What people think is hard on the flute VS what is actually hard
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What’s actually hard on the flute:
Playing in tune with the other flutes
Imagine tuning piccolos. Spoiler alert: you just don’t.
I apologize on behalf of all men for all the flute jokes you get.
@@pisaun the adjustment of the cork
Lmao
I played in a band, the tuning of the flutes/piccolos took as long as tuning the rest of the instruments
what's actually hard on flute: *breathing*
Yeah my teacher told me I breathed too much… so no breathing for me?
Yup pretty much
Yep
Fr
@@carisamartin3978 Yep
Side affects may include: Lung failure, frequent fainting, heart faliure, headaches, shortness of breath, and even death. Talk to your band director about FLUTE today
oof
😂
Best comment 🤣
Welp im a flute player and this is true!
Lol this is so true
As a flute player, I have never seen a more relatable video ever 😂
Same 💀😂
Same 😂
Same 😂
Same 💀
FR
Friend way back in middle school-“Why’d you pick orchestra over Band?”
Me-“So i can breathe when I want to”
💀✋
- low brass section
@@okavara3833 💀💀🤙
-High brass section
Woodwinds are de best
The clarinets and flutes (I play both-) ;-;
Woodwinds are are crying..
I don’t think ppl realize that she’s circular breathing and it’s literally like the hardest thing to ever do especially with maintaining that tone quality on long notes 😳 she’s a god
No, I caught the circular breathing. She's just really fsking good at it. XD She did an amazing job.
As soon as she started playing the hard part I tried circular breathing (yet again) and failed miserably (yet again)
The fuck is circular breathing??
Thanks ned, now I have to look up what circular breathing is 🤨🧐😤
I was just like, TAKE A FUCKING BREATH, WOMAN 😳
it’s funny how flute teachers always tell you where and when to breathe like okay it sounds better but there will be no sound if i don’t breathe when i need to 😭😭
I'm sorry but I'm not breathing when they want me to, I'll breathe every time I need to. That's non-negotiable LOL
@@exceptionaltalentspc4954 real
My director once asked me to play a 18 bar passage in one breath. Problems included the fact that :
1 this was for marching band
2 it was the ballad
3 it was a solo
4 we had a long ass show so I had just been running around the field for like 5 minutes before this
6 I was mic’d up
7 the microphone was right next to my embouchure hole (or whatever the hole is called. You’d think I’d know after all these years)
8 I have asthma
9 it was November and I’m freaking allergic to the weather
Band was rough that year😭
@@tuttiflooti I'm facing the same situation. I wish I could do it but I cannot. So frustrating. As soon as a new flutist join in, I'm out of there.
@@tuttiflooti DAMN i‘m so sorry 😾😾 your teacher shouldn‘t have done that
My lungs and mouth muscles are screaming just listening to those beautiful, mellow, low, tortuous notes lol.
For the people that don’t play the flute and don’t understand this: Pretty much what’s harder for us flutes is playing long notes. Like in the second part, making the sounds longer is so much harder than playing fast.
Keeping the pitch from going flat or sharp is a bitch
I don’t play flute and I already knew that
@@becky1115iwnbe I knew this before I read the comment, but only after I saw the video, what you said is practically commentary for the video. I would have said "it's harder because you can't take as many breaths and to hold notes for longer is hard" that's my take anyways.
Oh my god holding a good tone, pitch, AND breath support for long notes is the worst thing on flute ever. If I ever see 3-5+ measures of holding a note and its at anything other than mf, it's over. I'm gone.
When you forgot to take a breath right before the 3 tied whole notes with a fermata at the end or middle of a piece. That goes for all wind instruments, like I play bass clarinet in my high school band.
What’s really the hardest:
Actually having the motivation to practise
Haahahahahahah truee
So true!
@Joan-Elise Butler We must appease Ling Ling so as to not induce war (and also to get some flute gang merch 👉👈)
As well as having extreme capacity for high notes, they also make for deadly pea-shooters with some practise
If you can practice slowly, you can practice quickly!
