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Where to Buy a Flute
Buying a Beginner Flute
Buying a Professional Flute
Flute Accessories
Assembling a Flute
Tuning a Flute
Posture for Playing Flute
Breathing When Playing the Flute
Flute Embouchure
Flute Mouth Techniques
Flute Hand Positioning
Playing a C Major Scale on the Flute
Playing an F Major Scale on the Flute
Basic Care for the Flute
Common Problems with Flutes
Private Lessons & Flute Books
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Summary: Accompany your flute with accessories; check out these tips for beginners on shopping for and buying flute accessories in this free video flute lesson.
Sarah Noah has been playing flute for eleven years, and in that time has received numerous awards. She has competed in solo and ensemble competitions seven years in a row, and was...read more
"Hi, my name is Sarah for Expert Village.com. I am here today to talk to you about accessories for your flute. All of these will come with your flute or you can find them in your local music store. First of all, your flute will come with a hard case kind of like this, with a nice lining to keep your flute protected. Something else your flute will come with is your tuning rod as well as your cleaning stick. It should come with this so you can swap out your flute and also another important thing to look for is to make sure when you get it has this line here. This will help with tuning later. Some other things you can look to buy that are very good is a polishing cloth like this one. They are very inexpensive to wipe off all of the finger prints after you play and also, things like this which is a little duster for little areas inside of your flute that are very small and can’t reach with your hands and clean off with this. Something else that would be good are these special instrument screwdrivers that you can use to tighten any screws that should become undone on the ends of your flute or in here. Instead of taking it to a repair shop you can do it yourself. Something else you can buy which more advanced players usually have is a case that has a sheep wool lining. This protects your flute and keeps a constant temperature so it does not get too cold or does not get too hot and it can prevent permanent damage to your flute from it getting too hot or too humid or anything like that."
eHow Article: Flute Accessories
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evuser8489 said
on 8/2/2008 Saraha says while picking up a screw driver... "Instead of taking it to a repair shop you can do it yourself." PLEASE PEOPLE, DON'T DO THIS! Expert village please take this girl and these videos off of you site!
evuser8489 said
on 8/2/2008 OH LORD!!! PLEASE stay away from using screw drivers on your flute unless you are a trained technician!
peterk1 said
on 8/2/2008 You demons probably have scratchy and hoarse voices that screech when you talk, due to the three pack a day habit you've had since you were twelve.
delasonorite said
on 8/2/2008 DO NOT use a screwdriver unless you know exactly what you are doing! Unless you have a high quality handmade flute, pivot screws, when not tightened correctly/to the correct level, will prevent some keys from moving or closing! Adjustment screws, when not tightened to the exact correct position, will create leaks and destroy the synchronization of your keys! And that "duster thing" is for repair techs and woodwind instruments that WON'T be harmed by the harsh bristles... not a SILVER, scratchable flute with a delicate mechanism that can easily be bent or displaced by inexperienced hands shoving brushes between the keys...