amazing!! and beautiful... in my personal opinion, though, the orchestra is way too loud. I could barely make out some of your runs, even though you were definitely playing with full sound.
ive been in band from 4th grade and im in 9th and i still havnt figured how to play i dont know how to read music and ive tryed getting help but the teachers arnt that good
grr its rlly hard to be in badn not being able to play cuz i love band and im sad/mad i cant play could you give me some help to liek find a website or a video to help me learn to read music and play?
This is gorgeous, You're so talented! You make every song you play sound so effortless! I can't tell you how many times I've watched this video. I'm doing Chaminade's Concertino for my High School All-State band and orchestra audition this fall so this is a big help! And hey, I have the same flute as you! I love my Miyazawa. Anyways, you're incredible. Maybe one day I'll be as talented as you. maybe. :)
Very beautiful playing, I am actually performing this tonight with a high school band. I really wish the orchestra was softer at some places as there were points where you were completely inaudible compared to them. Overall superior performance.
You are verrry good! But the 7 y.o is really good.. I know u have had way more experience.. it is just I can't hear the flute at all... in her video I could, but good job! Keep it up Helen! How old r u?
You are verrry good! But the 7 y.o is really good.. I know u have had way more experience.. it is just I can't hear the flute at all... in her video I could, but good job! Keep it up Helen!
OH MY GOSH !! sorry for my english haha :) i'm from Quebec, canada !! But yesterday i played that song with an orchestra like you :) !! I begin to practice 6 months ago and I want to thank you for all the help you gave to me !! Seriously, you are the most talented person I ever seen !! You're so amazing Helen Mcgarr !! I really want to thank you again !!
how on earth did you remember that whole thing? i always end up forgetting something :(
im playing this for my schools contest. i hope mine is like this, i have trouble with the parts that are 11 notes per beat. im a 14 year old flute player, im in the 9th grade :) i love this piece!
. i'm a student from university of the philippines . also a flutist . i admire your performance so much . and that piece is my dream piece . hope to play that in an orchestra too . . . like you .
i was playing my flute the other day and my sister was making fun of me, like usual, and i kept playing. 10 mins later i stopped and she said thnx god! and replied. watch one day ur gonna see ima be like helen mcgarr! once you see me playing in carnegie hall and ur gonna wish u hadent said that to me. lmao
Haha this is helen, that story cracked me up! Thanks so much for your support and keep practicing and you will get to Carnegie Hall! Sending all my love,
Helen is beautiful, very well done too ... I wanted to play such a day! but I prefer to listen rather! My Congratulations! I am amazed by his technique!
I keep trying to comment on this but it's not working! I'm persisting because I need to say how wonderful this is! Your tone is absolutely beautiful; I'd die happy I could play like that in the 3rd register! Great vibrato too. Overall a really touching performance. You're so good you make me want to give up the flute! I won't though, I'm actually waiting for the sheets for this to come in the post so I can (attempt to) learn this too! It's beautiful Helen, well well well done.
You are an amazing flute player!I read about you in a brio article and when I saw you on the cover I get so excited that there was a young girl going places on flute! I decided that if you could do it, I could, and made it my goal to do something outstanding with the flute. So this year I entered a concerto competition and do pretty well, so I was selected to perform the Chaminade concerto with my town's Philharmonic. Thank you for being such a great inspiration you'll go far!!
I like your stage presence and stance. It's so much better than seeing some flutist wobble all over the stage in order to keep rhythm. You play very well, too.
some ppl have good memory..i have good memory to and once u have a tune in ur head its not hard to forget it..for me its like crazy because i can hear soemthing once and then be able to play and memorize a whole 2-3 min song..lol my teacher usto hate me because sometimes she would forget a note and i would correct her without looking..but yea this is very lenghty..she is amazing
I find it okay to memorise things, if you play a piece for quite some time, your fingers do get used to it and it comes naturally. This is an awfully long piece tho! Its simply amazing! Such beautiful tone and presence :)
Very hard to memorize but if you think about, really it is easy to break down into parts. There are four pages. 1st and 4th page are almost identical with some differences. 2nd page you can break down into two parts, slow part and fast part. The fast part on the 2nd page is the very similar on the 3rd page. And then you learn the cadenza and you have it.
by the way, some of the comments people leave on your videos are disgusting, it's so brave of you to put up videos of yourself playing in the first place (i'm too scared to it myself, but my goal is to eventually get some flute videos of myself up), and then they shut you down. ugh. it's not like you credit yourself to be some incredible flautist who's just the best, you're only putting videos up - and they're good!
i was really nervous because my boyfriend was in the audience and hearing me play for the first time so i made a lot of mistakes and had trouble breathing haha!
