Can You Hear the Difference Between a Cheap and Expensive Alto Flute?

[@diezwiebel6873]

As a young flute player I really appreciate the flute content you make! I personally felt you were playing more comfortably with your Sankyo flute. I’ve never got my hands on an alto flute before but I would love to, and if I could I think I’d try to arrange the second movement of the Sibelius violin concerto, since alto flute’s tone color seems fitting for that piece.

[@flutechannel]

Thanks for sharing!

[@Justiceone88]

I’m a beginner, I played flute in middle school (32 years ago!), I just bought a Y-222 and just found your channel….. looks awesome……. I’m so excited!!! Thank you 🙏 🌹

[@flutechannel]

Hi Sara! I have loads of videos for you to check out. Dive in and leave comments or questions. I'll try to get to them! Happy practicing, you got yourself a nice flute!

[@isidoragonzalez23]

The song that you played is one of my favorite songs, its called "The girl from Ipanema" I love that song I cant believe you played it!!! And that flute looks really cool, now I want to play it. Today I had an 8 hour band rehearsal because we were the only middle school in the state to get selected for the UMEAs in Utah. Its next week!!!

[@Allbbrz]

Welcome to the world of the Brazilian Bossa Nova :-)

[@Balzac241]

J'ai recommencé à jouer de la flûte (J'ai pris des leçons pendant une douzaine d'années) après 20 ans d'arrêt. Je découvre tout ce qui est disponible aujourd'hui pour apprendre et je suis tombée sur cette chaine. Je sentais l'accent francophone (no offense!) et j'ai compris qu'on habitait la même ville , probablement pas très loin! Bravo, les vidéos sont super bien faites et elle me rappelle plein de souvenirs! C'est sûr que je vais tout regarder!

[@flutechannel]

Hope I sparked your interest in this amazing budget Alto Flute! Have you ever tried Alto Flute?

[@Thedreadedflutist]

Can you do one for bass flute comparing a budget bass and either the kotato/sankyo/Eva kingma bass flutes

[@flutechannel]

@@Thedreadedflutist I would love to. But it'll most likely be a solo review. I don't think sankyo/Kigma will ever lend over a bass flute. I think the only bass flute in my area is a Yamaha gold plated bass. It's wasn't very good.

[@Thedreadedflutist]

@@flutechannel That’s the very first bass I’ve played on while i was in college and i thought it was the most amazing thing. I now own a Pearl bass flute

[@flutechannel]

@@Thedreadedflutist Nice bass to have! :)

[@BrellCover]

They sounds good! I wish I could have one. 1700 USD sounds affordable, I thought basic alto flute is expensive, probably because it's really rare to see alto flutes in my country, at least amongst average musicians... Thanks for this video!

[@flutechannel]

Thank you for watching!

[@eduardafelix858]

I'm learning the flute and your videos are so funny e your tips helps me a lot (especially the hawaii one), and i'm brazilian so you're helping me with my english too! Keep going, love your content❤️

[@flutechannel]

Thanks so much Eduarda! Happy practicing!

[@laceygreenwood]

Thanks for sharing. I have a Brio alto flute, and love it! I've had it for 10 years or so; it was a bit less with only the curved head joint. It sounds lovely, and is good enough for me. I'm thankful for it and have done a lot of transposing for it! ~ I enjoy your channel.

[@flutechannel]

Thanks for sharing!

[@samelliot9186]

I played an alto flute in a flute group I really loved it we played the brandenberg symphony no 2

[@flutechannel]

Thats so cool! I love Brandenberg!

[@marklammas2465]

Nice flute! I can't really afford to lash out on alto flutes, but it's something I always wanted, so I've landed an ancient vintage alto, which is going in for complete overhaul. Straight headjoint only, but it looks like I'll have no trouble reaching that low G. I hope it fixes OK 🤞🙏

[@vonHolzwege]

I have a silver Haynes hand-made Alto. It is far and away the best Alto I have ever played.

[@flutechannel]

Im sure its a really nice alto!

[@Nara1Family2Rulez3]

Oh wow, how nice! For that price it sounds great! Thanks for posting this.

[@flutechannel]

My pleasure Jef!

