

    Great , Teacher 👍 language & flow very good

  • @CasteloNegro
    @CasteloNegro 2 года назад +3

    Oh, my. I lime this channel very much. This kind of video is interesting.

  • @Allbbrz
    @Allbbrz Год назад +1

    Quite cool ! My teacher showed me one of these just today. It is a nice sounding instrument. And thank you for that tidbit of "Garota de Ipanema" (Girl from Ipanema) :-)
    So I also back and forth between the video segments... I proud myself on have good hearing for music but I could not hear any difference... however, I suspect that you, Emily, youi will make anything sound quite good !!! (yeah, I'm giving all kudos I can :-) )

    • @flutechannel
      @flutechannel  Год назад +1

      Ill soon be reviewing the wood piccolo version and the full wooden c Flute. Im excited!

  • @SO-ym3zs
    @SO-ym3zs 2 месяца назад +1

    Instrument pricing is really wild. $1700 would get you a higher-end, professional-level electric guitar or bass, but the same money gets you what's considered a cheap, entry-level alto flute.

  • @organist1982
    @organist1982 Год назад +3

    The budget model sounds good, but I feel like your Sankyo has a more solid, more robust sound to it. Was that your perception when you compared them?

  • @BizetTV
    @BizetTV 2 года назад +4

    Alto Flute sounds Good ❤️

    • @flutechannel
      @flutechannel  2 года назад +2

      I simply love the sound of an alto flute!

  • @Metalpazallteway
    @Metalpazallteway 2 года назад +1

    I think I may have heard this flute in the in the last Jurassic World movie if I'm not mistaken. Beautiful sound

  • @Molb0rg
    @Molb0rg Год назад +1

    Dislike most flutes, but this one is first one I somewhat like, would be interesting to see it more

  • @manuelgonzales6483
    @manuelgonzales6483 2 года назад +2

    Thanks, I'm in the market❤🔥❤

  • @Tubluer
    @Tubluer 2 года назад +8

    $1700 for a decent alto? Hmmm.... tempting!

  • @itsbjorn
    @itsbjorn 2 года назад +5

    The difference in sound is the difference in price...but it sounds great for the price...THX

    • @flutechannel
      @flutechannel  2 года назад +1

      Totally, I can't emphasize how nice it sounds and feels.

  • @eolianflute5965
    @eolianflute5965 2 года назад +2

    Thank you ! very interesting ! Which pieces do you recommend me to play with the G flute ?? Thank you

    • @flutechannel
      @flutechannel  2 года назад +3

      Alot of jazz music and im sure you can find some music via musescore for alto flute, like alot of gabriel faure can be played.

  • @rustydog1236
    @rustydog1236 Год назад

    You sounded better with the straight h.j. I'm not 100% certain everyone would agree, but I personally think there's another alto out there for a few hundred more that sounds as good as your Sankyo.

  • @ethansilverstein26
    @ethansilverstein26 2 года назад +7

    When a budget flute is over a thousand dollars

    • @heeroru7781
      @heeroru7781 Год назад +1

      Welcome to the world of flutes

  • @J0514H_K
    @J0514H_K 8 месяцев назад

    Ok but where do you get the alto with the B foot joint cuz ill will spend my life saving on that. Lol

  • @OTRaihalaMusic
    @OTRaihalaMusic 8 месяцев назад

    Nice video, but why did you name Fauré, Satie and Bach, but not Jobim?

  • @MegaCloudygirl
    @MegaCloudygirl Год назад +1

    Can you recommend some accessible alto flute repertoire?

    • @flutechannel
      @flutechannel  Год назад

      I would check out FluteWorld website and look under the Alto Flute Music Collections.

  • @joyrisher8841
    @joyrisher8841 8 месяцев назад

    Now if I just had your breath control I could play an alto flute.

  • @itsbjorn
    @itsbjorn 2 года назад +3

    Maybe you could try their C flute...it's $199...closed hole...

  • @adamhenderly1602
    @adamhenderly1602 2 года назад +2

    The sound is pretty good

  • @A1mless6262
    @A1mless6262 Год назад +1

    So with the alto flute not being a concert pitched instrument, would I be able to read regular flute music with it or would it sound weird? Because I still can’t grasp that concept on transposing instruments.

    • @Terrasylum
      @Terrasylum Год назад +1

      It depends on what you mean by "read regular flute music." If you mean just playing by yourself and reading C flute sheet music you'll do all the same fingerings like a normal flute, it will just sound lower. If you are playing with others then it will not sound correct because the music you are playing should sound higher than you would be playing it at. Playing Left Hand first finger C on a C flute sounds like a C. Playing Left Hand first finger C on an alto flute will sound like a low G on a normal flute. I have no idea if this helped you or not I'm not the best at explaining.

  • @ABC-xv8nz
    @ABC-xv8nz Год назад +1

    Where are these made?

  • @Sebastian-gk5um
    @Sebastian-gk5um 2 года назад +1

    what about the bass flute that instrument is awsome

  • @michaellee2731
    @michaellee2731 2 года назад +2

    I wonder if you can also do Peter and the Wolf

    • @flutechannel
      @flutechannel  2 года назад +2

      Maybe! We did do an arrangement of the whole peter and the wolf with alto flute in the ensemble and it turned out great.