You did terrific. What was it like when you first heard you were going to play at Carnegie hall, being filmed for PBS, and work with Opera star Denyse Graves?
I was so surprised that they actually chose me! It was so unexpected and an amazing thrill. It gave me butterflies when I found out! I was so excited broadwaymike92.
nice job, could use some work though. Many spots were rushed, good thing there's a conductor to stay in tempo bc her tempo is going from here to there. Overall nice job
well, i don't do anything really, i learned how to tongue by spitting rice. I'm sure that helped me. what i did was get a big bowl of rice and went out on my front porch. then i stuck the rice on the tip of my tongue and tried to spit the rice as dar as i could! don't let any saliva come out when your spitting. haha.
i personally tongue by lightly tapping my tounge on the roof of my mouth (thats how i would explain it anyways) i find it comes out lighter than most :). if anyone disagrees, feel free to tell me, but dont get all offensive :)
Very well played! I loved playing that piece with an orchestra. Your tone is incredible in the high register! I wish I could make a sound like that!
The orchestra were too loud at times though. Also, the cadenza still needed some work. Try not to rush through it so much - really enjoy it! You can hold the last trill (the C#) for the full semibreve as well. Occasionally the tonguing wasn't very clear also, particularly in the cadenza.
Beautiful!!! Many of your performances have inspired me. I have now been working on this song for about 4 months and still can't get half of it!! Amazing.
amazing!! and beautiful... in my personal opinion, though, the orchestra is way too loud. I could barely make out some of your runs, even though you were definitely playing with full sound.
Performerx43 1 month ago
Took me 3 years (from nothing to learn this piece, but still in progress).
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dgdhqgdyukqud 2 months ago
@swedishgir006 you might want to try a tuner to find the notes and then experiment around with it i know that i have done that with my flute =)
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dgdhqgdyukqud 2 months ago
I absolutely love your sound.c:
I'm playing this as my solo this year, it's beautiful.:)
DancingWithMyFlute 2 months ago
you're amazing. i played the flute, but i definitely did not sound like this at your age.
joeljack1 3 months ago
do you have any sheet music or notes? i have to do this by ear right now...
swedishgir006 4 months ago
What a beautiful sound you have! What do you play on?
joeljack1 4 months ago
@joeljack1 I play a Miyazawa Boston Classic. I love it.
emcgarr 3 months ago
Amazingly done. Beautiful tone and crisp notes... I also like the tempo you took at the ending. Lovely. :)
Shyruchan 5 months ago
@Shyruchan perfect tempo, not too fast, not to slow.
dgdhqgdyukqud 2 months ago
someone teach her to bow!
saxman14214 5 months ago
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dgdhqgdyukqud 2 months ago
@saxman14214 someone teach you to play this piece on flute!
dgdhqgdyukqud 2 months ago
i'm playing this song for solo and ensemble contest this year, and i'm so jealous. this song is difficult. great job!
bananaramas12 5 months ago
yeah
Acj991999 6 months ago
ive been in band from 4th grade and im in 9th and i still havnt figured how to play i dont know how to read music and ive tryed getting help but the teachers arnt that good
grr its rlly hard to be in badn not being able to play cuz i love band and im sad/mad i cant play could you give me some help to liek find a website or a video to help me learn to read music and play?
GraceDavidson96 6 months ago
What kind of flute do you have cause you sound amazing!
