TooT, DooD, ViiB (From Légère) and Carbon Fiber Student Flute Review (From "Nuvo Instruments")

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  • Опубликовано: 18 ноя 2024

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  • @tywills2693
    @tywills2693 6 лет назад +34

    When he says he’ll play it a little for us, it makes me feel special.

  • @robabnawaz
    @robabnawaz 3 года назад +15

    I just got mine, after 3 minutes I could play although I never managed
    to play Clarinette or similar instruments. I love it. Fantastic
    invention.

  • @noro7926
    @noro7926 3 года назад +19

    A tutor who tooted a flute
    Tried to tutor two tooters to toot.
    Said the two to their tutor,
    "Is it harder to toot
    Or to tutor two tooters to toot?"

  • @diaznuts5947
    @diaznuts5947 3 года назад +4

    this is one of the best review channels out here on youtube, thank you man!

  • @Muzikman127
    @Muzikman127 8 лет назад +5

    If they made that plastic/carbon fibre flute with open holes I'd buy one tomorrow.
    Also I think what this company is doing with educational instruments is just wonderful in so many respects, I can see this becoming huge!

    • @musicbypedro
      @musicbypedro  7 лет назад

      Oh most definitely. I hope they continue to pursue early music education the way they've done it so far! :)

    • @Muzikman127
      @Muzikman127 7 лет назад

      This will surely be a huge success. I can see countless children getting an "in" to musicianship through this.

    • @Muzikman127
      @Muzikman127 7 лет назад

      I wonder if this we'll start to see a lot more companies experimenting with new affordable instruments like this too, not for educational purposes, just for creating interesting instruments.

  • @dawnhirsh6263
    @dawnhirsh6263 4 года назад +5

    Yeah, I live in the desert, so I don't like to take my instruments outside. I have one of the Nuvo flutes and that works great as a solution.

  • @0000song0000
    @0000song0000 3 года назад +7

    8:14 sounds quite decent for my silly mind that says "hey why dont we learn a wind instruments" #stringsCrew

  • @benthamin
    @benthamin 8 лет назад +24

    U have so little views but YOUR SUCH A GOOD YOUTBER!!

    • @musicbypedro
      @musicbypedro  8 лет назад +4

      BoboJankins don't sweat it. I'm all about having great viewers like you! :)

    • @MusicByDamienA
      @MusicByDamienA 8 лет назад +1

      Exactly! I've been subbed for about 3 years

    • @musicbypedro
      @musicbypedro  8 лет назад

      Damisaurus :)

  • @newday7155
    @newday7155 6 лет назад +2

    Really like the look of these Nuvo instruments. Never played a wind instrument before but looking at buying a jsax. Great channel.

  • @amandawilson8935
    @amandawilson8935 2 года назад

    Thank you so much for such informative reviews! Loved your Jsax one too!

  • @arlogreen4919
    @arlogreen4919 3 года назад +1

    you play so good on ViiB !!

  • @juliefletcher1151
    @juliefletcher1151 4 года назад +1

    Thanks for such a thorough review! I started out a long time ago with the C flute but I really enjoy playing recorders. I've been really interested in more affordable reed instruments so discovering the Nuvo Dood is perfect! I tried out tenor sax and oboe back in my school band days but transitioning straight from the flute to reed instruments (particularly the double reed) was really difficult. I'm looking forward to learning on the Dood and I hope they keep coming out with new neat and accessible beginner instruments!

  • @monab4513
    @monab4513 5 лет назад +2

    It seems so nice !!!

    • @musicbypedro
      @musicbypedro  5 лет назад

      They are, and super fun to play too! :)

  • @Krisstofers
    @Krisstofers 8 лет назад

    Woooooow!!! I am really impressed! I have been passing by allot of these ads showing these instruments thinking... Yeah, sure these probably don't measure up.. Oh boy, was I wrong! I am glad that you did a RUclips for these! I have been watching a ton of other RUclipsrs for a while now, building up to having to make my own channel. which I thought I was ready to do, only to find out that I am being left in the dust. I am having a hard time building up the courage. However, I do want to thank you for reviewing the instruments for me, as I too am a Flutist/Clarinetist/T-Sax player.

