The 6 levels of flute playing…which one are you?

[PaoloFraniTroutandOutdoor]

After praticing scales A LOT ( A L O T ) now i can proudly announce that my level is in the middle from developing to intermediate 🤣

[ryannreder]

"Show off": your face: priceless 😂

[aro]

I’m level 0: A Violinist who happens to own a flute but never plays it

[jdane]

This is fantastic to show students the difference between unstable sound, good tone and agile fingering. Brilliant

[RafikNYphoto_and_film]

I've been playing flute for almost 40 years (yes, I am a humble show off). I dig your channel. Never too old to learn.

[sofied_]

Developing, after a break of 30!! Years... I stopped because of frustration, but continued dreaming of playing beautifully, but I always thought I was just too bad. Now, a few weeks ago, bought me a flûte, somewhere I got confident to get over my old frustration. So now I'm unlearning and learning the good way. Thank you Tatiana, your videos are much more helpful than what I've 'learned' 30 years ago. I'm ready now to go through, to get over my feelings of being unable 💓 it's amazing!!! I already sound better than ever 🥰

[flautalee]

Scale practice is like taking vitamins ~~ it really pays off. I had a teacher in grade 9 who introduced me to playing extended scales. In a year my level increased to show-off. I really wish I still had the breath capacity I did then. I could play a 3 octave chromatic scale in one breath. Super fast and even. I am forever grateful tho, to my first private teacher (for my second year of playing) who had me memorize a new major scale each week. I cooperated an when 4 years later I learned extended scales tonic up to high C or C# then down to ditto, back up to the tonic, it was easy. She also taught me to play the scales with different articulation patterns, which made practicing scales much more interesting and useful.

Music is largely made from scales and arpeggios~ the runs usually don’t begin or end on the tonic. When I got to the Cleveland Institute of Music, Mr Sharp taught me to analyze runs before I sight read ~ one of the best things I learned from him.

This works well for most baroque, classical, and baroque period repertoire. Tchaikovsky’s music is scalar, but not major or minor. Greek modes?? Just have to woodshed.

I’m still playing as much as I can at 69.

[magrofalls]

I’m a freshman in high school and Ig advanced. I practice everyday, especially on technique exercises

[LS-ME]

Ah this was so encouraging to see as a beginner! :)

[Sydney-Gauthier]

Ive been playing flute for six years and am definitely starting to lean towards the virtuoso level.

[FluteMusic]

I’m leaning more towards the advanced stage! I’m so glad my hard work has payed off!

[Greg-vdom]

I am an Intermediate player, enrolled in your Scales Workshop

[jobkaashoek]

After playing the flute for 3 days now I consider myself developing...


I am a fast learner with three years of experience in recorder, to about grade 8, also three years of experience with guitar which I do now teach. Have been playing organ for ten years now and have had plenty of lessons and still have organ lessons. For the other instruments it's with the help of a few YouTube videos and info I found online (primarily a fingering chart).

I'm excited to see how fast I'll grow on the flute, being a multi-instrumentalist and experienced with wind instruments I guess I'm in for a fast route to amateur flute as well!

[feliciapeach]

3 weeks into my life of Fluting, I'd say 'developing' according to your examples.
Win!

[FaithbyJenn]

Developing to intermediate. Used to be intermediate but didn’t practice for about 10 years. Needed a new flute, I got one now and am making progress 😊

[robertzantay]

After fifty five years I ‘m a jazz flute player who can blow! I could be a show off but I find that to be in bad taste. What I work on is making my approach totally and uniquely mine. I achieve this by adding grace (blues) notes, playing with an octave above attack on the note, finding ways of connecting notes with chromatic slurs and adding synthesizer like chiffs to notes.

[ChristopherKemsley]

Ha! I love how after “Virtuoso” (i.e. show off) is “Show Off” :D

Based on this, I’m towards the bottom end of “advanced” but I don’t feel like that term describes where I am… so now I’m confused.

[gregoriussudaryono]

Beautiful flute sound to listen. Like👍

[makerofeditsmov]

Beginner is inaccurate. You forgot the lifting of all the fingers that aren’t pressing notes and constantly looking back at your hands to make sure you’re playing it right

[synaalovesflute]

I’m currently in between Intermediate and Advanced when playing my major scales on Flute