[@Heyyy630]

My band director is seeing if he can get an Alto flute for me to play. So excited for it and can't wait to try it!!

[@flutechannel]

awesome! have fun!

[@organist1982]

The budget model sounds good, but I feel like your Sankyo has a more solid, more robust sound to it. Was that your perception when you compared them?

[@apearson79]

Agreed!

[@BizetTV]

Alto Flute sounds Good ❤️

[@flutechannel]

I simply love the sound of an alto flute!

[@Molb0rg]

Dislike most flutes, but this one is first one I somewhat like, would be interesting to see it more

[@CasteloNegro]

Oh, my. I lime this channel very much. This kind of video is interesting.

[@flutechannel]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Allbbrz]

Quite cool ! My teacher showed me one of these just today. It is a nice sounding instrument. And thank you for that tidbit of "Garota de Ipanema" (Girl from Ipanema) :-) So I also back and forth between the video segments... I proud myself on have good hearing for music but I could not hear any difference... however, I suspect that you, Emily, youi will make anything sound quite good !!! (yeah, I'm giving all kudos I can :-) )

[@flutechannel]

Ill soon be reviewing the wood piccolo version and the full wooden c Flute. Im excited!

[@SO-ym3zs]

Instrument pricing is really wild. $1700 would get you a higher-end, professional-level electric guitar or bass, but the same money gets you what's considered a cheap, entry-level alto flute.

[@OTRaihalaMusic]

Nice video, but why did you name Fauré, Satie and Bach, but not Jobim?

[@PushpendraChauhan123]

Great , Teacher 👍 language & flow very good

[@flutechannel]

Thank you! 😃

[@Tubluer]

$1700 for a decent alto? Hmmm.... tempting!

[@flutechannel]

i know, right?

[@mantistoboggan2676]

The 10k flute is richer in sound but the cheaper flute still sounds good.

[@Sebastian-gk5um]

what about the bass flute that instrument is awsome

[@itsbjorn]

The difference in sound is the difference in price...but it sounds great for the price...THX

[@flutechannel]

Totally, I can't emphasize how nice it sounds and feels.

[@rustydog1236]

You sounded better with the straight h.j. I'm not 100% certain everyone would agree, but I personally think there's another alto out there for a few hundred more that sounds as good as your Sankyo.

[@michaellee2731]

I wonder if you can play prokofiev 4th movement on the alto

[@flutechannel]

Maybe!

[@ABC-xv8nz]

Where are these made?

[@itsbjorn]

Maybe you could try their C flute...it's $199...closed hole...

[@flutechannel]

Maybe one day soon!

[@ethansilverstein26]

When a budget flute is over a thousand dollars

[@heeroru7781]

Welcome to the world of flutes

[@stratoleft]

Where does it ever stop? I mean, why even bother? All I know is guitar, because that's all I've ever been around my entire life. I know the critical functions of what's required of it. And I assure you. EVERYBODY, their brother, their brother's sister, and their aunts and uncles, have an opinion on the matter. Obviously, EVERY MUSICAL INSTRUMENT IN THE WORLD, has an involved approach and construction to achieve the desired results of sound and tone. As per Edward Van Halen: tone is EVERYTHING. Take a close look, if you can, at a violin or cello. What one detail, what one thing or single aspect of just those two instruments alone, would be easy to craft and construct? Answer: Nothing! What about Ludwig's or Gretsch's drum kit ensemble? I wouldn't even begin to know where to start. Or, quite literally, finish. As in the finishing processes. When it comes to guitar, I've seen, and heard,.. it all. So, you could dance, pun intended, around this subject for so long the cows would give up, refuse to come home, and go somewhere else. There's really no point at all in doing it. To put it mildly, you can thank the craftsmen, who actually came up with the concept of whatever instrument you play. And then, actually bring that concept, known as the musical instrument, to a functional entity to begin with. And then, and make it available to the likes of you.

[@eolianflute5965]

Thank you ! very interesting ! Which pieces do you recommend me to play with the G flute ?? Thank you

[@flutechannel]

Alot of jazz music and im sure you can find some music via musescore for alto flute, like alot of gabriel faure can be played.