  • @normalizedaudio2481
    @normalizedaudio2481 2 года назад +2

    College flute choir always buys the cheap one. Used to be Armstrong.

    • @flutechannel
      @flutechannel  2 года назад +1

      These ones are way better IMHO and made of quality components, I was truly surprised.

  • @tomer.aviation
    @tomer.aviation 2 года назад +2

    Too many pieces to put together, so I guess I’m sticking with my Boston Signature IG lol

  • @michaellee2731
    @michaellee2731 2 года назад +3

    I wonder if you can play prokofiev 4th movement on the alto

  • @montealegreluis5983
    @montealegreluis5983 2 года назад +3

    Nou way :0 I thougth it was a complete octave lower than the standard flute one... is it just 4 notes emily ??

    • @flutechannel
      @flutechannel  2 года назад +2

      Yup, not super low at all. But a totally different color palette. A totally different instrument.

    • @montealegreluis5983
      @montealegreluis5983 2 года назад +2

      @@flutechannel and is there any flute 1 octave lower than the regular ??

    • @WorldofIntenseArtie
      @WorldofIntenseArtie 2 года назад +2

      @@montealegreluis5983 Bass Flute

    • @stephr5914
      @stephr5914 Год назад

      @@MyRackley I think at the time, it was the lowest flute so hence bass flute. Bass flute came out later

  • @rubyreyna5106
    @rubyreyna5106 2 года назад +2

    Can you play flute when you have a cupid's bowl because I started playing flute in school but my teather told me that I had cupids bow, he said I should play side ways

    • @flutechannel
      @flutechannel  2 года назад

      we have whole video about embouchure, take a look. But you should be alright. A lot of people have different shapes but perhaps the video will help out.

    • @carpediemarts705
      @carpediemarts705 2 года назад

      Keep playing.

  • @АкустикБюро
    @АкустикБюро 2 года назад +2

    Huge difference

  • @stratoleft
    @stratoleft 8 месяцев назад +1

    Where does it ever stop? I mean, why even bother? All I know is guitar, because that's all I've ever been around my entire life. I know the critical functions of what's required of it. And I assure you. EVERYBODY, their brother, their brother's sister, and their aunts and uncles, have an opinion on the matter. Obviously, EVERY MUSICAL INSTRUMENT IN THE WORLD, has an involved approach and construction to achieve the desired results of sound and tone. As per Edward Van Halen: tone is EVERYTHING. Take a close look, if you can, at a violin or cello. What one detail, what one thing or single aspect of just those two instruments alone, would be easy to craft and construct? Answer: Nothing! What about Ludwig's or Gretsch's drum kit ensemble? I wouldn't even begin to know where to start. Or, quite literally, finish. As in the finishing processes. When it comes to guitar, I've seen, and heard,.. it all. So, you could dance, pun intended, around this subject for so long the cows would give up, refuse to come home, and go somewhere else. There's really no point at all in doing it. To put it mildly, you can thank the craftsmen, who actually came up with the concept of whatever instrument you play. And then, actually bring that concept, known as the musical instrument, to a functional entity to begin with. And then, and make it available to the likes of you.

  • @felixjansz8638
    @felixjansz8638 2 года назад +2

    Can you play California dreamin

  • @michaellee2731
    @michaellee2731 2 года назад +3

    I have an alto flute I have a pearl alto flute

    • @flutechannel
      @flutechannel  2 года назад +1

      Nice, pearls can be very nice!

  • @wolfgangvanchopin4093
    @wolfgangvanchopin4093 Год назад +1

    hey this is out of topic do you play for osm

    • @flutechannel
      @flutechannel  Год назад +1

      I've played for other orchestras in the city and solo with orchestras.

    • @wolfgangvanchopin4093
      @wolfgangvanchopin4093 Год назад

      WoW thanks for ur answer@@flutechannel

  • @GorillaWithAPhone
    @GorillaWithAPhone Год назад +1

    BUDGET IS 1,700?!

  • @willistaylor4077
    @willistaylor4077 2 года назад +2

    ❤️❤️❤️❤️🥰🙂

    • @flutechannel
      @flutechannel  2 года назад +1

      Thanks so much Willis happy you liked the video!

  • @Juan-xr9xm
    @Juan-xr9xm 2 года назад +1

    But, that isn't a bass flute??????? They look a lot alike

    • @flutechannel
      @flutechannel  2 года назад

      Alto is around 1/3 the size of a bass

    • @organist1982
      @organist1982 Год назад

      @@flutechannel I think you meant 2/3! 😅

  • @riarive3754
    @riarive3754 11 месяцев назад

    I'm 56 am I to old to learn?

    • @flutechannel
      @flutechannel  11 месяцев назад +1

      Not at all! Go for it! Happy practicing!

    • @riarive3754
      @riarive3754 11 месяцев назад +1

  • @DCFunBud
    @DCFunBud 2 года назад +3

    But, is it cool?

  • @Conta_Google
    @Conta_Google 2 года назад

    I can't hear any difference 🤭