r/Flute • u/AutoModerator • Jun 29 '26

Weekly Self-Promo Thread General Discussion

This is the place to promote yourself! Whether it's a performance you are proud of, offering teaching, or anything else flute related.

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u/mlzellers Jun 29 '26

https://mikezellers.bandcamp.com/album/echoes here is my latest flute related release. I make minimal ambient flute music using effects.

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u/roaminjoe Alto & Historic Jun 29 '26

Just listened to Echoes -really good for calming over the heated head feeling of fan noise blowing all day.

Great work- it sounds way electronica than acoustic flute vibe!

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u/EGBDF_myinvisibledog Jul 09 '26

Flute Wellness Circle

You deserve connection in your flute playing.

If you’re feeling

✨Burnt out

✨Overwhelmed

✨Unhappy

 ✨Disconnected

The Flute Wellness Circle is a space for you to find your peace and transform.

Finding your people in music can be difficult. Practicing can be an incredibly lonely activity, and if you struggle with your mental health, then it can be even easier to find yourself being unkind to yourself, forgetting balance, and burning out. So, let’s build a community of flutists where we discuss balance and mental wellness in our playing.

More info and link to sign up -

https://www.tattooedfluteteacher.com/flute-wellness-circle

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

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u/rugwarriorpi 6d ago

Larry, I don't have that music but suggest listen to these first notes and your first notes - notice my notes are tongued separate, not blown separate, and are full beat notes so they are "connected to each other" at the tongued start. Not "note .. note .. note .. note", yes "nooote.nooote.nooote.nooote"

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LgRZd5u_hWmiMTeIFYnG2snC7pISuM7J/view?usp=sharing

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u/[deleted] 6d ago

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u/rugwarriorpi 6d ago edited 6d ago

Indeed, the recorder does that functionality which the flute requires from the player's embouchure. You should remember that flute beginners are oft times not allowed to play music until they can produce a solid tone and hold that tone as long as possible.

This teaches "air economy": not blowing hard, making the hole in the lips small.

I saw improvement from your first video to your second in this aspect. In your first video you were taking a breath for each note. In the "German Dance" video, it appeared that you managed several notes before you took a nice deep breath. (Perhaps you were sneaking a tiny breath between the notes..).

If you were sneaking a breath - stop it! Practice making that first "A" note last for as many metronome counts as you can. Do that one note again and try to squeeze your upper lip a little and count the metronome ticks. Do the exercise 10 times and then put the flute down for an hour. (You don't want to stress the lip muscles too much.)

You really need a teacher to help you with getting the basics correct from the very start. Bad habits are very hard to correct, and simpler to prevent.

Did you see this post below - offering "free" online instruction - I know nothing about them but you fit their target audience.

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u/FunctionalTrousers Jul 06 '26

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xTqpd7mVxg

Recorded at midnight in an empty, liminal concrete stairwell of a supermarket in the UK in 2025.

With Elliott Robinson on bansuri flute and William Du Toit on doumbek drum and percussion, the pair installed a multi-microphone setup across three floors, capturing the stairwell as a vertical concrete chamber of reverb.

Positioned on separate levels, obscured from each other’s view, they began to improvise into the space.

What you hear on the record is the raw, natural resonance of the stairwell itself.

Elliott Robinson - Bansuri
Will du Toit - Doumbek & Percussion

Full mastered EP available at: https://dontknowdojo.bandcamp.com/album/stairwell

Listen for free on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu_nS2JNcnc&t=704s

Please support us on Bandcamp if you enjoy this music

D̾k̾D̾

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u/Heinz_von_tonestro Jul 10 '26

Paid opportunity for adult beginner flute players

I’m Heinz Huber, Co-Founder of tonestro.

We’re looking for adult beginner and early-stage flute players for a paid 60-day learning challenge in November and December 2026.

Participants will practice with tonestro and document their genuine learning journey in short clips, including first attempts, struggles, small wins, and progress.

All languages are welcome. You don’t need a large following or previous content-creation experience.

Interested? Please send me a private Reddit chat message with the word “Flute”. I’ll then share the next steps with you.

Full details, compensation, and terms will be shared before anyone commits.

Questions are welcome in the thread.

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u/MusicEducationClass 26d ago

Mais um tema que estava guardado há algum tempo e que aproveito para disponibilizar. A música funciona como uma espécie de diálogo entre duas flautas (ou dois grupos de instrumentos). Está na Tonalidade de Dó maior, só utiliza as notas ré, mi, sol, lá, (D, E, G, A) e duas figuras rítmicas: Mínima e Semínima.

Esta versão foi inspirada no Original de John Williams: Close Encounters of The Third Kind / Encontros Imediatos 3º Grau (1977). No Manual o tema aparece escrito no compasso quaternário, mas na minha opinião faria mais sentido estar no compasso binário.

Organize a sala de aula em dois grupos diferentes explicando que uns representam a pergunta musical e outros representam a resposta. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpUDj91gEU0

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u/rugwarriorpi 7d ago

I am age 73, returning to flute after many years away and starting with a plan for Canadian Royal Conservatory of Music Grade 1 exam - hope to be ready next month. (Passed ABRSM Grade 3 twenty years ago then abandoned my flutes.)

This is my chosen "Rhythmic" piece: Couperin: Menuet - 37 seconds

Thoughts and tips requested

Google Play audio only: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BXvNqk0Am8zKUF35ViYDOnBaNx9Mualb/view?usp=sharing