  • @abecka123
    @abecka123 5 лет назад +5

    My daughter seems to absolutely love music and my family is musically inclined. They say the starting age is 3. Do you think its possible she could get some notes out at 15 months? She held my flute today the proper way and when she couldn't get her mouth to the hole she held it like a recorder and started blowing! She so badly wants to play. Any help is appreciated!

  • @drumtwo4seven
    @drumtwo4seven 5 лет назад

    Thank you for this review and demonstration 👍

  • @magnusjohansson295
    @magnusjohansson295 2 года назад

    Nice video and cool instruments! As a guitar and piano guy, I'm really curious about getting into wind as well.

  • @tervaaku
    @tervaaku 6 лет назад

    BOI you said that it is fingered like a recorder but a recorder is mostly fingered using cross fingerings. I am shooketh!

  • @exoticlemonlover
    @exoticlemonlover 8 лет назад +1

    feel so bad you don't have more active viewers :( you deserve at least 1mil subs

    • @musicbypedro
      @musicbypedro  8 лет назад +1

      i'm not worried about it as long as its great viewers like you :)

    • @ryan.s3992
      @ryan.s3992 8 лет назад

      Music By Pedro
      is the Jsax in the key of c?

  • @brogle437
    @brogle437 6 лет назад +6

    ITS A FIFE!

  • @desmirage
    @desmirage 4 года назад

    Super cool

  • @greglaroche1753
    @greglaroche1753 7 лет назад +1

    Hi, Great video, but where is the link for the J sax?

  • @jonneet2126
    @jonneet2126 7 лет назад

    I can easily see why the two "lip plates" on the Toot. I bought my wife a metal penny whistle, or fife a couple years ago, and she used to play the flute, so she has little problem making good sounding note on the fife. I, on the other hand, am having a heck of a time. Seems like if I pick up that fife, hold it to play it 20 different times, I will get 20 different results. I have played drums, sax (that, in 5th and 6th grade..I'm now 63), and mostly guitar.

  • @hari7591
    @hari7591 6 лет назад

    that is sick! I;m so gonna get that

  • @kioskogamer253
    @kioskogamer253 2 года назад

    Hi Pedro, will you give us a new video about nuvo Dood and jSax?

  • @発達凸凹に付き合うナース

    素敵な楽器をありがとうございます!
    シリコンキーがついているリコーダーは、日本では、指先の感覚が弱い感じであったりする発達が緩やかな児童や、目が見えない方に使われたりすることで、楽しく演奏が出来るようにと、少しずつ使われるようになりはじめたようです。
     我が子も、小学4年生で、集団練習に遅れがちなので、nuvo社のリコーダーを知り、使い始めました。沢山の願いが込められたリコーダー❢全て上手く行きますように❢
     中学校は、アルトリコーダーがあります。アルトリコーダーにも、シリコンキーがついているこタイプが出ることを願います❣

  • @stephenstephen74
    @stephenstephen74 Год назад

    Hi sir. Could u tells me how to play the octave E to B in dood. I found it not. The chard only end to D octave

  • @adamv4344
    @adamv4344 4 года назад

    Thanks

  • @benkim5453
    @benkim5453 Год назад

    viib doesnt seem to be manufactured anymore, any alternatives? thanks

  • @kennatco7916
    @kennatco7916 7 лет назад

    I like the carbon fiber flute a lot! Carbon fiber is a great material, and I've been looking for an inexpensive flute--at least I hope it's inexpensive (never mind- I just checked--$263!).

