professional flutist answers most Googled flute questions

In today's video I am answering the most Googled questions about the flute!
00:00 intro
00:35 why is the flute in the woodwind family?
01:32 why is the flute the best instrument?
03:38 why is the flute so hard to play?
05:10 why is the flute important?
05:54 why is the flute so popular?
06:52 why is the flute played sideways?
07:44 why are flutes so expensive?
09:01 why are flutes made of metal?
09:50 why are flutes so quiet?
10:22 why are flute players good kissers?
10:48 outro
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[@angelicamartacahyaningtyas9083]

FLUTE: doesn't take much space also FLUTE: takes your whole breath

[@Notoriginallol]

Ikr

[@alz1268]

Flute : give me your lungs

[@layla4294]

Yes 😭😭😭

[@missbella5072]

I think she meant that the flute is not that big

[@angelicamartacahyaningtyas9083]

@@missbella5072 Don't you get the joke?

[@mercy5056]

I love how in band at loud parts you can barely hear the flute but at home or with a choir it feels so loud like which is it

[@randomperson1weekago295]

Fr

[@hanbigim]

YAS i'm practicing at home in my room and i'm deafened by the noise but when i practice with others it feels like i'm almost playing nothing except for the fact that I can feel the vibrations in the flute

[@j_o_s_h_t]

that also happens with the clarinet, it's so loud at home but in the band i struggle to hear it

[@Tynlee_Wilson]

FRRRRR

[@Rose_ur_a_bozo_cry_about_it]

@@j_o_s_h_tgit i practiced flute with my friend who’s a clarinet but then i could hear flute and only hear the clarinet 😂

[@LemonCrush72]

Why is the flute so popular...? It's pretty and shiny, duh :)

[@elmore707]

Is it though?

[@georgewashington3918]

@@elmore707 yes

[@IDK-ux7ct]

I mean I can’t argue with that but-

[@natalie-po9gs]

“my neighbors don’t think flutes are quiet” lmao

[@Xiao944]

My sister when hear the flute sound : SHUT UP!!!!!

[@icantgetridofthisusernamehelp]

I've been working at Music & Arts for the last few years and I can say that most parents with daughters will often push them towards flutes/violins. Parents with sons push their kids more towards brass. Flute and violin are the instruments "for girls." It's really disheartening to hear a student say, "Dad I want to play the flute!" and the dad say, "Kid that's a girl instrument. Why not trombone?"

[@icantgetridofthisusernamehelp]

@@LemonadeLiberal I had one customer say, and I quote, "No kid of mine is going to play a sissy instrument," and my manager and I were so shocked we just blinked in absolute awe while the child begrudgingly decided that he would play the trumpet instead of the flute.

[@coocoodog1232]

@@icantgetridofthisusernamehelp I was one of those kids many years ago that wanted to play the flute, but was pushed towards trumpet because "flute is a girls instrument!!!!" I went to a christian private school that was very conservative in pretty much every way. The band director really wanted me to play the trumpet for some reason. I thought the flute was a really cool instrument. Even the flute lesson teacher was a man. An even bigger kick in the gut was that a kid the year after me started playing flute at that school. Anyways, we go up to music and arts and my grandma buys a trumpet for me while I am eyeing the flute shelf the whole time. I still have never played a flute but I did also start playing sax in middle school. So now I play trumpet and sax. I'm very happy with the instruments I play now, but I think it would be very cool to eventually live out my childhood dream of playing the flute.

[@sofiadahlen1187]

That is an interesting thing though which shows how times and opinions change over time. The flute was considered a really really manly instrument if we just go back a mere 120 years. It was even considered very unappropriated and unladylike to play the flute in the first half of the 19th century. Partly since they thought the flute had such a masculine tone. But also since you had to distort your lips way to much than was appropriate for young ladies.

[@katherineshideouslaughter]

@@coocoodog1232 Some good news for you if you aren't already aware of this though the breathing for flute and sax is different, the fingering is mostly the same. I play flute and sax (started on flute and later picked up sax) and once you get used to the breathing switching between the 2 is really easy, there's a reason some pit orchestration has a part that is for a dual flute and sax (the wizard of oz definitely has a part that is for tenor sax and flute).

