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icecreamandcake · 2010-07-13 20:59:28

I'm gonna go into middle school this year, and I decided to do middle school band for music classes. Out of all the instruments, I wanted to play the flute. Wish granted: Now I'm getting flute lessons with a few other girls (My flute class is all girls, including me) at my middle school. But I had to rent on before my parents buy on, so I've recently rented a silver Yamaha flute with a silver emboucere plate (The emboucere plate is where you put your mouth while playing the flute). The only notes I know so far a D, C, and B Flat. My D's sound horrible, my B Flats sound wonderful, and my C's are so-so. But now, its going good so far. I practice 15 to 20 minutes every day, and I'm still working on switching my fingers to every key without having to look (XD, I'm sometimes like that when I play instruments I've never used before). So I might not be on Scratch for 15 or 20 minutes a day. Let me know if you play an instrument, too! There might be other junior musicians like me out there! smile

littletonkslover · 2010-07-13 21:02:27

Oh, I started oboe in 5th grade! big_smile It's a really awesome instrument. Double reed. Take that, clarinets!~

icecreamandcake · 2010-07-13 21:08:35

littletonkslover wrote:
Oh, I started oboe in 5th grade! It's a really awesome instrument. Double reed. Take that, clarinets!~

Speaking of clarinets, I tried the clarinet, but I didn't like the feel of the single reed buzzing on my bottom lip. I almost tried oboe, but my mind was on flute. So then my decision was flute. And now I can't wait until my parents buy me one so that I don't have to use a rental!

PW132 · 2010-07-13 21:11:25

I PLAY THE COMMODORE 64! No just kidding I can't play any instrument very well. XD

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icecreamandcake · 2010-07-13 21:12:42

PW132 wrote:
I PLAY THE COMMODORE 64! No just kidding I can't play any instrument very well. XD

I was wondering what a Commodore 64 was when I read your post.

PW132 · 2010-07-13 21:13:46

icecreamandcake wrote:
PW132 wrote:
I PLAY THE COMMODORE 64! No just kidding I can't play any instrument very well. XD
I was wondering what a Commodore 64 was when I read your post.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64

fg123 · 2010-07-13 21:24:40

I play the violin and I practice about 2 hours everyday. tongue

Greatdane · 2010-07-13 23:15:36

I play the piano, learning guitar(so-so), and I used to play the clarinet for the school band.

I practice 1.5 hours each day, and I have a composition lesson as well.

My dad plays a base guitar, a violin, a base, and a piano, my brother plays the violin, and my mom plays anything percussion, piano, and a bit of violin.

Let's say my family is musical. tongue

samurai768 · 2010-07-14 00:41:50

Eww... Renting a flute? Doesn't that mean someone has used it before? It's like saying "Hey! Here's a spoon that I squashed a bug with! *Puts in soup you're eating* I washed it off big_smile " xD

fg123 · 2010-07-14 01:13:46

I'm pretty sure they wash it. smile

scmb1 · 2010-07-14 12:59:18

Sounds fun! My brother plays the flute.

I play trombone mostly, but I also goof around on the piano and the euphonium/baritone. I also played trumpet for a year.

melikecheese · 2010-07-14 13:06:06

I play the piano and am on grade 4. I used to play the clarinet but I got bored and didn't practise so I gave up. I have a cello, no idea how to play it (must remember to get lessons) so I just sort of mess about on it. Anyway at the moment in my piano lessons we are practising for the concert (Sunday)

icecreamandcake · 2010-07-14 13:46:49

samurai768 wrote:
Eww... Renting a flute? Doesn't that mean someone has used it before? It's like saying "Hey! Here's a spoon that I squashed a bug with! *Puts in soup you're eating* I washed it off " xD

I do clean my flute, you know.

icecreamandcake · 2010-07-14 13:49:17

scmb1 wrote:
Sounds fun! My brother plays the flute.

I play trombone mostly, but I also goof around on the piano and the euphonium/baritone. I also played trumpet for a year.

You play trombone? I go to a math summer school that's in the same building where I take band lessons, and there's a boy in my class and he plays trombone for the middle school band. He says that carrying it is like he's carrying a huge rock in a case XD

lilacfuzz101 · 2010-07-14 14:11:39

Clarinets! Go Clarinets! Ever since 5th grade smile

scmb1 · 2010-07-14 14:13:21

icecreamandcake wrote:
scmb1 wrote:
Sounds fun! My brother plays the flute.

I play trombone mostly, but I also goof around on the piano and the euphonium/baritone. I also played trumpet for a year.
You play trombone? I go to a math summer school that's in the same building where I take band lessons, and there's a boy in my class and he plays trombone for the middle school band. He says that carrying it is like he's carrying a huge rock in a case XD

It's not bad... Better than a tuba or bari sax anyway.

RobotKitty · 2010-07-14 14:22:56

Cool, good luck with your Flute lessons ^^

I play Alto Saxophone, might switch to Tenor, then possibly Bari >:3

samurai768 · 2010-07-14 14:23:13

icecreamandcake wrote:
samurai768 wrote:
Eww... Renting a flute? Doesn't that mean someone has used it before? It's like saying "Hey! Here's a spoon that I squashed a bug with! *Puts in soup you're eating* I washed it off " xD
I do clean my flute, you know.

I was just kidding tongue I used to play recorder, but a flute is really cool!

icecreamandcake · 2010-07-14 15:00:55

samurai768 wrote:
icecreamandcake wrote:
samurai768 wrote:
Eww... Renting a flute? Doesn't that mean someone has used it before? It's like saying "Hey! Here's a spoon that I squashed a bug with! *Puts in soup you're eating* I washed it off " xD
I do clean my flute, you know.
I was just kidding I used to play recorder, but a flute is really cool!

It's pretty intresting, and now I know the notes F and E Flat. Also, I can switch from key to key pretty well. I also used to play recorder too, but that was when I was in fourth grade a couple years ago.

icecreamandcake · 2010-07-14 15:02:29

fg123 wrote:
I play the violin and I practice about 2 hours everyday.

Woah. That's a long time to practice. The longest I've practiced my flute was 25 minutes.

ScratchReallyROCKS · 2010-07-14 16:02:27

RobotKitty wrote:
Cool, good luck with your Flute lessons ^^

I play Alto Saxophone, might switch to Tenor, then possibly Bari >:3

I play Alto Sax too!

Aidan · 2010-07-14 16:11:58

I used to play the cello, but I wasn't "committed" enough.

samurai768 · 2010-07-14 16:36:08

icecreamandcake wrote:
samurai768 wrote:
icecreamandcake wrote:

I do clean my flute, you know.
I was just kidding I used to play recorder, but a flute is really cool!
It's pretty intresting, and now I know the notes F and E Flat. Also, I can switch from key to key pretty well. I also used to play recorder too, but that was when I was in fourth grade a couple years ago.

I'm goign to 7th next next. I took Orchestra for Cello, and now I'm going into intermediate big_smile

Cello is so fun smile

rufflebee · 2010-07-14 16:45:20

I play the Cello. I'm playing it next year when I go to middle school too. I don't like to brag, but I'm pretty good xD I was in All County Orchestra, which we had to audition for . We missed school for practice, and we played challenging compostions and stuff.
It was really fun smile
Instruments are fun big_smile

icecreamandcake · 2010-07-14 16:52:01

The only REAL songs (The starter songs for flute lessons are made up) I can play on my flute right now are Cadriff By The Sea (Welsh folk song) and Easy Street (From the Broadway musical Annie). But I'm still learning!

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