Practice every day!
Duuuuuuude, the vibrato!!! I just know that her embouchure is wonderful to hit those low notes!!!!
This is so true like as long as you memorize as many notes as you need your basically fine, but when you’re holding your breath for a long period of time, without being able to take any breaths, or anything then that’s hard. I completely understand that because I’ve been playing flute for at least a year and trust me a hard!
I ran out of breath just watching her.
Fr tho-
SAMEEEE 🥵🥵🥵
It's not her "talent." It's the flute. Watch her "comparison" videos. She buys incredibly expensive high-end models that very few can afford & last time I saw a clip, she was ... talking (I'm being nice here) about being unemployed other than a handful of students (so i also wonder "who gives her the money?"). My gold Miyazawa "played itself" -- I exhaled gently & she sang. Ibert? like magic. Totally effortless. Don't give this girl the credit. Go try a $10-15K flute esp. with a Brogger mechanism & you'll play as well as her & probably better (I mean that as encouragement)
@@Discerning_Viewer wtf XD
Yes, I felt out of breath too while watching it :)
being on swim team at the same time as actively playing the flute was a godsend for me, cuz both helped with breath work and breath support for each other
Wonderful !
I'm picturing you playing the flute while swimming now
Same with me but I’ve been a singer for 5 years
I also swim and play flute
Bro my friend also is on a swim team and play the flute he can play for so long
I had to quit swimming tho 😔
As a flute player It is really hard to hold your breath and play for so long. It takes so much air.
this is so true, switching fingers is very easy once you learn. Holding your breath is killing us😭
The control that she has is amazing! Both of these aren’t easy (because the speed and technique for the first one takes a lot of practice to sound as clean as it does) but the second one truly is rough no matter what
Not no matter what play by ear and don't open up all the keys open up the ones that you need to open he will find yourself cutting your work in half and being twice as good as you ever thought
Is it hard because the amount of air she has to blow without breathing in?
@@apocratos0174 it's because of the breath control needed to hold the long sustains
So she's essentially only talking in respect to her own self.
@@creepcrafting56 thanks man...
my lungs are dying watching this and i haven’t played the flute in five years
My asthmatic ass with a peak flow of 410 could never
Cant you use circular breathing method for that?
@@makian_real i could be wrong, but i think that's what she's going here?? Which just makes it another level of crazy impressive
It's always sad when someone gives up an instrument. Play it again
@@rowanmelton7643 i’m happier playing the bass clarinet and the guitar
This is so accurate - low notes are sooo hard and need so much control. It kills us all ☠
As a flute player this is sooo relatable
People who don't know: oh look at the second part she's playing with full emotions bravo!
People who know: *holds breath for her*
And that’s without blowing full air
She was circular breathing
YOOOOOO THAT MAKES SENSE
"You can do it!" [...is she gonna do it?...wow she's doing it...]
Yep and try not to pass out at the same time
The whole time I was screaming "BREATHE, GIRL!! BREATHE!"
She (almost) isn't supposed to during this first phrase of Debussy's "Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune".
she’s not supposed to breath
Its called circular breathing go look it up
@@rux_99 No, she wasn't circular breathing
@Rux 99 😐
GIRL HOW ARE YOU SO TALENTED T-T lmao if i tried to play that first piece at my level now i'd actually die lmao. But a month ago my band did this piece where there were sooooo many slow sections and i was struggling to breathe on stage T-T so relatable
High nots are so easy!!! Just press random notes that sound nice and you got it.
@@d.a.b1404u learn any instruments that you need to blow cuz me as a flute player,high notes are kinda hard since it’s literally high notes
This is true for any instrument. Especially since the fast stuff is usually just scales of some kind. But a ballad or something slow esp can be super hard but also sound beautiful
The breath control is astounding. The first looked and sounded quite difficult, yes, but as a musician, the breathing in control is one of the trickiest skills one can accomplish. Well done :)
It's not her. It's the insanely high-end flutes that she manages to afford (more like are given to her) while unemployed (or maybe that's changed). Any $10K+ gold flute will play itself.
