Trying my old flute..! | Team Recorder

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!!!
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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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[@lindenbug]

“There’s something about flutes that always sounds so *good* and... I don’t like that!” I’m cackling

[@lordmauriceortizlagartera162]

Sameee.. Haha

[@andreamundt]

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*

[@fornamnefternamn4869]

:D

[@LEgregius]

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.

[@aashritha4238]

Lololol

[@TheTraceIrving]

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!

[@jota-erre]

In Brazil we call flute as transversal flute, and recorder as sweet flute. Here, flute is a very popular instrument in Samba and Chorinho.

[@zarkaylia1735]

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

[@m41.7]

And ladies and gentlemen here what he have in an infamous XD’r

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[@hannab9625]

Team recorder

[@sahamal_savu]

"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.

[@keegimujaltold1454]

Me too) I'm learning the dizi now.

[@lauramontoyaaa793]

@@keegimujaltold1454 omg sameee!! i practice dizi flute everyday😆

[@digitalspecter]

As an oboe player I'm having my keyless fun with a duduk :D

[@sophiaseth2769]

I have one but its I cant make a god damn noise on it

[@beakerthebeaver581]

tedah riagrimi yes if you don’t practice you won’t get better than her, but if you practice you have high chances.

[@rrssna]

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.

[@tapsarautanen]

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?

[@jcortese3300]

Was going to say exactly the same thing -- and the low D comes out without any effort at all.

[@jcortese3300]

@@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.

[@isaackeller1816]

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!

[@rrssna]

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.

[@magda-plays]

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

[@flutechannel]

Yup might need an overhaul!

[@picante28]

Flute gang 😄🎶

[@mariolumbanraja8276]

@@flutechannel FLUTE GANG

[@kadrikapa5855]

I feel really sorry for that flute 😢

[@samyandkitty8399]

I agree. I think people in England put themselves down more than other nationalities for no useful reason. Grade 8 is degree level.

[@recorder71]

I too was a flute player! I studied flute performance in university and switched to the recorder afterwards and never looked back!!!

[@itsmeGeorgina]

😎

[@carollai6410]

bro... as a flutist.. sHE'S STILL PLAYING BETTER THAN ME-

[@carlosrosado9515]

I love your shirt: "Amamos Flauta Doce". - (We) love recorder! ❤️in Portuguese! ❤️

[@abraao666]

Siiim

[@goncalobaia1574]

Fogo só agora é que reparei

[@jaiderbosco]

🇧🇷♥️

[@CadnunsDimir]

Eu tbm notei kkkkkk

[@rorotheelite4305]

"there so many keys I have to worry about touching" me being a sax player -_-

[@lillygames6117]

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. :)

[@mae33333]

me playing the piano haha

[@BlueAcidball]

roro the elite As a trombonist I can’t relate

[@kaymorris7100]

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

[@sjramen_]

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

[@mikeringham8653]

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

[@lillyalford2537]

I’m a flute player and she sounds better than me🤣😂

[@lia5911]

Lilly Alford SAME

[@picante28]

😂😂

[@Anya-uc8fp]

She did do grade 8 tho hhh but yes she is so good

[@cattymionepotter1939]

I mean - 10 years don't just disappear :)

[@graiici]

Samee

[@Grimace_Integ420]

“There’s so many keys I have to worry about touching” Me a piano player... “bru, try 88”

[@gingkobilobae]

Pianos are easier

[@disinshizuzokabutterfly6007]

yetus fetus ...

[@olgierdvoneverec4135]

@@gingkobilobae oh no you did not...

[@gingkobilobae]

Advisory Brewing Comisioner maybe it was my 13 years experience of piano

[@BooingYou]

As a flutist... I have to agree with that ;_; 88 keys are waaaaayyy to much 😂

[@imerlettidifrancescabarett9408]

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

[@juliac.4635]

I merletti di Francesca Baretta good thing i play both... teehee. i play tenor recorder and flute!

[@sumdude6007]

"Teenage Sarah liked the jazz flute" Proceeds to play jazz sax

[@Choosefaithnotfear]

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.

[@vonnealie6814]

As someone who plays flute, I actually kinda want to see the music from her composition book lol

[@BooingYou]

Same😂

[@yhwhschild5401]

You shouldn’t give up on flute. You’re skilled enough to be a pro at both recorder and flute

[@KIMarin1]

Im a clarinetist and I agree holes are better thank keys haha 😆

[@melleonA]

KIMarin1 same I’m a also a clarinetist!

