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Vote:   | All the Muramatsu flutes I have tried happen to be very good flutes and I even think that some players have better instruments than I have. |
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Vote: | As you probably have noticed I have never really recommended one metal over another when discussing flutes. |
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Vote: | Being unprepared heightens nerves. |
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Vote: | But under the influence of Wibb I decided to get an open hole flute. |
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Vote: | By the time I got to the Paris Conservatoire I was very good at the scales and arpeggios. |
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Vote: | Control of vibrato helps your musical expression. |
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Vote: | Each time I come home form a tour I get several of my flutes out and play them. |
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Vote: | Everyone who plays the flute should learn singing. |
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Vote: | I always play the flute with the head-joint which comes on it. |
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Vote: | I am just another customer as far as they are concerned and when I order a flute I have to wait 9 months to a year until it is delivered. I do not ask for special treatment and I don't get it either. |
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Vote: | I believe if a flute is truly worth anything the maker should sell it and the player should buy it. |
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Vote: | I do agree that playing an etude with a metronome is a good idea. |
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Vote: | I do not consider my self as having mastered the flute, but I get a real kick out of trying. |
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Vote: | I do not see scales as abstract. |
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Vote: | I don't advertise them and Muramatsu do not use me as advertising material for their product. |
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Vote: | I had thought of the diamond to maybe help me too, but what really influenced me to put a diamond in the end of the flute was looking at photos of violin bows from the time of the great Paginnni. |
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Vote: | I have always bought modern flutes and enjoyed playing them. |
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Vote: | I have never received a flute from them for free and I would not accept such a gift from any manufacturer. |
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Vote: | I have not used a mirror since I was a small boy and then I only used it with the headjoint and not with the whole flute. |
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Vote: | I have to report to those of you who think diamonds make a difference that I cannot tell what it is. Seriously, as you all know, they make no difference at all. They just make the flute look a little more special. |
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Vote: | I have to tell you that I buy ALL my flutes from Muramatsu. |
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Vote: | I never fail to be amazed by the great number of people who do not practice scales and arpeggios, the very bricks and mortar of our everyday repertoire. |
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Vote: | I practice my concerti and recitals till it looks easy. |
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Vote: | I think it is most important for a teacher to play the pieces and studies that are being played by the student. |
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Vote: | I think too much is spoken of playing things slowly. |
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Vote: | I use the traditional Moyse scale books slightly modified. |
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Vote: | I would love to have singing lessons. |
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Vote: | In fact playing a piece with a metronome is a very good idea. |
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Vote: | It is my method to apply tension at all times. |
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Vote: | It is normal to be nervous. |
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Vote: | It never is but with a great amount of practice you can overcome your concert platform nerves. |
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Vote: | Just in case you think I play only precious metal flutes, let me tell you that I have a silver plated student model with a silver head and it is excellent. |
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Vote: | Listening to all these really fine players play I was impressed that they all sounded good no matter what they were playing upon. |
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Vote: | Mastery is indeed a very complicated state. |
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Vote: | Muramatsu have been my choice of flutes for years and have found them to be consistently excellent. |
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Vote: | My idea of a master class is to give the participants my view on making music and to help the participating students to make better music when they play as well as becoming better executants on the stage or in an orchestra. |
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Vote: | My wife Jeane has been listening to me play the flute nearly everyday for the last 22 years or more. She thinks I sound the best on gold but that the other metals have different qualities. |
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Vote: | Never just run through a study because you happen to be familiar with it, but use it to see what you can get from it on this new day which has been granted you. |
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Vote: | Running through things because you are familiar with them, breeds routine and this is the seed of boredom. |
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Vote: | Scales played in the correct musical way are very exciting and rewarding. |
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Vote: | Singing is also important as this helps with your projection. |
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Vote: | Taking drugs to overcome nerves is the thin edge of the wedge going in there. |
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Vote: | The first flute I ever had was a Henry Potter wooden 5-keyed flute. |
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Vote: | The mind of the performer is a very strange thing. |
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Vote: | The more you have on your mind the more windows you have open and the less concentrated your performance or practising will be. |
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Vote: | The reason I play studies is to brush up my technique and style after a tour. |
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Vote: | The year 1984 was one of the great years in my life being the year I married Jeanne. |
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Vote: | There is no way Top Wind can think that I am going to breeze in and buy a flute, so I can truthfully say that the flute I bought from them was intended for the general market. |
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Vote: | They are all different and I find it hard to tell what flute suits me best. |
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Vote: | Until this time in my life Julius Baker was one of the most admired names in the flute world. |
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Vote: | What a lot of players do not realize is that you have to learn by feel what the lips are doing and not by looking. |
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Vote: | What ever you play, I hope you enjoy playing it as much as I have enjoyed playing all of these flutes over my career. |
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Vote: | What I suggest is to practice till you can do the job without being nervous. |
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Vote: | When I was a kid I was nervous too and it never crossed my mind to take drugs. |
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Vote: | When you are playing your Long tones, you need to have a certain amount of tension to ensure that you flute is not moving around while you play. |
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Vote: | Yes indeed I have gained a lot out of playing scales and etudes. |
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Vote: | You can sightread better if you know your scales and arpeggios. |
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Vote: | You cannot prepare enough for anything. |