Circular breathing, guy above. Breathe in through nose, out through mouth.
@@Discerning_Viewer lmao no. Will a more expensive be better sounding yes, but often they can more difficult to play and certainly still take years of practice to get to where this lady is at
even with piano you still need good breathing techniques.
@@Discerning_Viewer ah yes, as we all know instruments are easy to play and require almost no skill
Everyone can breathe. Everyone can play flute. Not everyone can breathe and play flute simultaneously.
Haha, very true.
I can.... easily... since ever
She hid the tube going into her lungs REALLY well. You can hardly see it.
anyone can if they train circular breathing
I can't play the flute
Them b flats be takin it outta me fr 😭
FRRR
@@demodog-xr5hh like even for like b flat whole notes make me dizzy it’s scary 😭
As flute player, I can confirm that the breathing and vibrato are the hardest😢😢
Gotta love that moment where your breath support just dies and you have to keep holding the note out strongly but your insides just give up on you and you start dying but barely manage to stay alive by taking a super quick sharp breath that kinda ruins the note but keeps you alive so it's worth it.
Long but rtrue
I’m sure it’s nowhere near as bad but exact same thing happens when you’re singing and then your note starts shaking bc you’re actually dying but the only one holding it so you can’t drop… I once had to hold a note for 10 measures straight. Literally almost passed out I swear
I think you mean *breath* and not breathe!
I don't play the flute but this is the best answer!
Facts😂😂😂 same tho
"What’s hard on the flute vs what’s even harder on the flute"
I was thinking exactly the same haha
Literally
Eh. Runs are easy once you get the notes
Thanks ! Haha I was like * 1st one still is pretty hard *
Third year here, can relate. Already practiced today, going to again because I had success lately with intonation. It's fun so I'm milking it
As a flute player: this is accurate as hell
I've been playing the recorder for 11 years and this video is totally true. Low long notes are the killer of every flute player
What’s actually hard on the flute: Being heard when playing in a band (especially middle and elementary school orchestras)
I cannot go around a week without a person in the band saying they can’t hear me play
yesyesyes😭😩
@Sandy Hooker no way that’s too funny😂😂
"flutes, play louder"
Flutes:
As a percussionist, I apologize for the ridiculously loud snares that keep covering you up
I nearly passed out watching the second part, felt like I couldn’t breath
Same ;-;
Some Blowing instrument players learn an amazing skill that helps them play stuff like that, and that's breathing in and out at the same time. It's nuts
@@redheat465 It's not really breathing in and out at the same time. The technique is called "circular breathing" and how it works is basically you puff up your cheeks and let the air stored in them out while you breathe in through your nose. It IS very difficult to get any good at though.
I caught myself accidentally holding my breath.
Could someone tell me what's the title of the 2nd piece
As the Lonely Lonely Flute Player I approve this message.
fr my friend is just playing like it's a normal day and i'm over here trying to breathe cOrReCtLy
As a flute player, I can confirm this is correct. High notes are easy, but hitting those low notes kills all of us. Also, it takes so much air to play the thing, you have to stay hydrated so you don't get dizzy
yep
people think i'm crazy, but I actually love lower register
@@kalmingkalimbaofficial Yup, you're crazy 😂
Yessss
@@kalmingkalimbaofficial bruh same like for me the low notes are easy to get and have good tone
girl did you just play the entire flute solo of Prelude to afternoon of a fawn without breathing😨
Like what??? This was such a long phrase!
(Maybe she can breath circular?)
She was cycle breathing pretty sure but that's still IMPRESSIVE
@@mouhiazeck She was not circular breathing
She was circular breathing lol
I am a flute player myself sometimes if u can u would breathe through ur nose or stop for a second before playing again
as a professional flute player I can confirm this is so true 😢
So very true! The lower notes are much harder on a flute than the high notes.
Slowing watching Katie suffocate playing low notes that loud and long lol.