  • @MiraDaWulf
    @MiraDaWulf 8 лет назад +1

    It does take time to set up that good embechoure (I still don't know how to spell it), but after 1 1/4 years, I'm playing pretty good

  • @kwbsurfer
    @kwbsurfer 3 года назад +1

    Hello, my son has been shredding it on the recorder so I got him the Dood and he’s been going at it but still having a hard time really getting that sound to sound like the notes you are playing and that we see in other videos.
    And you said that the Dood is tunable, but I can’t find any videos or instructions about how to tune it, do you have any advice? I appreciate it if you have a moment :)

    • @musicbypedro
      @musicbypedro  3 года назад +1

      I think all you do is pull the mouthpiece and body apart just a bit and it should get your right on the money! :)

  • @kwoj2777
    @kwoj2777 6 лет назад +5

    he put reverb on this

  • @SuwartoSuryaNto
    @SuwartoSuryaNto 7 лет назад +2

    Hello mister pedro i'm from indonesia. (Sorry if my english conversation not good, but i hope you understand my question). it's about the difference of carbon nuvo fiber flute with ordinary plastic material. whether carbon fiber as a coating for appearance only or all parts of the flute made from carbon? Thank's

    • @musicbypedro
      @musicbypedro  7 лет назад

      Hi Indonesia! :) The Carbon Fiber flute is only for looks. Its not really carbon fiber, but does look freaking cool!

  • @MichaelSidneyTimpson
    @MichaelSidneyTimpson 6 лет назад

    However the range of the jSax is really limited, only an octave and a half. I tried to extend the range through harmonics, etc. and it just doesn't work (I can get some multiphonics instead though!) Another thing, I found the highest note G is always a 1/2 step sharp, so after F# it jumps to G# without a good G in the middle.

  • @judesaqueton5583
    @judesaqueton5583 8 лет назад +1

    I saw these Nuvo instruments while strolling around music stores and they seemed reliable and fun to play. Before buying, I thought that I should do more research. You showed quite well that these instruments doesn't sound "student-quality." You're amazing! Thanks for this vid!
    Now, I'm planning to buy a DooD. But I'm curious whether the DooD can play more than an octave by half-holing the thumb hole at the back (just like the recorder)?

    • @musicbypedro
      @musicbypedro  8 лет назад

      Thats a good question, I think thats possible, but I haven't tried it. Let me know if thats the case :)

  • @karakenio
    @karakenio 5 лет назад +1

    Pedro ¿activas los subtítulos porfa?

  • @narozolvdimitriavitch117
    @narozolvdimitriavitch117 8 лет назад

    love from N.C USA

  • @hashslayingslasher931
    @hashslayingslasher931 7 лет назад

    I saw that in some add but I wanted to get the clarinet so during band class I can take it out and look cool plus why not it seems cool

    • @musicbypedro
      @musicbypedro  7 лет назад

      +Hannah Autry haha. Totally. Let me know which one you get. Thanks!

  • @rosemarycrafting1202
    @rosemarycrafting1202 8 лет назад +2

    FLUTISTS ONLY, do you agree that the special lip plate should be used, or do you believe that its a crutch that will only make it harder to learn real embrochure? I don't really think that it should be used because of it being a crutch. Like how I learned to ride a bike with training wheels but my dad suddenly took them off and I didn't ride my bike for two years because of it. What do you other flutists think?

    • @musicbypedro
      @musicbypedro  8 лет назад +6

      I think the special lip plate should be used for the younger player. It is a crutch if your instructor allows you to depend on it. While I agree with the bike analogy, I don't think your dad would let you ride a bike at 2 years old, unless there was a way it could work. The special lip plate allows you to start developing the wind control, lung capacity, and finger dexterity you can start at a very young age. Crutches are only crutches if we allow them to be.
      Hope that helps! :)

    • @nobodynowherre9117
      @nobodynowherre9117 5 лет назад

      Personally I would use some point of the lesson trying to help them develop a proper embouchure on the normal lip plate and have them practice it at home, but otherwise until they develop that skill I'd get them going with the assisted lip plate. It should be used as a learning tool to help them accel, not a crutch.

