Prokofiev Flute Sonata Op.94, Mvt II

Practice session.
Quite a lot of wrong notes in there...

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[0flauta0]

do you mean op. 94?

[deathstix]

oh yes!

What a gross error....

thanks for pointing it out...

[xxiangel]

Whooa! Ok Slow down here! Its not supposed to be played that first. Give it some expression, hold on to the ends of phrases, especially the melodic slow section. In the 16th run, your not going through all the notes. Starts on a C and ends on a F, but I'm not really hearing everything in between that. Good tonguing and speed, I give you credit for that, but it doesn't need to be that fast.

[deathstix]

At least two professional flautists have recorded it at that tempo - James Galway and Manuela Wiesler. Would you like to tell them that it's not supposed to be played that fast? There is no tempo marking anyway, it just says Presto.

I like it to be at this tempo, so it contrasts with the other three movements of this sonata.

And I'm only human.

[Meliere]

Yes, I agree that music is up to the interpretor. I merely put the idea forward because it occurred to me that you aren't doing anything with the music. I'm sorry if I have offended you. Your technical ability is impressive, but in my opinion, musicality should never be sacrificed for speed.

Like you said, we are all human. I was under the impression that a great musician has the humility to accept helpful criticism--and be able to improve from it. I'm very sorry to see this is not your case.

[FluteStud]

Okay, dude, you must have a superiority complex, or something, because every time someone on YouTube offers any kind of advice, you get all pissed off. It's on the internet -- you're gonna get some criticism, helpful or not. Learn from the helpful stuff, ignore the rest.

Just get over yourself. You're not as good as you think.

I realize that me saying this isn't gonna stop your ongoing videos, so they'll just continue to make myself feel that much better about my own playing.

:P

[rpcjt]

Wonderfully exciting tempo!

[fluterampal]

Wow!!! good speed..

[flutejory]

No matter how much I love Galway, he did indeed play this too fast at the Belfast recital; it is really obvious in the beginning when he fights to keep up the tempo. good job on this though, by the way!

[flucharte]

great work, where did you get the piano backing?

[miamigurl123]

That isn't only my opinion, btw. I watched a masterclass of Brad Garner, where he tried to break a girl of that habit. And he even moved my setup down a bit, as well (I used to keep it higher 'cause I have fuller lips than most flutists, because I'm mixed).

Still, despite that bad habit -- we all have bad habits, mind you -- you sound great. Keep up the work!

[miamigurl123]

Good job, especially since it was a practice session! I've watched your videos for a while (you may or may not have noticed), and I do like your playing. Someday you're going to be a really awesome flutist.

But I just noticed that you set your embouchure in this particular video (I know it's old, so it might be a habit you've already broken) by placing the hole on your lips and rolling it down. Which is a really, really bad habit and automatically sets the lip plate too high on the mouth.

[luvluvjenmary]

haha sounds a race!

[sashalovescandy]

You should think more about tone quality than speed. Try going slower :)

[ilovejonashaha]

dude i'm only on Andante from the piano sonata number 1 by Mozart. and i thought that was hard this is crazy. nice high notes. but i did think there could be more vibrato just some helpful advice! ;)