[@J0514H_K]

Ok but where do you get the alto with the B foot joint cuz ill will spend my life saving on that. Lol

[@АкустикБюро]

Huge difference

[@manuelgonzales6483]

Thanks, I'm in the market❤🔥❤

[@flutechannel]

Perfect!

[@Metalpazallteway]

I think I may have heard this flute in the in the last Jurassic World movie if I'm not mistaken. Beautiful sound

[@montealegreluis5983]

Nou way :0 I thougth it was a complete octave lower than the standard flute one... is it just 4 notes emily ??

[@flutechannel]

Yup, not super low at all. But a totally different color palette. A totally different instrument.

[@montealegreluis5983]

@@flutechannel and is there any flute 1 octave lower than the regular ??

[@WorldofIntenseArtie]

@@montealegreluis5983 Bass Flute

[@stephr5914]

@@MyRackley I think at the time, it was the lowest flute so hence bass flute. Bass flute came out later

[@tomer.aviation]

Too many pieces to put together, so I guess I’m sticking with my Boston Signature IG lol

[@adamhenderly1602]

The sound is pretty good

[@flutechannel]

Ya, Im totally impressed!

[@A1mless6262]

So with the alto flute not being a concert pitched instrument, would I be able to read regular flute music with it or would it sound weird? Because I still can’t grasp that concept on transposing instruments.

[@Terrasylum]

It depends on what you mean by "read regular flute music." If you mean just playing by yourself and reading C flute sheet music you'll do all the same fingerings like a normal flute, it will just sound lower. If you are playing with others then it will not sound correct because the music you are playing should sound higher than you would be playing it at. Playing Left Hand first finger C on a C flute sounds like a C. Playing Left Hand first finger C on an alto flute will sound like a low G on a normal flute. I have no idea if this helped you or not I'm not the best at explaining.

[@michaellee2731]

I wonder if you can also do Peter and the Wolf

[@flutechannel]

Maybe! We did do an arrangement of the whole peter and the wolf with alto flute in the ensemble and it turned out great.

[@MegaCloudygirl]

Can you recommend some accessible alto flute repertoire?

[@flutechannel]

I would check out FluteWorld website and look under the Alto Flute Music Collections.

[@rubyreyna5106]

Can you play flute when you have a cupid's bowl because I started playing flute in school but my teather told me that I had cupids bow, he said I should play side ways

[@flutechannel]

we have whole video about embouchure, take a look. But you should be alright. A lot of people have different shapes but perhaps the video will help out.

[@carpediemarts705]

Keep playing.

[@normalizedaudio2481]

College flute choir always buys the cheap one. Used to be Armstrong.

[@flutechannel]

These ones are way better IMHO and made of quality components, I was truly surprised.

[@felixjansz8638]

Can you play California dreamin

[@felixjansz8638]

Pls

[@KilroyWasHere83]

The fact that $1700 is still considered "budget"...

[@wolfgangvanchopin4093]

hey this is out of topic do you play for osm

[@flutechannel]

I've played for other orchestras in the city and solo with orchestras.

[@wolfgangvanchopin4093]

WoW thanks for ur answer@@flutechannel

[@michaellee2731]

I have an alto flute I have a pearl alto flute

[@flutechannel]

Nice, pearls can be very nice!

[@joyrisher8841]

Now if I just had your breath control I could play an alto flute.

[@GorillaWithAPhone]

BUDGET IS 1,700?!

[@willistaylor4077]

❤️❤️❤️❤️🥰🙂

[@flutechannel]

Thanks so much Willis happy you liked the video!

[@riarive3754]

I'm 56 am I to old to learn?

[@flutechannel]

Not at all! Go for it! Happy practicing!

[@riarive3754]

❤

[@Juan-xr9xm]

But, that isn't a bass flute??????? They look a lot alike

[@flutechannel]

Alto is around 1/3 the size of a bass

[@organist1982]

@@flutechannel I think you meant 2/3! 😅

[@DCFunBud]

But, is it cool?

[@flutechannel]

oh its cool, cool, cool, cool

[@Conta_Google]

I can't hear any difference 🤭