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Entry title: I bought a Flute!
Date added:  Friday, October 27 2006, 03:09PM
Written by:  Agilo (agilo3@gmail.com)
Entry ID:    226
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Exactly three days ago on the 24th of October, I bought a Flute (also known as
a Concert Flute or in Dutch: een Dwarsfluit)!

I've never played any woodwind instruments so this is completely new to me.
When I just had it I put it together without knowing how to properly assemble
it and I tried to play it, unsuccessfully.
So I sought for a little beginners how-to on the internet and found one (in
Dutch) teaching the basics on how to use your lips/mouth to blow air into the
instrument (also known as "embouchure") and it also has a fingering chart to
teach how to play basic tones.

After having read through the little how-to, I managed to play my very first
tone; a C!
However, after I played it, I came to the discovery that it didn't sound
anything like a C.
So I grabbed my keyboard and compared the notes and found I was actually
playing a Dis!
I have no idea if that's the way I play it or if it's off-key, but luckily I
have a teacher at school who has been playing woodwind instruments for 20
years (also repairing), so I am going to ask him soon.

Untill then, I'll keep playing and have been doing so for the last few days.
I'm now actually playing very small riffs, so I am making progress (although I
find it very hard :P). :)

My only fear is that when my flute is tuned, I'll have to re-learn what I've
learned so far.. but oh well, that doesn't matter too much: at least I'll have
learned to actually play on it. :P


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