    • @thpeti
      @thpeti 3 года назад

      I can play the recorder very well, and I've also played the clarinet for six years, but I could never sound any kinds of flute without having a dizzy headache. I could not aim the air stream. So when I play in an orchestra, I use my recorder to play the flute part. (We mostly play baroque pieces in our church). I think, proper flute air technique must be mastered as a kid.

  • @GameroftheWinds
    @GameroftheWinds 8 лет назад

    That toot is too cute!

    • @musicbypedro
      @musicbypedro  8 лет назад

      Gamer of the Winds haha I know right?

  • @oitb
    @oitb 7 лет назад

    Hi Pedro, thank's a lot for this info, where can I buy viib?

  • @wsn9608
    @wsn9608 7 лет назад

    it is amazing how much does it cost

  • @25Alec
    @25Alec 4 года назад

    Would Careless Whisper sound all right on the DooD?

  • @abbiehenry7151
    @abbiehenry7151 6 лет назад

    So is the Dood like a Alto Saxophone 🎷 but put into a Soprano Recorder Body is that correct? Well Bye! 🙂🏡🎷❤️🌎🎹🎻⛪️🎺🐶

  • @zadyg.a8814
    @zadyg.a8814 8 лет назад

    you are a beast

  • @musicbypedro
    @musicbypedro  8 лет назад +6

    If you know of any cool instruments you'd like for me to review, then let me know in the comment section below! :D

    • @gregoryalbin7083
      @gregoryalbin7083 8 лет назад

      contrabass sax? idk i just heard of it

    • @benren10
      @benren10 8 лет назад

      Gregory Albin um no, those instruments are rare/ custom made. Very very expensive

    • @Michael-bb3vu
      @Michael-bb3vu 8 лет назад

      You're thinking of subcontrabass. Contrabasses are around $15k, about 100k in existence currently.

    • @abeahmed2581
      @abeahmed2581 8 лет назад

      A c trumpet

    • @musicbypedro
      @musicbypedro  8 лет назад

      Dominant 7th already did that :)

  • @jasonyoung7705
    @jasonyoung7705 6 лет назад

    Hiya, do you know if the mouthpieces are interchangable?
    I like the Dood keys, but I want to try the flute/toot mouthpiece.
    (I already have the dood)

  • @buzzinbethan
    @buzzinbethan 8 лет назад

    I've recently seen a plastic saxophone and was curious how it sounds.
    How can I get hold of the vibe reeds.
    I have a dood and really want to teach the nuvo instruments as I'm a wind player

    • @musicbypedro
      @musicbypedro  8 лет назад +1

      The plastic sax is either the student model Vibrato sax.
      The Vibe reeds are only for the DooD and will be for purchase soon! :)

  • @thesultanmerchant
    @thesultanmerchant 6 лет назад

    blowing require aggressive practice ?

  • @tigranbagdasaryan6383
    @tigranbagdasaryan6383 5 лет назад +1

    Can it play high notes?

    • @musicbypedro
      @musicbypedro  5 лет назад

      It is extremely difficult but that's not really what this instrument is for. :)

  • @thesultanmerchant
    @thesultanmerchant 6 лет назад

    Can it be compare with Indian flute?

  • @alejobz2005
    @alejobz2005 8 лет назад

    hi pedro! i'm in love with your free royalty music, i was wondering if i could use some of them for a personal audiovisual proyect, i will include you in the credits and i will share the video with you :) is an animation project about halloween.

    • @musicbypedro
      @musicbypedro  8 лет назад

      as long as its from the "Free Royalty-Free" playlist, then you're free to do thta as long as you credit me in the description. Thanks! :)

    • @alejobz2005
      @alejobz2005 8 лет назад

      Music By Pedro yes I will! Thank you so much :)

  • @TooSlowTube
    @TooSlowTube 8 лет назад

    Good reviews. Thanks. Are you using a reverb effect to get those sounds?
    The fingering chart for the TooT shows a range of middle C to fourth line (of the stave) D - a range of just over an octave. Is that really as high as it can go, or have Nuvo only written the chart to go that high, for some reason?
    I can see there's a physical limitation in the range of the DooD, as it's a clarinet with greatly reduced fingering (technically a chalumeau). I can't see a physical reason for the limited range of the TooT though - and you seem like the guy to ask :)
    Can you play it higher by using normal recorder fingerings? I'd kind of expect fairly simple fingering up to the second octave A, then the awkward cross fingerings, which might not work so well.
    Also, does the clip on sippy-cup mouthpiece, with the fipple, limit the range compared to blowing over it like a flute?