[@kevinmchale6907]

I told everyone that we needed room for our sk8 our instrument, our football/mit, books... etc. All jocks on the elementary band. It worked

[@parrotpepper332]

We (2nd period flutes there's six of us) actually counted every single note in our pops concert this year BY HAND. We all sat there in class and counted each note, runs, we decided grace notes counted, repeats, everything. 4,377. We lost to the clarinets by 83 notes. People were DEVASTATED

[@user-uz7gb7gb4v]

For why the flute is so difficult (especially for beginners), in addition to the amount of air, I would also say that developing the embouchure and the core support for the airstream is a big challenge. It takes a while to learn how to consistently get a sound out the flute at all, and then years to learn how to get a good sound out of it. And then there's the intonation...

[@layla4294]

Yea and getting use to your fingers cramping up

[@Jwellsuhhuh]

Still easier than clarinet, oboe, soprano sax, violin, any brass etc.

[@elibelk2152]

@@Jwellsuhhuh what😭no way

[@Milk-pm1hq]

@@Jwellsuhhuh 💀

[@unrelatedcow9829]

@@Jwellsuhhuh ain't no way you said flute is easier than clarinet 💀

[@dak2386]

Downside of playing the piccolo is that it can be lost easily 😰. I’ve misplaced mine so many times.

[@vanillayves]

the flute is also popular because its the closest instrument to recreating vocal sounds, due to lack of reed or mouthpiece, and requires no vocal training to create such a beautiful vocal-esque sound

[@aimeethereseperhach1055]

You mentioned Twoset! Ling Ling would be proud of you! But did you practice your 40 hours today?

[@rosemariem.6177]

What is supposedly the oldest "flute" in the world (cca. 60 000 years old, as you said) was found in my country:) I remember learning a lot about it in music class when I was at school.

[@mapleandmojiunplanned9838]

What county do you live in? That’s very cool!

[@rosemariem.6177]

@@mapleandmojiunplanned9838 Slovenia. The flute was found in the "Divje Babe" cave.

[@mapleandmojiunplanned9838]

@@rosemariem.6177 That’s amazing! Thanks for telling me :)

[@michellescheen2630]

Boehm also made the flute silver because concert halls started being made with organs and the sounds of the orchestra has to compete with the organ. This is also why there is a lack of recorder music from 1800-1900. The silver flute could be heard over the concert organ.

[@sofiadahlen1187]

Where have you heard that? According to Boehm the main reason he started trying to build his 1847 Boehm flute (the flute we know now) is because he found wood less easy to work with compared to metal. He himself played mostly a wooden flute (though with an open G# compared to what most use now). According to his own essay in regards to why he developed the 1847 model instead us using his old 1832 one he states that the most important thing for a bigger freer sound that "The notes can only be developed with freedom and power when the holes are large, and bored as near as possible to their theoretically correct places".

[@sofiadahlen1187]

The lack of recorder music has more to do (if we ask go by letters from the time) with the fact that the recorder can't play dynamics properly and has the same problems the one keyed traverso has when it comes to crossfingered notes being veiled. The recorder did not cease usage completely though but did survive as csakas which were recorders with extra keys. The recorder was in decline throughout the 18th century even.

[@michaelsommers2356]

The flute: the preferred instrument of cavemen the world over.

[@WytcherNytes]

It’s so easy a caveman could play it!

[@CarlosZtM]

@@WytcherNytes ... No

[@ceilus.ibarra]

hope everyone is having a good day!

[@Amanda-im4co]

I played the clarinet through elementary, junior/senior high and college. I actually loved the sound of the flute, but did not choose it because in my 4th grade mind I thought it would be harder to play then the clarinet

[@Angelina-yq5sn]

I play mainly flute, but I'm okay at clarinet. I personally think clarinet is harder because you have to blow harder. Maybe I'm just used to blowing out a lot of air, but the air pressure on flute is pretty low compared to clarinet. Piccolo on the other hand....yeah... you need a much smaller embouchure and more air pressure. Playing clarinet definitely helped me with piccolo lol

[@angelrosie3227]

@@Angelina-yq5sn I think you didn't see the video when it was talking about the blowing technique, did you?

[@oxoelfoxo]

Katie answers googled questions by googling them herself. thanks for doing the research. appreciate that you did that instead of answering with opinion or half-remembered fact.

