Trying my old flute..! | Team Recorder
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- In a past life I used to be a flute player... yes, the sideways silver-is flute! In this video I rather ill-advisedly unearth my old flute and give it a go... Can I still play? Will my check muscles survive? Let's find out!
Thanks to Joanna at www.justanotherflutist.com , I blame you ;)
Check Joanna's youtube channel too!!!
/// INSTRUMENTS
In this video I play:
- a Gemeinhardt flute
- a 442 resin alto recorder by Vincent Bernolin
/// PIECES I PLAY
- Mozart flute concerto in G, first movement
- 'The Sound of the Wind'
- Blues in a minor
- 'Farewell to you old friend' by SARAH JEFFERY AGE 14
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“There’s something about flutes that always sounds so *good* and... I don’t like that!” I’m cackling
Sameee.. Haha
That *good* sound of the flute is ugly - for me. I LOVE the recorder !!!
Once I watched a video (Netherlands Bach Society) showing the great organist Leo van Doeselaar
listening to some registration played by his assistant - and saying "No,this is TOO BEAUTIFUL!"
I remember my joy hearing him say that...... *:D*
:D
I think silver flutes sound ringy, plus I would prefer one with closed holes because keys are fine, holes are better, but keys with holes are silly. This is all why I started playing 19th / Irish flute century flute and recorder.
Lololol
"I haven't played flute in ages" [plays better than I ever could] :D I love the bamboo flutes and others without keys, those are great fun. Especially the Shakuhachi.
Me too)
I'm learning the dizi now.
@@keegimujaltold1454 omg sameee!! i practice dizi flute everyday😆
As an oboe player I'm having my keyless fun with a duduk :D
I have one but its I cant make a god damn noise on it
tedah riagrimi yes if you don’t practice you won’t get better than her, but if you practice you have high chances.
I grew up with a parent who taught flute to students in our house and I have to say... I'm not sure about flutes always sounding so good!
In Brazil we call flute as transversal flute, and recorder as sweet flute. Here, flute is a very popular instrument in Samba and Chorinho.
Your flute is leaking air like a punctured tire, so don't be so hard on yourself. Loved this! Had me turn around and pick up my flute too for some brief playing (I'm a recorder and saxophone player) and I now feel the bicep burn in my left arm, ow. XD
Same here. When I got back to the flute after a decade hiatus, it was like fire in my biceps. It gets easier though!
And ladies and gentlemen here what he have in an infamous XD’r
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If you like holes, you could learn to play the baroque flute! Vincent Bernolin, whose resin recorders you reviewed, makes some very nice resin baroque flutes.
Wow, so great to read this comment. I have been considering exactly what you wrote (not that I am anywhere closed to this lady's ability with the recorder but I like to make noise with them and wouldn't mind making noise also with a baroque flute). However, I never started because of the incredible price (relatively speaking) of baroque flutes. I also noticed recently the Bernolin flute in his page and wondered whether there is anyone who has tried it. Any chance you (or someone else here) can give it a review. Maybe Bernolin himself can support a "I try the baroque flute" in this channel borrowing one of his instruments?
Was going to say exactly the same thing -- and the low D comes out without any effort at all.
@@tapsarautanen There are a couple of relatively inexpensive Baroque flutes available from Aulos -- a Stanesby model at A=415 and a Grenser model at A=440. Both are good, but the G# on the Grenser is much nicer, and it's an easier reach as well.
I’m a flutist. I’ve become interested in playing baroque flute and noticed Bernolins relatively cheap prices. If you can tell us any more about his Traversos that would be great!
I don't own a Bernolin flute, but have played on one of his G.A. Rottenburgh flutes a couple of times. It is a robust flute with a bright sound, which compares well with a wooden instrument. I started learning with the Aulos Grenser plastic flute before moving on to a wood instrument, but I wish I had access to on of Bernolin's flutes back then. which I think are superior. The Bernolin flute would be a very good starter baroque flute. It speaks well in all registers, the tuning is good, the sound is bright and clear.
I too was a flute player! I studied flute performance in university and switched to the recorder afterwards and never looked back!!!
😎
I'm a flutist and I approve! however, your flute sounds like it really needs an overhaul, so don't be so hard on yourself :D
Yup might need an overhaul!