    • @musicbypedro
      @musicbypedro  8 лет назад

      Thanks. I'm pretty sure you can play it higher, with the right fingerings. Same for the TooT. I didn't find any limitations on the beginner blowhole. I think perhaps once you get really high. Thanks for watching! :)

    • @TooSlowTube
      @TooSlowTube 8 лет назад

      Thanks. I expect you're right about the TooT. I've ordered one to find out. It seems odd that they'd only claim such a limited range. I found that off putting.
      It's a very similar fingering scheme to the Aulos and Yamaha plastic fifes, and the fingering charts for those go to just over two octaves, so hopefully the same applies. The only problem I could see is if the embouchure hole heavily favours playing in the lower octave, somehow.
      The problem with the DooD, or any keyless chalumeau, is that the second register starts a twelfth (octave plus a perfect fifth) above the lowest note, so that would be a G.
      The highest note you can play in the main register is D, according to the chart - maybe an out of tune D#, with no holes closed - but you then have a gap before the G, with no way to play any of those notes - you'd have to drill more holes, and add keys, like the keys for the throat notes on a clarinet. There are a few wooden chalumeaus that have keys to do that.

    • @musicbypedro
      @musicbypedro  8 лет назад

      TooSlowTube As much as I am excited about your trying out these instruments, please keep in mind that they are beginner instruments, not to be treated like some sort of pro horn. They're designed with a low cost, and high durability in mind.

    • @TooSlowTube
      @TooSlowTube 8 лет назад

      I own many instruments, but only a couple of them could be considered pro standard. Most of them are "student" standard, at best. Some of them could well be considered toy grade.
      It's not something that really concerns me. All I really care about is how much fun I can get out of an instrument.
      The one octave or so chalumeau is a traditional instrument, in some parts of the world, and there are people who can get amazing music out of them.
      The one octave or so flute like object isn't uncommon either - things like the bawu and the hulusi (which may be the most common wind instrument in the world, according to some).
      Personally, I like to have enough range on an instrument to not run out of room too easily.
      I can't claim to understand the minds of music teachers, but I suspect some of them might see a single octave as too much of a limitation too - beyond a very elementary level. In the case of the TooT, it seems like Nuvo might be selling themselves short by only claiming that range for them.
      At my school, the only music education I remember receiving involved the descant recorder - which I've still never learned to play to my satisfaction. I assume the reasoning was that they're cheap, and they can play a reasonable range, in theory in any key. Personally, I think they would have done better to give us all penny whistles, so we had more of a chance of playing them as they should be played.
      All that aside, my interest in these instrument is just about whether I would enjoy playing one. I can be perfectly happy playing a length of plastic pipe with a cork in the end, and holes drilled strategically - but I do prefer it when I can get a useful range out of one.

    • @musicbypedro
      @musicbypedro  8 лет назад

      TooSlowTube awesome. Best of luck!

  • @kensiyou1
    @kensiyou1 4 года назад

    How or where do i get viib reed??

  • @canterlevi
    @canterlevi 6 лет назад +3

    Question re: the Toot
    I’ve been teaching for 25 years. That’s a lot of recorder squeaking and shrieking to endure.
    How difficult would it be for 3rd graders to play this instrument successfully? Do they need to learn tonguing? What about the likelihood of the aforementioned squeaking? Thank you!