[@rinkoshirokane8263]

Louise Findlay why??

[@sarahadair7320]

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😂

[@AceecA626]

@Annabelle Farley "Do"e a deer a female deer

[@AndrewBeals]

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.

[@gaylem4333]

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.

[@yannikessarios2103]

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.

[@danabaillie3948]

Sounds like your flute needs to be overhauled, and possibly new pads on it. I play both flute and recorder.

[@hauntedshadowslegacy2826]

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.

[@anastasia_six]

I was thinking the flute looks so hard and cold compared to a recorder...personal bias! 😁

[@julio77sp]

Amei o texto em portugues em sua t-shirt ""Amamos flauta doce" . Abraços do Brasil. I love recorder also

[@stereo123]

Ela esteve aqui (tem um vídeo anterior, bem legal). Acho que deve ter ganhado a camiseta.

[@manydelmal]

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...

[@BooingYou]

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.

[@manydelmal]

@@BooingYou 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 :(

[@BooingYou]

@@manydelmal omg🥺🥺🥺🥺💕💕💕

[@ayibeden]

The flute is so much more... And you have a beautiful tone.

[@brenkhiu1909]

OMG FINALLY!!! THE TWO OF THEM HAVE MADE CONTACT!!

[@agustinamei6691]

I'm a flutist but these days I'm loving the recorder because of you lol

[@535Salomon]

Good thing about Sarah is that she is genuine with her flute videos 🙌

[@jorgesalinas9505]

I'm a guitarrist who love your recorder (...and flute) videos! Greetings from Chile.

[@hilaryweiner893]

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.

[@senseialexlopessagara]

Adorei a camiseta kkkkk #amamos flauta doce

[@uziasnatividade5104]

"Amamos flauta doce"

[@CharJlJly]

"i used to love "the song of the wind" - it has four flats" Aha)) I believe her xD

[@WWS322]

I started playing mandolin a little more than a year ago and it boosted my enjoyment of guitar playing.

[@lulo3554]

My left shoulder aches whenever trying flute...that brought me back to the recorder

[@perplexed247]

Thanks Sarah. Your videos are always uplifting. Please keep it up.

[@sarahk1986]

Thank you for sharing your fluting days! It takes guts to show yourself online as less than perfect. You are so cool! ❤️

[@dogchai8426]

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😆

[@lucasfppaiva]

Love your "amamos flauta doce" shirt! Greetings from Brasil :)

[@edwincancelii2917]

I love it when you say “hello.”

[@frannbug]

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!

[@sarahk1986]

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

[@suedetweiler2075]

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!

[@Team_Recorder]

You are so welcome, and thank you for letting me know! You made my day! Enjoy the recorder ❤️

[@andrefrazao9245]

OMG 😂😂😂 I can't imagine the heartbreak that it must be for a flute teacher hearing ur student saying (s)he prefers to play the recorder XDDD

[@ultimateconfusion9648]

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 😂

[@user-JM1967]

AMAMOS FLAUTA DOCE (We love Recorder)

[@Team_Recorder]

❤️

[@sadiemcc9363]

4:39 *Confused violinist noises*

[@gundulam.3748]

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.

[@TheFlutePractice]

Soooo cool😂😃😂😃 love your videos your work! Such cool passion for recorder 😃 you still got a stunning tone and some pretty decent chops 😃

[@HIHELLO-pc2kl]

Collab????? Haha😂😃

[@TheFlutePractice]

@@HIHELLO-pc2kl This would be a LOT of fun!

[@HIHELLO-pc2kl]

@@TheFlutePractice yeah I think so! 😇

[@jennyreece190]

Sounds like some leaks esp in low register. You’ve still got it, Mozart is difficult ❤️

[@katkat3458]

1:02 this is me with every new instrument

[@flutechannel]

Nice job!

[@Team_Recorder]

😂😂 don’t judge me!

[@Reliquancy]

Your channel made me wonder if there are professional kazoo players that own $1000 kazoos

[@Deyneroliveira]

"Amamos Flauta Doce" on T-shirt. From Brazil here

[@petebard]

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.

[@dirtywashedupsparkle]

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.

[@TenorCantusFirmus]

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...

[@Drewster58]

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!

[@Richard-si3sr]

You are great after soooo many years not touching a flute, you sounded perfect!

[@solidakyl]

"Teenage Sarah liked the jazz flute" *saxophone noises*

[@shawty8461]

Really cool and amazing video. Super interesting

[@daniambritish7068]

Don't put yourself down😂😂 you're amazing🎼🎹🎶🎵

[@David-qn9wu]

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.