Flute gang 😄🎶
@@flutechannel FLUTE GANG
I feel really sorry for that flute 😢
I agree. I think people in England put themselves down more than other nationalities for no useful reason. Grade 8 is degree level.
bro... as a flutist.. sHE'S STILL PLAYING BETTER THAN ME-
I’m a flute player and she sounds better than me🤣😂
Lilly Alford SAME
😂😂
She did do grade 8 tho hhh but yes she is so good
I mean - 10 years don't just disappear :)
Samee
I love your shirt: "Amamos Flauta Doce". - (We) love recorder! ❤️in Portuguese! ❤️
Siiim
Fogo só agora é que reparei
🇧🇷♥️
Eu tbm notei kkkkkk
"there so many keys I have to worry about touching" me being a sax player -_-
roro the elite
You can play the flute cuz the fingerings are very similar! I tried the sax, the tone was dead in the high notes but, I could play it!
(My mouth started to die after awhile but whatever)
Sincerely flute kid. :)
me playing the piano haha
roro the elite As a trombonist I can’t relate
i play both flute and sax and its around the same :/ theres just a few more side keys that the average sax player needs to use
Hellooooooo ever heard of an oboe or a bassoon ? Those double reed players are dying out there. 10 left hand thumb octave and whisper keys on the bassoon
Mike: I used to play flute but lost my embouchure when I broke my bottom front teeth and had to have a plate. I recently reached a point where I needed to find something to assist my breathing. I got out the flute and found it leaked like a sieve and was too old to be repaired. Fortunately I stumpled across a recorder group and took up playing again after 70 years away from my old plastic school descant. I stayed with a "C" instrument and treated myself to a Kung Tenor recorder after watching one of your programmes. Keep up the good work - I love your cheerful approach to make playing lots of fun
Here in Italy, a lot of people love flute, but my big love is the recorder! The sound of the flute is nice, but wood recorder gives a lot of good sensations and warm vibrations
I merletti di Francesca Baretta good thing i play both... teehee. i play tenor recorder and flute!
"Teenage Sarah liked the jazz flute"
Proceeds to play jazz sax
As someone who plays flute, I actually kinda want to see the music from her composition book lol
Same😂
Sounds like your flute needs to be overhauled, and possibly new pads on it. I play both flute and recorder.
I was thinking the same. The pads sound... worn? sticky? Generally not good... It needs some TLC before it sounds right. Flutes have a lot more moving parts than recorders, and any of those parts can go bad.
I love my flute, and I’m just getting back into recorder, and penny whistles, and fifes, and a Kalimba, and so much more. I love my instruments. There’s several others I want to learn. It’s like therapy.
Im a clarinetist and I agree holes are better thank keys haha 😆
KIMarin1 same I’m a also a clarinetist!
Louise Findlay why??
I'm a clarinetist and a flutest and I personally like the keys better because my hands are small I can't cover all the holes😂
@Annabelle Farley "Do"e a deer a female deer
As a clarinetist who doubles, I appreciate holes, but as a low clarinetist, I only get the LH index finger vent hole, and that's nearly always covered.
I started out with the flute, but when I discovered the recorder, there was no going back. I am certainly not a professional player but enjoy playing for my own enjoyment, and can play well enough to be happy playing the music I like.
“There’s so many keys I have to worry about touching”
Me a piano player... “bru, try 88”
Pianos are easier
yetus fetus ...
@@gingkobilobae oh no you did not...
Advisory Brewing Comisioner maybe it was my 13 years experience of piano
As a flutist...
I have to agree with that ;_; 88 keys are waaaaayyy to much 😂
You shouldn’t give up on flute. You’re skilled enough to be a pro at both recorder and flute
I play both instruments (poorly). I'll be honest, I love the flute and regarded the recorder as an easier instrument, something to get me back into playing music without putting in the endless practice hours the flute requires. I was wrong, of course, but in the process I discovered what a wonderful instrument the recorder is and also a world of music that I hadn't taken the time to explore. Team Recorder had a big part in this, so, thanks Sarah!
Oh, about the keys. I think we are going to have to get used to them as the recorder catches up with other woodwinds that never stopped evolving.
I was thinking the flute looks so hard and cold compared to a recorder...personal bias! 😁
Thanks Sarah. Your videos are always uplifting. Please keep it up.