BREATHE KATIE BREATHE
*no in flute*
I don't have context on how much air flute requires, but I'd guess that she was practicing circular breathing. Definitely a tricky technique in itself although it's easier for woodwind instruments than say a low brass instrument.
@@gregorycosteas3539 I play the flute. It literally takes the most air.
@@jac-attack oh yeah, I'm familiar with the fact that in general lower sounds take more air whether it's a woodwind instrument, brass, or vocal cords. I'm just not sure how much as in the quantity it takes since I don't have a baseline to go off of relatively.
And being able to keep the vibrato consistent is mind blowing. Props to you, Katie.
I’m a clarinet player and seeing some of the flute players in my orchestra go straight from the fastest notes to long high semibreves for 9 bars is astounding.
Edit: ahhh I love how many orchestra players are here in the replies :D
Wait there us flutes in orchestra?
@@NoobGamer-1233 🤦🏼♀️
@@NoobGamer-1233 yes lmao
@@NoobGamer-1233 symphony orchestras include wind instruments
@@danielacervantes5487 cool
ikr this is so relatable as a flute player cuz at my band in school they make us play long warmup notes and its soo hard for me to hold the full thing
Beautiful tone control, I'm deadass impressed!
I love that one moment when you realise your lungs are just going to have to synthesize their own breath for a bit, yea
synthesize their own breath omfg, I played oboe for years and still would get dizzy and black spots in my vision while playing
@@stickyskittles101 Geez that's genuinely scary. I don't think it's good for you to deprive your brain of oxygen that long.
Omg synthesize their own breath is so funny lolol
omg fr😁 not like we need to breath at all
@@aniquinstark4347 Oboe is quite different from many other wind instruments in the sense that it requires quite a bit of pressure but not that much air.. so you'll often end up in the situation where you still have air in your lungs but no oxygen. You need to learn when to quickly exhale the stale air and get fresh air. That's usually the reason why oboe players (especially beginners) get dizzy or may faint... other reason is that it's surprisingly strenuous activity.
“They both look pretty hard to me,”
-Sun Tzu
谢谢孙子
Gonna keep this at 69 likes
The art of war
"That's what she said"
-Michael Scott
“Poggers”
-Sun Tzu
I'm in 5th grade and just learning the flute and MAN that C to D switch is killing me
as a flutist, I can confirm 💀
even as a clarinetist I feel this in my soul. complex rhythms are a little more tricky with your fingers, but in the end, they're really just up and down scales in some sort of pattern. playing slow is a lot harder than playing fast because you actually need to play with pristine tone quality, because there is no "wow" factor to cover up any bad quality.
Agreed.
Same other clarinetist
The hardest thing for me is glisses. Why? Because I literally can't play them at all xDD
Yes. Maintaining your tone while playing that slow, especially around the middle register, can require monumental effort.
i agree but it’s also even harder for us because half of our air if not more doesn’t even go into our instrument 😭
As a flute player, I can easily back this up. Long tones are so hard because of how much air it takes. Then again I struggle a lot with fast notes as well. -w-"
I am not a flute player, but I would assume that the fast notes are hard for a different reason than the drawn-out notes
When you have a long time inhale deeply sometimes before you even get to that part because sometimes there is no rest space between your regular paying that long note so you have to find out when to inhale to stay in timing when you blow a long note also make the orifice and your lips smaller your note will sound more crisp and it will last much longer
@@brendalg4 Well yeah, finger speed in the former. In the latter, the difficulty comes from maintaining tone on a low note through constant air speed/flow which requires circle breathing. This is the same for a lot of band instruments. Not to say going up and down scales is easy, but it's simply memorization, in comparison, proper airflow and breathing has a much higher skill ceiling.
Im a flute player and i definitely find 16th note runs are hard. Thats on like 7 years of playing flute too.