[@sakurapixey3043]

I started out with the flute but now my heart is with the harp

[@duckette]

Beginner flute player here, you’re so good. My god.

[@debscute]

I am a flute player and not a recorder player- and I loved this 😻

[@alexandrechatty5439]

You do it well, it's just that your flute leaks air : it needs a maintenance. In France, we learn with open holes : it guarantees an impeccable finger's position.

[@ViktoriousFlutes]

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.

[@robertnoblitt518]

I play saxophone and recorder. Something I like about playing the recorder is I can play for hours and not get tired. Not so with sax; it tires my lower lip, so I can't play a long time.

[@hamster-j9d]

The thing with flutes that has always bugged me is that constant “slow fart” flow of air.

[@BooingYou]

Maybe you just heard bad flute players, you shouldnt hear a flow of air, its probably cuz they arent blowing right into the hole ;w;

[@Rolph-sr2gx]

You totally have to do a video with KatieFlute! That would be so awesome!

[@angeladominique5846]

And swap instruments!

[@Saltytoastplebs]

"Theres something about flutes that always sound so good" *proceeds to make car noises *

[@isabelgomez5667]

I play both recorder and flute, and playing recorder over the summer helped me improve my flute playing

[@katiebechtel9320]

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!

[@davidwyatt1446]

Wow that first sound was really nice lol

[@haleyanderson2258]

I love just another flutist :)

[@mayaflautina6592]

Haha I feel you! I started with recorder and then later flute when I was 14, now I'm studying recorder :)

[@laceyking2006]

Was anyone else thinking of katieflute while watching this?

[@yourTurb0]

We also heard some Jethro Tull, great !

[@jihad1251]

This has the same energy as “That’s the problem with superheroes! Agh, there too…. HEROIC-“

[@Laogeodritt]

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

[@darrenate83]

better than those flute players I have been playing with so far. lol

[@serenity-symphony]

The recoreder is just my all in all

[@onandofflooker]

Sarah! Try a baroque flute (you probably already have), make a video of that!

[@rosaliadeastis2287]

I like this video because i can recognize the most common problems a beginner could have starting to play the flute, but as a flute player i have to say that learn to play a flute with open keys is not so hard and also it sound very good for me, indeed when we play the flute we have to obtain a full sound, not the "good sound", this Is more like a technical effect

[@emt.2157]

Love a flute that doubles as a percussion instrument

[@frultimate6144]

Amazing💚

[@SaxandRelax]

omg i love joanna,

[@mrsenstitz]

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.

[@argonwheatbelly637]

Awesome! Very Ian Anderson in some ways. Love it!

[@Anubis81]

I'm a clarinetist but the embrochure makes me bite my lower lip till I taste blood so I love to "relax" by playing the recorder.

[@joaoduarte8916]

Yeah, same! 😂😂

[@notallgarbage]

Double lips embouchure?

[@mrkoala4088]

I saw the amount of likes on the video, and it had 887, so I thought why not make it 888 just for fun, and here we are.💜💜💜

[@Team_Recorder]

😘😘😘

[@Reefaleaf]

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

[@RolandHutchinson]

Get that poor baby an overhaul! Even a string player like me can hear that it is leaking like a sieve in the sea.

[@randlyons7278]

Sarah and friends, look up a youtube video called "President Monson's 95th birthday celebration" and find location 35:12 . Watch this old codger playing a recorder in the midst of the entire orchestra and choir. The piece is beautiful as was his playing. For this sound it could not have been replaced by any other instrument. And I'm a big transvers flute fan.

[@RhayvenBlood]

Considering you're used to holes vs keys, have you ever thought about getting a glass flute?

[@alawyer1614]

IMHO not a good idea; a simple system (keyless) wooden flute like used in traditional music would be better. A glass flute looks cool, but it is way less forgiving- which does make it great for embouchure practice - & the tone is much thinner than wood or metal. [Team Flute; Team Tin Whistle; occasional Team Recorder]

[@mariadavis8745]

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.

[@martilewis44356]

I'm a flutist. Started learning recorder in 2017 but haven't played in over a year. I thought I could play both, but the flute is taking all my practice time. Last year I had a bad repair job (took it back to the guy twice, but it was never right), and I was struggling with m playing. I had it fixed by another tech (he said there were several leaks) two months ago and it's going very well now. Your flute probably has leaks that make the lowest notes unplayable.

[@germanhayles9194]

I love everything about this video!!