Bruce - very nice sound. Jennifer Cluff's alignment seems to be working well for you. Articulation is really clean, tone quality is warm & a little airy, no shrillness at all. Very pleasing to the ear. Have fun my friend, you're sounding good. BT
@TwainsBlues : I was overdoing it on articulation. I should mention, I'm also working with a wonderful teacher at our local conservatory [Victoria Conservatory of Music, British Columbia] (Marsha Elliott) - looking at things like intonation, articulation, interpretation, breathing (phrasing), how to hold the flute without injuring yourself and so on. They're not letting me get away with anything! Cheers.
@BroadwayFlutist : Many thanks. Takes a few months to get back into "classical" mode (although I still do jazz as well). Discovered I had my headjoint and footjoint misaligned the last 25 years. Align far side of blowhole in betwn the rods, - turn outwards a bit from that. Footjoint: right hand pinky should land comfortably on the B key - i.e. little knob thingy about center (longitudinal diameter) of body keys. The latter prevents hand & back injuries. Discoverd this after this recording.
@jazzflutist I'm a little curious about this hand and back injury thing - I nearly injured my hand trying to play with the headjoint upsidedown ...
I enjoyed this, reminded me what fun Kohler is, it's a real workout. To my ears you didn't overdo the articulation; in this kind of piece, I myself try to really accentuate the contrast between the alternating legato and staccato groups of notes . Actually, I don't think I've ever managed to do a piece like this twice the same way ..
I like it!!!
antonisflute 1 year ago
Bruce - very nice sound. Jennifer Cluff's alignment seems to be working well for you. Articulation is really clean, tone quality is warm & a little airy, no shrillness at all. Very pleasing to the ear. Have fun my friend, you're sounding good. BT
TwainsBlues 1 year ago
@TwainsBlues : I was overdoing it on articulation. I should mention, I'm also working with a wonderful teacher at our local conservatory [Victoria Conservatory of Music, British Columbia] (Marsha Elliott) - looking at things like intonation, articulation, interpretation, breathing (phrasing), how to hold the flute without injuring yourself and so on. They're not letting me get away with anything! Cheers.
jazzflutist
jazzflutist 1 year ago
Do search on catherine legrand blogspot - aligning the flute properly - which also leads to jennifer cluff's articles on this.
jazzflutist 1 year ago
Beautiful flute playing!! Your performences never cease to amaze me!! :D
BroadwayFlutist 1 year ago
@BroadwayFlutist : Many thanks. Takes a few months to get back into "classical" mode (although I still do jazz as well). Discovered I had my headjoint and footjoint misaligned the last 25 years. Align far side of blowhole in betwn the rods, - turn outwards a bit from that. Footjoint: right hand pinky should land comfortably on the B key - i.e. little knob thingy about center (longitudinal diameter) of body keys. The latter prevents hand & back injuries. Discoverd this after this recording.
jazzflutist 1 year ago
@jazzflutist I'm a little curious about this hand and back injury thing - I nearly injured my hand trying to play with the headjoint upsidedown ...
I enjoyed this, reminded me what fun Kohler is, it's a real workout. To my ears you didn't overdo the articulation; in this kind of piece, I myself try to really accentuate the contrast between the alternating legato and staccato groups of notes . Actually, I don't think I've ever managed to do a piece like this twice the same way ..
Blackgeoff1 11 months ago