[@AmbroseChan]

It would be pretty cool for you to make a video of you trying out the different flutes from various countries that you mentioned in this video! I think that would be fun!

[@vaboone]

The reason why flute is sooooo popular….. It looks and sounds pretty, it’s shiny 🤩. I have to say, when I started band, the clarinet was hands down what a LOT of kids wanted to play (no idea…aak poo). However for me it was love at first sight and sound (high school band concert aka recruiting mosh for elementary kids). I have not been without a flute of some form or fashion going on 50 years.

[@eliseplayz3825]

The saxophone actually has a little peace of wood on it so that’s why that’s also a part of the woodwind family Also I play the flute as well and I just wanted to say that I enjoy listening to you playing the flute cause you do it so well🥰

[@ivanisabeles7905]

I picked flute because I didn't want to deal with the possibility of seeing my crush the following year and having the situation be awkward. I was on violin for a year & didn't like it. So I chose flute on the same day that I turned in my violin at the shop lol. Turns out I really enjoy flute! Thank you Katie for your channel!! Maybe you can collab with Twoset in the future?! 👀

[@4enginerule]

Loved the ending of this video! Flute players are good kissers... priceless!!

[@carollyon7041]

I wanted to be an operatic soprano, which was impossible. I was able to borrow the school's flute, which became my voice.

[@debbrooks3598]

crazy questions, I inherited mine (8th grade) when my sister graduated, it was really easy for me but, Id tinkered on the piano when little so the music came easy, but I would not have traded it for the world, in my 60s and still playing. Band and orchestra saved my life, and kept me focused, love your channel!

[@graysonscantlin3927]

5:10 I have been playing in middle school flute for 2 years and let's say we have SO MANY melodies.

[@melissanorrbom4734]

I started on Sax and picked up flute a few years later. I always wanted to play sax but my mom would make comments like, don't you want to play something smaller? because it was a hefty instrument to cart around. I don't remember having a hard time with breath support once I started playing flute, but maybe because I was already used to playing an instrument. My daughter recently started flute and she's always out of breath, but making progress!

[@fgorlando]

That pink flute tho 😖😂😂. You made it sound as good as humanly possible but still... *CAVEAT EMPTOR* !

[@terrenceseidel3054]

Flute Instrument can play Bluegrass, Jazz, & Rock! And even Folk Music.!

[@carson8683]

So great to see you making videos again!!

[@sacredeclipse1155]

As a flute player I thank you

[@stureekie4638]

What a refreshing approach, Katie. So many commentators take themselves too seriously. I really enjoyed your post, and I will check out your others. One thought about the popularity of the flute - at least in my mind - (and don't come after ME!!!) may have something to do with folks like Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull. I know, he is not a classical flutist, nor even really accomplished, but by gosh he is fun!

[@ingle_fusion]

This cracks me up!! Well done!

[@gethroblaze]

Totally love your videos, I'm in my second year of playing the flute and loving the journey, any tips are of great value to me cheers Geoff

[@daviddelavega6122]

fun fact:there is a Flute in the philippines use nose to blow the Flute A kalaleng is a nose flute made from bamboo from the Philippines. Usually around two feet in length a kalaleng has holes cut in the side, to be stopped by the fingers producing the notes. The player closes one nostril with a bit of cotton, then forces the air from the other into a small hole cut in the end of the tube.

[@Machodave2020]

I'm a violinist (and the other orchestral strings) but I love the flute. That's why I now have one. Pros: it's not heavy at all (even lighter than a violin), a melodic instrument (like the violin, my instrument), fun to play, is really easy to maintain (compared to the violin in my experience, don't @ me), and has a wide range of repertoire as a Melody instrument and a Harmony instrument (violin is built the same way). Cons: Extremely hard (especially if you have breathing problems like me, I have asthma), range is "limited" (it's not really open range, the notes you have are the ones you have), a very competitive instrument (like the violin), and (for me) hard to be expressive with it as the range is closed (no double-stops, glissandos, notes that are not in the 12 tone equal temperament system, none of that, it's closed unless you have a slide head joint which I can't find). All in all, the flute is a great instrument. It has a whole family and I can definitely approve giving it a try. I don't recommend it if you have breathing problems or a short temper though. Breathing problems: It might be hard to play long passages, and could possibly cause you to pass out in theory (although, this is possible to overcome, just be careful). Short tempered people: This is not an "easy" instrument. Like the violin, you'll probably mess up a lot to the point it is embarrassing and get mad and frustrated. This is possible to overcome, but I would go to some anger management classes first. If you're short-tempered but you still want to play the flute I recommend the recorder. It's not too hard to pick up (an "easy" instrument), and can be easily replaced if you break it (cheap ones aren't that good though, so beware of extremely cheap plastic ones), and it's a lot more expressive (although I prefer common flutes more). If you want to know more about the recorder, just go to Sarah Jeffery/Team Recorder. Also recorder players, I know, the recorder isn't easy, that's why it's in quotation marks, and in my opinion, compared to violin, it's not too hard, especially since I have a recorder as well and can back myself up, so don't @ me. Edit: You can also play the tin whistle if you want to play the recorder but don't want to play the recorder.