Thank you for sharing your fluting days! It takes guts to show yourself online as less than perfect. You are so cool! ❤️
I'm a flute player and learn to play and appreciate recorder lately now I'm playing with soprano, alto, tenor and basset recorder.. Nice trying the flute again I 😍😍😍
Amei o texto em portugues em sua t-shirt ""Amamos flauta doce" . Abraços do Brasil. I love recorder also
Ela esteve aqui (tem um vídeo anterior, bem legal). Acho que deve ter ganhado a camiseta.
Adorei a camiseta kkkkk #amamos flauta doce
The flute is so much more... And you have a beautiful tone.
I love everything about this video!!
I love it when you say “hello.”
I've been playing flute 2 years with MANY problems: embouchure, neck, hand and thumbs pain, teardrop lips and a terribly strict teacher. Now that I know you and your great channel, I'm thinking seriously to take a recorder instead...
You really should find another teacher, the neck pain could come from a wrong pose and the thumbs and hand pain too, it probably isn't your fault, your teacher is just bad at teaching.
@@lunaramosivonet9987 I dislike him, but is the only flute teacher at school. It's a free academy, so I can't complain. I'm waiting for the 4th year to pick another instrument :(
@@manydelmal omg🥺🥺🥺🥺💕💕💕
this was a fun one. I taught myself the flute so I could join band in high school but in order to get a flute I had to prove it by playing the recorder, which I still have. fast forward 20 years I wanted to get back into my flute recently but it is to far gone. I discovered your videos and am waiting for my new recorder! I love how much classical and different types of music you can play on it!
Good thing about Sarah is that she is genuine with her flute videos 🙌
I'm a guitarrist who love your recorder (...and flute) videos! Greetings from Chile.
Oh how much I admire you! Haha
As a beginner flute player (who started playing on a recorder with your help), I gotta express my admiration for you! Btw, I loved you shirt haha Greetings from Brazil ❤️
I loved your T-shirt!!!! Thank you for using it Sarah! My students are very proud!!!!
#amamosflautadoce
OMG FINALLY!!! THE TWO OF THEM HAVE MADE CONTACT!!
"i used to love "the song of the wind" - it has four flats" Aha)) I believe her xD
Love your "amamos flauta doce" shirt!
Greetings from Brasil :)
You are great after soooo many years not touching a flute, you sounded perfect!
I started playing mandolin a little more than a year ago and it boosted my enjoyment of guitar playing.
I played a lot of instruments badly, and a lot of guitar determinedly. I am now starting out on Chromatic Harmonica. I like this video, because I also pick up some of my old instruments, the ones I haven’t given away yet, and play just to amuse myself, and remember the awkward beginner feeling. Bravo, you are brave and I love the way you put yourself out there on the musical tightropes for us. Thank you!
I think it's miracle to be able to play low C.😭 Flute and recorder are similar. I used to lay recorder to play like flute when I played recorder in my childhood😆
Heyyyyyy imma flute player and my flute has holes ... all you gotta do is suffer through them til you just do it naturally. Although I prefer classical to jazz 😂
You play the Mozart piece so well!! I played that as an audition piece like really recently and you play it so much better than I could ever play it
"Amamos flauta doce"
I am a flute player and not a recorder player- and I loved this 😻
amamos flauta doce!!!!
Brazilian greetings
Esto es una verdadera pasada, eres genial.... Sinceramente te has ganado mi suscripción. Saludos desde México.
Really cool and amazing video. Super interesting
The sound of a flute is nice. "Nice" is a word often used for something what is smiled at. In many cases the perfect terme for the modern metal Boehm-Flute. A flute definitely is an instrument with a beautiful sound if you choose a wooden instrument. Bach Partita on wooden travers flute is so beautiful.
Flute has been my first instrument, before switching to piano and then settling for composition (albeit piano and keyboard instruments in general are very useful for composition), so I can perfectly relate to the difficulties of such instrument. Back then, I was 5 years old and I stopped just simply because I didn't had the patience to form the embochoure, then I found piano to be much easier, but problem is it's an instrument where difficulties come out later than on other and I was eventually convinced to re-start from the very bases (hand posture, scales, arpeggios) because I had to became decently proficient for composition. One year ago, I picked up a cornett alongside the recorders and, aware of all the problems I've had studying flute before and piano then, I patiently have practiced embochoure exercises and long tones for many months and now I'm starting seeing the light. So, yes, I absolutely love when instrumentists put themselves in discussion and try some new instruments, or to return to their previous instruments. As for me, I would like to try flute again just to "reconcile" myself with the instrument...