    • @lowcountryhooper
      @lowcountryhooper 5 лет назад +1

      canterlevi If the shrieking and squeaking is from not covering the holes properly, the same company makes the “Recorder+” that has the silicone keys to help with that. I have never tried a reed instrument (I play the recorder) but I would think a reed instrument like the Dood would be more difficult to learn since it requires an embouchure.

    • @bmull81
      @bmull81 10 месяцев назад

      @@lowcountryhooper - I agree, we have several of these - Toot, Dood, and "Recorder+", as well as a collection of assorted recorders, fifes, flutes, saxes and other reeds in our family - I started on recorder late in life, but by 1969 I was playing in consorts at festivals - arthritis is the problem now! The Recorder+ is very good indeed, but you should study the 'sharps' options to see if they suit you. As sold, a small plug (swallowing hazard, NB!) is in a couple of the pads that can be removed to provide these sharps. A good instrument, with a slightly mellower tone vs my Yamaha & Aulos descants.
      The Toot is nice, in that my atrophied flute embouchure and cranky fingers are flattered by the clever and skill-free mouthpiece option. But without that option (eg normal flute mouthpiece) it can be as cranky as any other transverse flute!
      So your best bet is probably the Recorder+ for avoiding odd noises! To my ears the Toot (with easy mouthpiece) is less mellow than the Recorder+, as well as being more costly where we are.

  • @narozolvdimitriavitch117
    @narozolvdimitriavitch117 8 лет назад

    Hey Pedro I play in a Jazz club and im 13 have any advice for stress

    • @musicbypedro
      @musicbypedro  8 лет назад

      Nick Purvis any stress before a performance is very normal. Look up some breathing exercises. I find that laying flat on my back helps me whenever I get stressed. However I have been playing for a lot of years that I don't even think about it anymore.

  • @marcmondragone8649
    @marcmondragone8649 7 лет назад

    how many octaves can you play on the toot .?
    I saw a review on ebay .the guy says you can only play one octave . I have a Yamaha fife .

    • @jaxw2628
      @jaxw2628 5 лет назад

      It’s basically a fife.

  • @WilliamArnold
    @WilliamArnold 8 лет назад

    I want to pick up a viib reed, but what size? Bb clarinet?

    • @musicbypedro
      @musicbypedro  8 лет назад

      You'd need to get the Clarinet Reeds they offer here - store.legere.com/c/clarinet-reeds

    • @WilliamArnold
      @WilliamArnold 8 лет назад

      Ok, thanks!

  • @BrianHuynhPersonal
    @BrianHuynhPersonal 8 лет назад

    cool

  • @ahackin4lyfepeeps226
    @ahackin4lyfepeeps226 8 лет назад +2

    Like a piccolo

  • @stephanieibarra7549
    @stephanieibarra7549 8 лет назад

    learning book for DooD ?

    • @musicbypedro
      @musicbypedro  8 лет назад

      Yeah, it comes with a little booklet.

    • @glus
      @glus 6 лет назад

      Sorry my bad english, you can download the complete method (book, instructional videos and mp3 backing tracks) in www.dropbox.com/s/1fpkvl2krdpjijo/Dood%20%26%20Toot%20%28English%29.zip?dl=0 .
      DooD comes with a little booklet with some basic instructions and fingering chart.

  • @briarroot
    @briarroot 3 года назад

    the Toot reminds me of a Yamaha fife.

  • @TyrantCV
    @TyrantCV 8 лет назад

    What keys are the TooT and the DooD in?

  • @teacher5376
    @teacher5376 3 года назад

    Party's times. Children's gathering for....music

  • @meldavis7183
    @meldavis7183 5 лет назад

    Can you use a cane read on the Dood

    • @kensiyou1
      @kensiyou1 4 года назад

      How or where do i get a viib??

  • @MichaelStoneham
    @MichaelStoneham 5 лет назад +7

    That's not how these instruments truly sound. The reverb makes it a fake sound.

    • @krajissnikk
      @krajissnikk 4 года назад +1

      its just reverb. all it does is making an echo