[@LeBingeDoctor]

I really enjoyed this video, full of humor and insight. Thanks a lot!

[@patiencekillz]

Every day in middle school I had to watch a boy lug his cello onto the bus. It was a whole process and the instrument took up a whole seat which was super annoying lol

[@mehryadbayat6207]

Katie you are my favourite flute content creator and you really kept me going, if it weren’t for u I wouldn’t have gotten to experience the amazing flute opportunities I have had the honour to take part in. Sadly my time with the flute is coming to an end as I’m switching to oboe but it’s been a really fun ride and that is all thanks to you!

[@fredericbeaudoin6850]

3:00 I mean, if you can sing, thats another level of ergonomy lol

[@jcs2km]

i also could’ve been a violist because that’s what i started on, but i switched to flute in 5th grade because i just liked it

[@Fmajor7]

Awesome video! Also goals, I can't wait until I can call myself a professional Flutist one day 🙌✨❤️

[@marcelschroeder7313]

I've only looked up "kissing" but will watch the rest soon.

[@wrbutler3681]

Having dated most representatives of the winds in high school and college I can absolutely confirm flautists are the very best kissers!

[@milanab4405]

I have been playing flute for 2 years and these questions have always been asked lol

[@sylviadai7236]

Katie= I mean “drinks coffee”😹😹😹😹😹

[@nickj1111981]

My dog yells at me when I play too! Hahaha love Miguel’s contribution to your pieces.

[@brianhunt1518]

I worry about my flute being stolen or lost & the flutes are expensive, but I am switching to the oboe & I am very excited 😊 about it, because the fingering is similar to the flute.

[@suzanneparker1799]

I picked it out because it was pretty and shiny. Still playing semi professionally, teaching and gigging. Love my flute.

[@SophieS12345]

love your hair!

[@kristopherrivas602]

I think the best part about playing a instrument with little resistance (flute and tuba) is they both can be playing in almost every setting, and it’s kinda unwieldy with the amount of air/air flow it requires to make a nice sound

[@dennisfox8673]

That 5h17 eating grin and wink at the end got you a subscriber! 😂

[@Tiggy282-Bread]

I was drawn to the flute because it made a beautiful sound and looked very majestic

[@jaromite27]

The opening is the piece I'm playing for freshmen juries this fall (gotta love allegretto :))

[@The_riffologist]

Thank you for adressing us tubists 🙏

[@apufullofhappiness2052]

I have some questions after this video: I was wondering if open hole flutes were more expensive then closed hole flutes. I thought that would be a googled question, but this video was really fun to watch!!😄

[@cattymionepotter1939]

I think it is either because they may be a little more complicated in production, but especially because rather a little more experienced players do play open-holed flutes and they would more likely buy flutes which are higher quality than student flutes, so a little bit more expensive. So I think it is not about the open holes themselves but who would buy an open- oder closed-hole flute. (Just my personal thesis haha)

[@apufullofhappiness2052]

Thanks for that response! That’s something I definitely want to look into and interests me(for some reason).

[@tjrobertson9064]

@@cattymionepotter1939 Some student flutes can have open holes, they are just rare. Open hole allows for some extended techniques like multiphonics and microtones. The issue I see with it is that the open holes need to be adapted to, which is why all open hole flutes come with little bits to close off those holes until a flautist can use it. There is going to be a little bit more resistance as well, and leaking does occur if the holes aren't covered properly. But like you said, it does come down to the player and their opinion.