EdieRoxUrSox15 6 months ago
you play so good! your my model.. i want to play like you. i hope when i'm older and finished my school i'm so good like you. :)
voschn 7 months ago
This is gorgeous, You're so talented! You make every song you play sound so effortless! I can't tell you how many times I've watched this video. I'm doing Chaminade's Concertino for my High School All-State band and orchestra audition this fall so this is a big help! And hey, I have the same flute as you! I love my Miyazawa. Anyways, you're incredible. Maybe one day I'll be as talented as you. maybe. :)
Jayne3111 8 months ago
Very beautiful playing, I am actually performing this tonight with a high school band. I really wish the orchestra was softer at some places as there were points where you were completely inaudible compared to them. Overall superior performance.
xFuriousMusicx 9 months ago
oh my that was great! I would love to learn to play like that lol but I dout with 3 years of high school band left it will happen lol maybe :)
ianmoon16 9 months ago
I learnt this after taking my grade 8. Such a nice piece of music, love playing it.
ailsasutherland 11 months ago
I learnt this after taking my grade 8. Such a nice piece of music, love playing it.
ailsasutherland 11 months ago
Que maravilha, parabéns!
joaoazeredo 1 year ago
wow congradulations!
You are such a good player.
This Concertino is hard...
mimispetitefee 1 year ago
You are verrry good! But the 7 y.o is really good.. I know u have had way more experience.. it is just I can't hear the flute at all... in her video I could, but good job! Keep it up Helen! How old r u?
daniellepoe2216 1 year ago
You are verrry good! But the 7 y.o is really good.. I know u have had way more experience.. it is just I can't hear the flute at all... in her video I could, but good job! Keep it up Helen!
daniellepoe2216 1 year ago
OH MY GOSH !! sorry for my english haha :) i'm from Quebec, canada !! But yesterday i played that song with an orchestra like you :) !! I begin to practice 6 months ago and I want to thank you for all the help you gave to me !! Seriously, you are the most talented person I ever seen !! You're so amazing Helen Mcgarr !! I really want to thank you again !!
Marc-André !
puman13531 1 year ago
how on earth did you remember that whole thing? i always end up forgetting something :(
im playing this for my schools contest. i hope mine is like this, i have trouble with the parts that are 11 notes per beat. im a 14 year old flute player, im in the 9th grade :) i love this piece!
revya1243 1 year ago
I play trumpet and deeply appreciate this.
hyperactor94 1 year ago
im also a flute player but you are way awsomer
ilovJUSTINb3 1 year ago
i am playing a flute too in new hallend
Spongebobisawsome100 1 year ago
I'm planning on playing this for state solo and ensemble contests this year.
Your phenomenal playing has already proven to be a really great guide. Thanks so much!
WheatToasties 1 year ago 2
@WheatToasties hey so am I :D but I'm only a freshman and probably won't make it past districts :P
loyalfalconflutist 1 year ago
Brava!
dadasopher 1 year ago
. i'm a student from university of the philippines . also a flutist . i admire your performance so much . and that piece is my dream piece . hope to play that in an orchestra too . . . like you .
flurineexxcute 1 year ago
VERY GOOD :DDD
jadeeexoxo 1 year ago
amazin! lol
i was playing my flute the other day and my sister was making fun of me, like usual, and i kept playing. 10 mins later i stopped and she said thnx god! and replied. watch one day ur gonna see ima be like helen mcgarr! once you see me playing in carnegie hall and ur gonna wish u hadent said that to me. lmao
lindseybaby138 1 year ago
Haha this is helen, that story cracked me up! Thanks so much for your support and keep practicing and you will get to Carnegie Hall! Sending all my love,
Helen
emcgarr 1 year ago
Wow. your such a good player. How old are you? lol
You have amaing talent.
lindseybaby138 1 year ago
i can only find the first page online, and it isn't the edition i need... can anyone tell me the measures for letters c j and i think g for southern?