Do flute players ever feel faint/actually faint while playing the flute?
the low note…… NOPE BREATHING TAKES THE FIRST LOL😂
Omg, I got instant nostalgia. I used to be obsessed with the flute like 2 years ago, I never learned to play though (I already play 5 instruments so my parents were like "STFU, you have enough")
As a saxophonist who is trying doubling on flute:
*Playing the flute is the hardest thing to play on the flue*
😭😭
I play the clarinet and flute and it’s honestly harder to hold the notes longer on the flute 😭
saxophone is probably the easiest wind instrument
@@tylerj6327 yeah, that’s why I play it
As a saxophonist who tried doubling on the flute. I didn’t. I put it down and walked away 😂😂
as a flute player this is very accurate. We practice scales so incessantly we can play them at lightning speed like it’s nothing. But holding out tied notes on a slow tiempo is hard as hell… AND when you have to shape them it’s purgatory for our lungs.
True. Though I don't use all these terms because I practice a different "form" of flute. This is an English Classical. The first ever ones were Indian which is what I learn. There's Hindustani (North) and Carnatic (South) and then there's the recorder. Tbh these are not too hard. Though the speed is impressive but yeah breathing is a pain especially if it's a high note. I don't use sheet music so please no
I'm learning violin and I too, feel like even thought playing lots of notes quickly is hard, playing long tied notes in slow tempo is harder... I often run out of bow when playing those notes... QAQ
Still learning btw, not a pro by all means :'3
What i find interesting is that i was the exact opposite. 10 years of flute so far and i wasn't taught my scales until year 7. The slow, beautiful parts with breath control were my bread and butter aha
Ixtoally agree, i can play scales like nothing, its playing the clean long notes, even though i have really strong lungs.
FRRRR
Holding in your breath is the only hard thing on the flute 🫡
You have to breathe out for like 40 seconds😂
Do you ever wanna just learn every instrument to be able to understand every instrument player’s inside jokes at like 3 am?
Ok basically the joke is that these are
A. Low notes that take up a good amount of air
B. She's holding it out for a very long time and not breathing.
As a flutist, I can confirm that it is harder to do the second piece because we really have a hard time holding out notes.
No
@@bubbleteabeatboxx well you’re no fun
@@cookiedough7660 You don't know me. Just because I don't share one common trait with you doesn't mean that I am no fun.
@@bubbleteabeatboxx honey... do you know what a joke is? I don’t think you do. Looks like my joke was proven right 💀💀💀
That hurt just watching, I could feel myself loosing oxygen 😭
Nice UnO profile pic
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@@Hecatonicosachoron54 thanks :D
Same i end up losing air every five seconds🤧
I automatically held my breath for whatever reason
It's funny how you can instantly recognize it's Rite of Spring with just that one note.
Long songs with no rests is the death of me when i finish the room starts spinning and i get a pounding headache its not fun😭
As a flute player, this is one of the most accurate things I’ve ever seen.
Same
Yes, and I think we just love the fast and high notes anyway
@@DestinBeachImages yes, of course.
Yeah same
fr was gonna say the same thing
Playing those full low notes with dynamic range for THAT long. Oh my gosh. I was holding my breath with her.
Try oboe. It's like holding your breath the entire time you are playing. When I first started playing I and I needed air I tried to stop and breathe in. It created a weird confusing moment where I realized I couldn't breathe in but I actually needed to breathe out and then breathe in. It took a long time before I could use all of my air before needing to breathe again.
@@thejman3489 I play alto saxophone and I’ve had those weird moments too. When you run out of breath and try to breathe in sometimes I have to exhale out through my nose first.
She's doing circular breathing
@@weeps7798 I played saxophone for marching band in high school. The first time I played it I immediately ran out of breath. I was used to playing oboe and had to learn how to hold back my breath rather than trying to get rid of it. It was a fun instrument to play though. Most of the fingerings transfer exactly from oboe to saxophone.