4:39 *Confused violinist noises*
I think you'd feel more at home with a baroque traverso. I play recorders, traverso, cornetto and baroque oboe (just as a regular wind player did back then) and even though they seem to be different, they are very similar.
Still amazing artist. I love your music!
Haha I feel you! I started with recorder and then later flute when I was 14, now I'm studying recorder :)
I have played flute most of my life, but can no longer play in ensembles due to vision problems and inability to maximize my remaining vision while playing. I'm considering switching to recorder because you can place the music closer to your eyes without causing problems for the person next to you or having to lug a computer with large screen around. Your videos have been fun and inspirational. Thank you for taking the time to do them.
I studied the flute to become a teacher, then stopped when I realized teaching wasn't for me (well, I was 17 then, that's half my age now). Recently I kinda regretted that I stopped playing all together (after more than 15 years I think I'd have to start all over again) then I came across your channel and now I'm thinking, why not give the recorder another chance! (Although it's a little tempting to buy them in all different sizes and end up with a huge collection which I probably won't be able to afford ^^) Anyways, thanks for all your videos and by the way, your flute skills are still very impressive! Keep up the good work :)
Don't put yourself down😂😂 you're amazing🎼🎹🎶🎵
Amazing💚
Soooo cool😂😃😂😃 love your videos your work! Such cool passion for recorder 😃 you still got a stunning tone and some pretty decent chops 😃
Collab?????
Haha😂😃
@@HIHELLO-pc2kl This would be a LOT of fun!
@@TheFlutePractice yeah I think so! 😇
Lovely' ...a funky video with beautiful tones, well done for dusting off the Flute
I play both recorder and flute, and playing recorder over the summer helped me improve my flute playing
Reassuring video, Sarah - you're better at flute than I am on recorder - but then I'm a pianist and oboist - and mouth tension is impossible to avoid on the oboe!
I thoroughly agree about finding out what it is like to be learning again - I took up classical guitar three years ago and it's truly frustrating when I know what I'd like it to sound like! But helpful with encouraging me to approach my own pupils with more empathy.
You forgot the links on this video! Up here is nothing and down there is nothing either!
Ann Burgess my face feels weird playing recorder. As someone that played clarinet as a child and now flute as a grown up, playing music with lack of facia tension is WEIRD
Awesome! Very Ian Anderson in some ways. Love it!
The recoreder is just my all in all
Sounds like some leaks esp in low register. You’ve still got it, Mozart is difficult ❤️
Ha, happy to see JustAnotherFlutist mentioned. My first flute was never polished and turned black, and the pads wore down, not worth replacing. My friend gave me his flute which I stepped on after tripping over a speaker tripod, and my flute after that fell off a cabinet and also broke before a wedding I was due to play at. To this day I cannot play a B-foot flute, and do not need an expensive one to make a good sound. I regret buying an expensive one to find that out.
I started out with the flute but now my heart is with the harp
👏👍 Hi Sarah - It’s amazing how you maintained your embouchure, and more surprisingly you remembered the fingering chart in all three octaves for the concert flute after all these many years. BTW: I, too, prefer to play jazz tunes on my concert flute. But then I say that about my Bb clarinet, alto saxophone, Bb trumpet and flugelhorn. 😉 🎼 ♫
I'm primarily a cellist, but I always come back to the flute, recorder and I bring out an ocarina to play casually with friends every once in a while. My fundamentals are OK but there's always new bits of tension to deal with whenever I come back to the flutes, and I definitely have a problem with chromatic fingerings between them. XD
I used to play the flute and got to a point it was hurting my neck. So now I play the Recorder and enjoy playing it.
We also heard some Jethro Tull, great !
I could listen to this lady speak and play all day, beautiful and intelligent. Amazing musician. Makes recorder interesting and relevant to a wider audience. Single handedly responsible for a 99% increase in teenage boys playing recorder. Yes miss 😍 can I have detention again miss 😍 and extra recorder practice.