Cindrea 2 years ago
good.....
kelvinkim37 2 years ago
Helen is beautiful, very well done too ... I wanted to play such a day! but I prefer to listen rather! My Congratulations! I am amazed by his technique!
dorivalabril 2 years ago
le falta ritimica...
ivanfelipeflute8 2 years ago
I keep trying to comment on this but it's not working! I'm persisting because I need to say how wonderful this is! Your tone is absolutely beautiful; I'd die happy I could play like that in the 3rd register! Great vibrato too. Overall a really touching performance. You're so good you make me want to give up the flute! I won't though, I'm actually waiting for the sheets for this to come in the post so I can (attempt to) learn this too! It's beautiful Helen, well well well done.
jen0989 2 years ago
This is my all time favourite piece to play on the flute!
You play it soooo well and make it seem so easy! ^_^
TheSilentOrchestra 2 years ago
Bravo, are you famous? You must be :)
antonisflute 2 years ago
where do you get all this flute music from.
you're bloody amazing. =D
atinyrobin 2 years ago 2
Once again, an incredible performance!
I wish the orchestra was a bit softer, they sometimes cover up your wonderful playing.
erin6541 2 years ago 13
i agree....
Spiceofmadrid 2 years ago
good job!! i love it!!! =]
--Khenya Dean!
Khenya750546 2 years ago
I like your playing... you are really good!!! I'm playing this piece now and it's not easy ;]
rockdaughter1 2 years ago
you make that seem effortless. accompaniment was wonderful as well.
stephzimm 2 years ago
So beautiful...
thanks for th music!
deboraflt 2 years ago
You are an amazing flute player!I read about you in a brio article and when I saw you on the cover I get so excited that there was a young girl going places on flute! I decided that if you could do it, I could, and made it my goal to do something outstanding with the flute. So this year I entered a concerto competition and do pretty well, so I was selected to perform the Chaminade concerto with my town's Philharmonic. Thank you for being such a great inspiration you'll go far!!
gonplaces2911 2 years ago 8
I wish I could play like you.
muzakfreak93 3 years ago
She was totally in tune while playing with the orchestra.shes talented.
akikofan 3 years ago 2
great :)))
i just wish the orchestra was a little softer.
mminjung 3 years ago 2
wow. I'm learning this peice now, and I and no where near as good as you, however i'm only 14. But seriously you are amazing. Never give up.!
Sazzarx 3 years ago
I like your stage presence and stance. It's so much better than seeing some flutist wobble all over the stage in order to keep rhythm. You play very well, too.
fluterific00 3 years ago
yours is the more towards the emotional side, after hearing some different people play this piece, but its good,shows your maturity.. :)
xiaobai70618 3 years ago
how on earth do you memorize all that?!!
iloveepugs 3 years ago
some ppl have good memory..i have good memory to and once u have a tune in ur head its not hard to forget it..for me its like crazy because i can hear soemthing once and then be able to play and memorize a whole 2-3 min song..lol my teacher usto hate me because sometimes she would forget a note and i would correct her without looking..but yea this is very lenghty..she is amazing
MamiYare 3 years ago
I find it okay to memorise things, if you play a piece for quite some time, your fingers do get used to it and it comes naturally. This is an awfully long piece tho! Its simply amazing! Such beautiful tone and presence :)
Emu132 3 years ago
Very hard to memorize but if you think about, really it is easy to break down into parts. There are four pages. 1st and 4th page are almost identical with some differences. 2nd page you can break down into two parts, slow part and fast part. The fast part on the 2nd page is the very similar on the 3rd page. And then you learn the cadenza and you have it.
johnBjohnBjohnB 3 years ago
Hm I suppose thats true!
Emu132 3 years ago
wow!!! absolutely beautiful!!!!! i'm very impressed!!! wow....
caitylin8330 3 years ago
good job!! this is a hard piece.
what type of flute do you play on??
by the way, some of the comments people leave on your videos are disgusting, it's so brave of you to put up videos of yourself playing in the first place (i'm too scared to it myself, but my goal is to eventually get some flute videos of myself up), and then they shut you down. ugh. it's not like you credit yourself to be some incredible flautist who's just the best, you're only putting videos up - and they're good!
yanpan16 3 years ago
You're excellent. I'm working on this piece right now. How long have you been playing?