@@thejman3489 can confirm having played flute for some years and finishing of my senior year playing oboe. I learned how to circular breathe to be able to hold out notes for longer
Those low notes be making me do things with my mouth I never thought I would do lol
It takes patience and practice, but in the end and when you get a hang of it, it is a beautiful instrument
So you’re telling me that Debussy “L’après midi d’un faun” is harder than Ron Burgandy’s jazz flute solo? I had no idea.
Ron Burgundy is trying to have a good time did you see is trying to make money you can tell by the way that they play
I can tell the internet has ruined my brain, because I've known about Debussy for years, but when I read it this time... well... my brain pronounced it a bit differently 😭
@@DishyLemon Da bussy
@@anixall oh no 😂
@@anixall sussy?
As a flute player, I can confirm.
This is 100% accurate.
I mean if you are athletic enough it really isn't a problem. Yes I do play flute.
both are hard for me 😭 i play flute too but my fingers don’t move fast enough 🥲 and then breathing just doesn’t exist 😃
yes, i can confirm
Bruh gotta agree
Is I flit pliyir I kin kinfirm
This is iqirit
As a beginner-ish flute player, I can confirm and deny- both are hard. 💀
Afternoon of a Fawn taking me right back to my days with my old Armstrong flute.
youtube algorithm: „that guy really watches everything so idgaf“
Same
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Definitely! Holding out those long tones are almost paralyzing on the embouchure (mouth positioning) as well as managing breath control if one has not yet learned circular breathing techniques.
💀
What is circular breathing?
@@ElsieDraco It’s an advanced and useful breathing technique used by Woodwind and Brass (flute, clarinet, sax, trumpet, etc.) musicians which enables them to play their instrument continuously without stopping to inhale. I’ve heard one way to master it is to practice inhaling through the nose while simultaneously blowing bubbles through a straw into a cup of water by using air collected in your cheeks. I almost drowned trying it, LOL!
@Elsie Draco blowing thru your mouth but breathing in thru your nose so you can hold a longer note
@@jaxxyjaxxyjax what the hell man, my diaphragm can only either contract or widen at a time
Her face at the end says: HELP ME. I CAN'T BREATHE.
As a flute player, I can stand by this. Today in band we had a highest and lowest note contest. I completely DESTROYED in the high notes but died during low notes. 😂😂😂
As a flutist, i can confirm we don't Breathe. I have a concert this december 14th and There is a part all us flutist want to die, but our play is still amazing lol
@nightmareXII:c I have a concert on the 16 and all of the flute section (includes me) have to repeat high b and a naturals in 8th noted
Omg same! Alvin jr?
People think a brass player has to have good lounges, but you get the sound relatively easily. They should look to the flute players.
Hope ur concert went well!
🤣🤣
Fun and somewhat obvious fact: about 80-90% of the air you expel playing the flute is actually not even involved in making sound.
Hmm.. what is it involved in then? Genuinely curious!
@@meganlsr I've been playing the flute for a bit and as long as I know, less air goes in the hole than what doesn't (cause you gotta aim for the higher part of the hole not the middle) since the thing that makes sound on the flute is the air vibrating the flute when it enters, you can't just dump all of it on the flute because then you just get a pffff noise. (yes I know, pretty sad) It also depends on the note though
Musician engineers get on this asap
@@nobirthday
Enter: The Fipple
...or Reed if preferred
Unfortunate and somwhat obvious fact: about 80-90% of the air expelled by Democrats/Liberals are lies. The rest of the air is used inflate their egos.
I'm guessing because during the first song, there was time for quick breaths but that second one had alot of sustained notes that allowed time for little inhaling and lots of exhaling.
I felt that "I'm out of air" hurt and I had plenty of air because I'm sitting on my bed scrolling reels
As a guitarist and a musical student, i can confirm arpeggios or scale is basically the eaziest thing to learn and play, the speed can be better through time. But not the techniques requires to play, every kind of musical instrument has their own techniques that might challenge your patience and strength to learn them
*Pianists would like to know your location*
@@kennanady2678 im at vietnam
@@kennanady2678 thank you cuz I was like, am I the only one?! 😅
I play the flute and the first song is definitely way harder to play than the second song
@@Anomatron I'd find the first song harder until I could get up to speed but I wouldn't be able to play the second song because I don't have the lung space.
for me personally, even managing to make a sound on a flute is hard
After 13 years of playing, I can confirm that making a sound is hard. I remember spitting rice across my flute teacher's floor for about 6 weeks before I could even make a sound.