[@yxz2949]

10:05 that bark had me dead😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@quaidcunningham4210]

I started playing the flute because I love the sound of it! Maybe that’s why it’s so popular

[@stephenignatz8364]

Why is the Flute so cool? Because.

[@janetcooper6283]

Thanks Katie

[@VitalijKaramakov]

Katie, have you ever heard of the shakuhachi? Its a very interesting japanese flute that you blow across a cut crafted on the top joint and its played vertically))) The chinese Xiao follows the same system and both sound beautiful)))

[@keditsyoutube]

my main instrument is trombone - but im learning flute soon for my schools pit and I’m pretty excited!

[@thynguel]

I'm fascinated by the different perspectives! In Italy (where nowadays the musical upbringing is akin to that of a hamster) the flute is very popular because it's considered an easy instrument (and also fairly cheap). Almost everyone who can produce a sound with an open bottle can produce a "sound" with a flute... they don't seem to realize that the sound they produce is awful, out of tune and that taking a breath every two notes is not musical (but again... If you're an hamster do you really listen to what you do?)... the flute had this (dis)advantage. Fairly easy to play immediately, very difficult to do it WELL. The same with the price, it has a great range of prices but if you aren't choosy, a student's flute can be very affordable. I think it makes the flute very loved and underestimated at the same time.

[@kevinmchale6907]

After not playing it for 21 years, I sound like a caveman. Ty BTW. Re learning the flute is soo fun. The videos are great.

[@tiernandevine2849]

People say it is hard to get a signed out of the float when first playing as soon as I blew across the headjoint I was able to play it when I first picked it up and playing it is a bit like a recorder of the notes as such so it was easy

[@sofiadahlen1187]

That wiki-article is a bit misleading though in regards to who made the first metal flute. The first metal flute I think is hard to pinpoint exactly. But it is known the the maker George Miller made a metal flute in 1810 when he patented his cylindrical metal flute. But there is a possibility of one even earlier example that I don't know of.

[@Mel-xm8ud]

why she so pretty tho

[@Jwellsuhhuh]

Actual title: professional flutist searches up most popular flute questions then reads the answers from the search results

[@IDK-ux7ct]

Flute players: “ow my lungs” Piccolo flute players: “OW MY EARS”

[@willistaylor4077]

I've been told I'm a good kisser. 😂😂😂😂❤️🎵🤣🤣🤣 It's our well developed lip muscles ! 🙂💕💕💕💕😆

[@pveaudry68]

Thank you so much for not giving away why we are great kissers!! Hahaha! Why do some flute players hate piccolo? I really don't understand that one because I happen to LOVE piccolo.

[@davidwinfrey2861]

Also. Contrabass/ contralto flutes and certain types of bass flutes are plated vertically

[@ashlynsmusic2468]

I honestly don’t feel like I’m using a lot of air at all when playing flute, unless I’m going for really dramatic, loud vibrato. I’ve never really understood why people say that. But then my dad seemed to struggle with not using enough air when I tried to teach him so I don’t know 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@Zliu8]

I made the likes 1.7k 👍 hope u get more!

[@gaybee_n3r036]

Incase any of you don't know (this is coming from a fellow flute player

[@CrankyBeach]

I'm a little late to the party, but I have something to add.... When I was 12 my grandmother offered to pay for lessons on whatever instrument I chose. (I had had piano lessons earlier, but they didn't "stick.") I never considered anything other than flute. It was only after I got into high school band that I discovered that flute (and piccolo), oboe and low brass were the only band instruments whose parts were written in "concert" key. My mother (a pianist) had discovered when I was about 5 years old that I had perfect pitch. If I had chosen an instrument where the pitch did not match the notes on the page, it would have driven me NUTS. In college a couple of times I was handed an alto flute to play on one piece of music. The only way I could do it was stare at the page and finger the notes I saw, and NOT LISTEN to the sound I was making. Later they gave the alto flute to another player who was not encumbered with perfect pitch.

[@Lia-yx6pc]

i’ve been in band for 6 years and play sax and clarinet. i just started flute and i can barely play a whole note 😭

[@tehteh25]

well...I always hated the recorder because it was impossible for me to learn as a kid....your video led me to get a cheapo and have another go, and right now I can kinda play 3 songs (partially) after two weeks and not even playing every day...serious flites are expensive sure, but you can get a beginner guitar for $10 or so like you can a recorder...