Rentschlervous 3 years ago
good flute, but orchestra was terrible..
jessmford 3 years ago
Helen! I just saw you on PBS on "From the Top at Carnegie Hall".You were incredible.
broadwaymike92 3 years ago
i was really nervous because my boyfriend was in the audience and hearing me play for the first time so i made a lot of mistakes and had trouble breathing haha!
emcgarr 3 years ago
You did terrific. What was it like when you first heard you were going to play at Carnegie hall, being filmed for PBS, and work with Opera star Denyse Graves?
broadwaymike92 3 years ago
I was so surprised that they actually chose me! It was so unexpected and an amazing thrill. It gave me butterflies when I found out! I was so excited broadwaymike92.
emcgarr 3 years ago
That's so adorable, Rofl.
Incredible, by the way!
Alexstewart88 3 years ago
very, very nice. your high notes are played so sweetly, i love it.
aimealamort 3 years ago 2
Wow. This was amazing. Who wouldn't be nervous? You memorized it for goodness sakes!
Great job!
heartlesswriter 3 years ago
Very talented, but a bit rushed and soul less for me. Your sound is great but a bit penatrating at times, more tone colour and musicality. RELAX!
swindona 3 years ago
I don't understand why someone would thumbs down this comment. This is very good constructive criticism....
FenAllo1 3 years ago
do trills have to be that fast ??? or does it depend on the speed of the song...?
tomat0es 3 years ago
No trills don't have to be that fast.. she does trill very quickly! Trills are just as fast as you can and making sure you can hear both notes
arabians207 3 years ago
nice job, could use some work though. Many spots were rushed, good thing there's a conductor to stay in tempo bc her tempo is going from here to there. Overall nice job
vbv1121 3 years ago
That was absolutely fantastic! Congratulations! I wish I could play like you! How long have you been learning?
joannakrejzler 3 years ago
I love this piece so much. I've been trying my best on it. It's really complicated though.
iloveannie7 3 years ago
do you know you tongue? Please tell me cause I really wanna know! How do you tongue cleanly and make it sound good?
tienchientsao 3 years ago
well, i don't do anything really, i learned how to tongue by spitting rice. I'm sure that helped me. what i did was get a big bowl of rice and went out on my front porch. then i stuck the rice on the tip of my tongue and tried to spit the rice as dar as i could! don't let any saliva come out when your spitting. haha.
emcgarr 3 years ago
i personally tongue by lightly tapping my tounge on the roof of my mouth (thats how i would explain it anyways) i find it comes out lighter than most :). if anyone disagrees, feel free to tell me, but dont get all offensive :)
emusicguitar 3 years ago
BRAVA!
variazione65 3 years ago
how do you tongue like that? Can you tell me please? I love your high notes.
tienchientsao 3 years ago
Very well played! I loved playing that piece with an orchestra. Your tone is incredible in the high register! I wish I could make a sound like that!
The orchestra were too loud at times though. Also, the cadenza still needed some work. Try not to rush through it so much - really enjoy it! You can hold the last trill (the C#) for the full semibreve as well. Occasionally the tonguing wasn't very clear also, particularly in the cadenza.
Other than that, an impressive performance!
Bezla142857 3 years ago
now that was impressive! :-) your high register is so clean and the tempo changes were spot on. makes me want to practice even harder!
herrmarkus79 3 years ago 2
omg im not even close to even getting the sound to sound so pure when playing the extra high notes :(
TianaRAWRx3 3 years ago
Its really great to watch you in action in a preformance!!!
hellome423 3 years ago 2
wow, this gave me the chills! such soulful playing..
frankyg1971 3 years ago 2
Great! :] That must have been a great experience for you
deathbynerds 3 years ago 2
Beautiful!!! Many of your performances have inspired me. I have now been working on this song for about 4 months and still can't get half of it!! Amazing.
Nickie5435 3 years ago 2
Nice job. Congratulations.
ninaflute 4 years ago
Very well Done! Try to bring more of your own style to the cadenza.
flutegrl1 4 years ago
I do bring my own style to the cadenza, I was just nervous and I messed up.
emcgarr 3 years ago
very well done helen. I think you are going to be a very very famous flutist. You are an inspiration. You play beautiful.
lisaflute 4 years ago 2
Sandy Duffy-Norman
hellome423 4 years ago