Do you play Apex? I literally saw someone with this exact name on there.😂
@@eleanorcooke7136 oh my
@@eleanorcooke7136 Weird how some people are like this. I found making any sound on any other instrument more difficult compared to the flute/piccolo...
@@a_d3mon I guess it depends on each individual. I couldn't make a sound for ages and now my sound is really good so I think it depends on lip control for how quickly you can make a sound and then technique and lung capacity on how good your sound is.
Whats actually hard is getting scolded by your band teacher for making a mistake
everytime i play low notes i want to cry, it makes me lightheaded so much
I felt like passing out listening to the second piece. Like, that breath control is impeccable.
Indeed fast arpeggios are easy with the design of a flute. Long sustained legati and endless drawn out phrases requiring tone and calm are strenuous on the player.
Ever just read something in a language you don't understand, yet understood it based solely off context?
I’m more interested in your inconsistent use of plural forms of musical terms of Italian origin. Arpeggi is just as common as “arpeggios” but “legatos” is far more common than “legati” in this context.
@@SB-se7vb yes, I was wondering whether it's hard to project the flute in stadiums or stadia.
Play your flute in a big empty building for a big empty parking lot with a big building in it it is super awesome I did it and it was like playing with somebody that would repeat what I was playing a second and a half later so as you keep playing it almost sounds concert like that is totally awesome
@@Allen2 Lol, I know you’re being facetious, but that’s different, since that’s Latin and not in a musical context. Even though Italian is derived from Latin, they stopped predominantly using Latin in cultural works in Italy by the 16th century, and even before then, the literary equivalents of Tuscan dialects predated Modern Italian.
Now the clarinets can know our pain 😢
I can't even do the first but still felt this lol the skill of my playing is woefully revealed by holding notes
I’m surprised no one’s mentioned the pain of holding up your flute for long periods at a time. There’s nothing like a row of flautists slowly lowering their arms due to the exhaustion of hours upon hours of practice, and long compositions finally eking out their last bit of strength. Screw push ups or weight lifting! Play flute and feel the burn!
B U R N
It weighs nothing your arms are just weak
How much do u bench?
Ever marched with a baritone?
@@jfings4487 exactly and he's crying about something that weighs literally nothing lmfao
This is so true. The breathing is the hardest part! When I first started playing, just playing three notes made me light headed. Bit practice helps.
I remember in grade-school band we would often have breathing exercises where we held a single note as long as possible in one breath -- and for some reason, the teacher allowed the flute section (which included me) 2 breaths.
I still don't get why, though I DO understand that flute is about the only instrument you play by blowing "across" not "into" the mouthpiece.
When I first played the flute, I just tried to hold my breath underwater and each time, I would try to outdo myself and get better. I'm not sure if this is exactly what helped me with breathing longer but I do think it could be a good practice as well as normal breathing exercises.
I once passed out but still kept playing
A flute uses as much breath as a tuba because half of our air goes out instead of into the instrument
Your flute looks rose gold and I LOVE it
I know it’s just the wall paper reflection but stiilll
Also 100% relatable
As a multi musician, I can say that the flute build looks and seems like it is made for technical passages and higher notes. Plus, this is very accurate.
At first, when I started flute, it was like if I played two contra-alto clarinets at the same time.
When I was in high school, or director had us play Adagio for strings (we weren't an orchestra). The control you need to have to make that song seamless was nuts.
Yet the fact that you did it or attempted to do it and the fact that your teacher thought enough of you to even try that it's all good that says things
First song: the fingers are flying! Her breathing seems normal
Second song: WHEN DO YOU BREATHE????