My main instrument is the flute (but man, I am sooo rusty!) and I picked up the treble recorder as an adult. I'm not sure which one I prefer the best. they have different sounds, different uses... I kind of love them both =)
Love a flute that doubles as a percussion instrument
Beginner flute player here, you’re so good. My god.
I love just another flutist :)
You sound fantastic! I hadn’t played the flute in many years and decided to pick it up again. I definitely do not sound as great as you do lol.
I just bought a flute. I had one about fifty years ago. Currently I have an Irish flute and a bunch of whistles and a five string carbon fiber fiddle. The fiddle is my main instrument. Muscle memory hasn’t survived the fifty years so it’s been a learning experience from the word go getting the note I want out of the flute. I have seven ir eight tunes I practice every day. Mostly Irish but Daphne from van Eyck is included. I love the sound I can get from it if I concentrate. I have three Moerk (Sp?) Rottenberg recorders and some Zenón plastic ones. I brought a rennaisance (sp? again) soprano to a session and blew away all the whistles. It was a few times louder than them. My carbon fiber five string is the best instrument I’ve ever owned but I love all of my super toys. Yes, my neck hurts when I play the flute.
Sarah, if you won’t be minding that beautiful Gemeinhardt flute, I would GLADLY buy it from you 😅 they’re pretty hard to get here in my country (México). And to answer your question, yes: I’m both recorder and flute player, and bass player, and baritone singer, and piano player. Musical instruments are fun 😎
Hi Sarah! I enjoy your videos SO much!❤ I am a music educator who majored in flute performance in college and taught a full studio of students for many, many years BEFORE tearing my rotator cuff, requiring surgery. Realizing that it would not be wise for me to ever spend time prepping for performance, nor performing (ouch!) I have decided that, in my retirement, I am going to be a recorder player. Based on your demonstrations, I purchased a soprano Mollenhauer in rosewood and I AM HOOKED! I LOVE PLAYING THE RECORDER! And it’s only because of watching your videos that I took the big leap and decided to go for it. Thank you!
You are so welcome, and thank you for letting me know! You made my day! Enjoy the recorder ❤️
I’ve heard you say in a previous video that you use to play flute but I hadn’t realised that it was to such a level. I think it’s sad you don’t really like the flute but I understand. I play flute and love it but always tune in to your channel.
omg the case, and the flute itself! That’s identical to me flute omg
I liked your t-shirt. Nós também amamos flauta no Brasil!
I LOVED YOUR SHIRT WRITTEN IN PORUGUESE I'M SUCH A FAN OMG
AMAMOS FLAUTA DOCE (We love Recorder)
❤️
Nice job!
😂😂 don’t judge me!
Flute player here ^_^ so yeah flute is my personal favorite. It is hard just like any other instrument. It all depends on what teacher you had. Good teachers will cover all the basics right away like embouchure and posture. I’ve played the soprano recorder when I was little. I guess I did not like it because it was high pitched and was made of plastic. Although I’m still interested in a tenor or alto recorder. The thing is that I don’t like holes, I prefer the keys.
I'm Brazilian and I love this shirt #Amamos Flauta Doce
No, I've always been Team Recorder 😅 I never really liked tje sound of the flute, I fell in love with the recorder - and I still am in love with it ❤️ that's why I take lessons since 9 and a half years 😍
I bought a resin recorder yesterday. I love M. Bernolin's flutes. I played for several years too. However I have M S and I'm not sure if my facial muscles can sustain an embouchure any more. M S does very weird things. Invisible things. I was a singer but after a disastrous rehearsal where I suffered severe cognitive fatigue, I quit. So I took up the trumpet. FAIL. My facial muscles could not manage to shape 3 notes. So, back to my first love like yours, Sarah, the recorder. One day I'll buy a resin flute, but it's too much money right now, especially after buying the alto. I'm going to learn those vivaldi concerti finally, at last. My old resin aulos is more than 40 years old. It is suffering a little. Thanks so much for all the great videos.
Wow that first sound was really nice lol
1:02 this is me with every new instrument
omg i love joanna,
Your flute is 800000% leaking! Don't be so hard on yourself 😜
Amei sua blusa!!! Beijos do Brasil!!!!🇧🇷❤👏👏👏
Amamos flauta doce! (cool t-shirt!) =)
Obrigada! 😊