[@danielvalenzuela3603]

10:02 hilarious!

[@Daigun_]

I m a professional at 16 I have build a career I have been teaching lots of kids I love to hear your flute music mam

[@troyrowe7670]

The flute is by no means easy to play. As a clarinetist who is trying to expand their instrument repitior, it took me a while week just to figure out how to even get a sound out of the flute using just the head joint. Compared to how long it took me to get a sound out if the saxophone (about 1 minute), I think the flute is pretty difficult to play

[@meimei4414]

I’ve been playing clarinet for a year, and when I tried the saxophone I’m able to play scale in like 10 seconds But now Ive already been trying for 2 hours but still can’t make a sound on the flute

[@Aaron_Erin]

I really want to play the flute but my school says I have to be in a higher grade. In October I will be able to sign up. And in late November I will be able to start playing the flute. 7 months to goooooooo!!

[@valterspaiders7230]

Why flutes are so popular? One of reason could be that the flute (recorder) typically is the first instrument which children has to deal with when they are starting at school - unless parents of the child have chosen strings or pianos.

[@Strawberry_1151]

Idk why but I was laughing so hard at 10:05

[@tiernandevine2849]

What type all flute do you have I know I think you said it was and alto flute I might be wrong but if I have spelt the name of the flute role let me know

[@MaxisaBandKid]

tl;dr at the end I feel like a more direct answer to the first question is because the flute has a cork in the headjoint, as do all the other woodwind instruments. The ends of the clarinet pieces are cork, the top of a saxophone is cork, and with english horns, bassoons, and oboe, it's same, with the additional cork on their double reed. A brass instrument, however, has no wood to be found. Its fully metal, excluding the padding underneath the valve keys, or for a french horn, the back of the valves. tl;dr: A flute has a cork like all other instruments. Brass instruments dont have corks.

[@bobtheg.o.a.t5351]

Still wonder why when i play with band i cant hear flutes but when i am alone or with choir or orchestra its super loud

[@carolyncomings521]

I chose to learn flute not knowing that it is one of the few band instruments keyed in C. Most of the other instruments in the band are keyed elsewhere, B flat or E flat, and I would have had trouble with one of those because the notes on the page would not be the notes I was hearing. Just one of the drawbacks of having perfect pitch....

[@sofiadahlen1187]

Ohh, and a fun-fact about flutist being good kissers! There was a belief in the beginning of the 20th century that kissing made you a bad flute player, and that that was (according to one author) one of the main reasons why soo few women played the flute. Since they would have to choose between kissing and playing the flute.

[@darjabednarik6534]

I picked the flute because the music school my parents enrolled me in didn’t have the harp available. 😂 I’m happy with the choice little 5 year old me made tbh.

[@joelhirsbrunner1997]

the flute is popular, because of persons like galway who played in famous films... and ofc the pop references (idk if I like how it is portrayed there tho)...

[@brunocoutu8074]

Wow very cute to day good speaker too

[@jonblu]

Can you make a video or videos about the "Fife Flute"? I was planning on buying one but there are very few videos about it. Best wishes.

[@WytcherNytes]

There are plenty of fife videos on YT if you search. Unfortunately none by Katie 😉 I worked on playing a fife for about 3 weeks, then obtained a flute. Getting the embouchure on the fife was hard. But the tough practice on the fife made getting the embouchure on flute a relatively trivial matter

[@netbrood]

I don't know if the flute is popular, but I like it best because of its timbre

[@Olivia_Evil]

There is some other instrument that you would like to play?

[@jonathanrio6587]

What is the piece that is played in the beginning of your videos???

[@brunocoutu8074]

Very interesting

[@mlnuniada]

The last question tho 🤣😂 #TeamFlute

[@smolenbyy]

The only time I can say flutes are quiet is when we’re playing in a football field overrun by trumpets and brass lol My dog also hatesssss hearing me play 😂 (I am a flutist and that was my marching band experience back in school)

[@nrghaze9567]

I’m tuba and it’s true it does take a lot of air

[@shalyarkh2633]

Respect to all musicians every instrument has its own fascinating sound but one thing straight came up to my mind play mask off 😁