Two words: circular breathing
You breathe in your nose and out your mouth at the same time lol
@@Rekker1 yeah, you just use the air in your mouth while you inhale and then go back to exhaling
NAHH THATS SO REALL 😭
whenever im on a bad flute day my lower register is straight up trash. but higher register remains pretty decent.
I understand you... I started flute in September
Fun fact, they do breathe when playing the flute, there is a special technique where you hold the air in your cheeks and inhale while using the air in your mouth, that being said... it's hard af to inhale that fast while keeping the tone consistent.
Edit: chat down there informed me that I am wrong, savage didgeridoo players informed me wrong, only a select few professions use this technique
You don't breathe in through your nose at all you set up your breathing as you go along as you get closer and closer to that long note you inhale more and more air letting us out until you hit that long note and then you let it out slowly it will sound longer and it will be much more crisp if you know how to whistle whistle normally and blow hard and then do the same thing again but use less air for the older people it is like adjusting a dial on a radio if you adjust it to the right of the station it may be louder but sound terrible that feels yes to the registration it will sound super great but you can't hear it now so you have to get it right there in the middle just like playing the flute I think the major key to being a awesome food pair is to open as few holes as possible unless you are going to hit a really high or low note opening fewer keys means less concentration and less memory which means faster learning take this information RUclips flute world go there and rock it even practice at a park for your school before or after people love that even if you are messing up they really do love it I'm a very good musician and I love the worst ones it really has a lot to do with the sound I think
@@toolguyslayer1 I don't know what you're rambling about.
@mortuusequusphobia lol not for what she played there. Yeah, breath notes are often written in, but that section didn't have a single one. I played trumpet, it's basically impossible to use circular breathing, but I remember when one of the flautists figured it out. She could play notes that never ended.
@@VidimusWolf with that attitude you may never know insert mind before behind because if you do not you are going through life backwards contrary to popular belief you cannot catch more flies with vinegar than you can with honey stop the weirdness and speak English
@mortuusequusphobia I don't know if you actually play the flute or not, perhaps you do but just haven't experimented with it yet. Look up "circular breathing". It's an advanced technique in music mostly used by trumpets but also applicable to flute. It's not easy at all on the flute but possible. That's why it's even more incredibile; she can do it so well that non experienced musicians don't even notice.
As a trumpet player with 30+ years experience : nailing the first phrase to Prelude à l’après-midi d’un faune with one single lungful without any hint that you’re carefully managing the amount of air spent was pretty darn impressive.
Typical thirsty trumpet player
@@brianpaulbrundage HAHAHAHAHHA
I play the trumpet and I don’t mean to bother you lol but do you have any tips on tonguing and clear sounds?
@@donkey_4_ever imagine you have a straw with a grain of rice in it, and you have to carefully blow the grain of rice and so it hits a very small target ten feet away. This image helps you push your lips into the mouthpiece (instead of pulling them back) and it helps with the correct tonguing. Find something you like playing and play it every day.
@@etiennedauphin back off buddy she's mine 🤬 I also play the flute
I can relate to this as a flute player I have so much trouble holding my breath through super long notes
Reminds of what looks hard juggling versus what is actually hard.
As someone who player flute in middle school, I can relate. Holding out long notes like that is hard.
and the low notes..
Yes.
Nah bro its just how low that shit is
I couldn't even make a full length note (I forgot what it's called but it's the round dot with a hole thing) without dying
@@minilamma4879 semibreve? And it’s difficult getting the right breathing I feel ya, it takes practice is all. Work on that diaphragm and you’ll be good
As somebody who’s been playing flute for three years, I can confirm this to be true. Playing scales? Easy. Holding out long notes without losing breath?
*I want to die*
I played flute for four, so I can agree. Holding out vs death-
Trick question, holding out them long notes is death.
Ive been playing flute for 8 years since i was 8 and i agree xDD
Same I've played for 3 years too
two flutes playing together.thats what hard.
The fact that she’s playing the low notes loud when I play them so quite bc the notes r so low 😭👏🏻