I've been a flute player for over 13 years and tbh I didn't choose the flute, it chose me. Flute is also known to be the hardest to play out of the wind instruments. I agree with the piccolo part.....I don't like it either.
lol i chose flute because my friend was doing it and i wanted to be in the same class as her… and ngl i kinda regret it because some really fun music you just can’t play on the flute, i kinda wish i picked saxophone or something
I play the flute too and yeah it's pretty hard lol. But the hardest woodwind is generally co sidereal to be the oboe or other double reeded instruments.
1:08 this is actually not a problem , you can play flute laying or sitting ...... The thing is your breathing , if your breathing is good you can play flute while sitting
I played the flute during my school years too, always sitting down. It was no issue for me. Regarding the arms, you really get used to holding something up like that rather quick, so the tired arm muscles is only in the beginning.
In India you don't have to worry abt being called gay for playing flute. Co'z we have a very loved god who plays flute too!!! Hope this cheered some of you🙌😊
When people call a flute a recorder, “how it doesn’t look similar,” if anything a clarinet is closer to the recorder. Anyways a little to late for me, already a flute player, and I love it.
I only learned to play clarinet because I thought it would be the next best thing to the recorder and I can confirm, a clarinet is way more like a recorder than a flute is
@@whenyoucantchooseabias5679 haha, maybe because I'm friends with many musicians. I got myself a wooden flute and a lot of people thought I was playing the clarinet 🙈
By now I'm spamming your comment section 😊 It's so annoying about that guys are bullied for playing the flute while the best flute players in the world are guys.
I have played for about ten years and dont have any qualifications in the flute aside from grade 6 (am working on 7) as I play casually but I have experienced this when I played in a local orchestra for a bit
I’m a guy who plays the flute and that is so true. I asked one of the other band kids out and they thought I was gay because I played the flute kinda hurt but now I laugh at it.
In german „Flöte“ means also recorder and flute „Blockflöte“ = recorder „Querflöte“ = flute i believe this is the case in many languages, so this is why flutes are compared to recorders so much
Yeah, fun fact, but in French a recorder is called a "flûte à bec" while the flute is called a "flûte traversière". So, if you say a "flûte traversière" nobody will mix it up with a recorder, but if you just say "flûte" without specifying, there is a strong chance people will think you mean recorder. Furthermore, children who learn music (well, it was more common for my mother's generation than mine) will start with the recorder - it's "easy", because you just have to blow in a tube and put your fingers on the right holes. So most children have a limited knowledge of the recorder, and you find them as "toys instruments" in kindergarten and schools, so I would say that's also why the recorder remains the first "flûte" that comes to mind.
I've been playing the flute since 4th grade, and I'm 25 now. I was originally going to learn the violin because there was going to be a program for it at my school, but it was canceled since not enough people signed up. I still want to learn someday, but I'm happy we got band instead, and I was able to play amongst many other instruments. I was in band all throughout the rest of school (ending at 12th grade). I disagree about standing up for a long time though. We always sat while playing in band, aside from the percussion section. And at home, or wherever else you are, it's perfectly fine to play the flute while sitting. Not sure where you got the idea you have to stand. Anyway, I love the flute, and am anxious to get a better one eventually, as well as a bass flute. I enjoy learning the notes to songs from the radio, movies, shows, games, and anime that soumd good when you play alone. I miss playing in a group with other instruments as well though.
In my language, the recorder is called "flauta doce" and the flute is called "flauta transversal". Just now I'm discovering they are two completely different instruments.
Recently started the Lute as an adult, it was something I had been wanting to play as a kid but due to an underbite I was told it was impossible. So I went on and played other instruments (forced on me by the school instructors) and eventually started hating classical music because of it (I had the bassoon forced on me as a tiny, tiny, child and I didn't like it) and moved on to different instruments and other music genres. Now as an adult I was at a music school and casually chatted with the flute instructor who was somewhat horrified by my story and said it was nonsense. Now he's teaching me flute ^^
Why discourage people from learning to play the flute ? I play it in the orchestra and we sit ….it’s an awesome jazz instrument ….Moe Kaufman was my uncle ! He loved it and was amazing.
I used to play flute for like six years, give or take. The 11th thing on this list I say is : Medical problems. Like, from the posture while playing flute, my right scapula/shoulder blade (no idea which one is commonly used in English, not my first language, sorry) is pushed out more than the left one. My parents used to say that I basically have really lame wing on my back. I also have scoliosis, so maybe that contributed to it...but without back and posture exercises and holding your flute the other way to the left side for a few minutes so you kinda even the posture...you and your shoulder blades are doomed. So fun. Loved the video though!
I played the flute in highschool, as a guy.... I agree with you on alot of things you've said sadly, not the gay part though lol. The flute is physically limited to one note, strain, fluids , lip form and breathing. It's like singing, but harder lol. Reed instruments have it alot easier and you don't have to slant it off to one side... I'm now practicing electric guitar 🙂, it's definitely a bit harder to overcome the single note mindset. PS, at least I had a way to start a conversation with a cute girl I saw who played the flute. 😎
I've been playing flute for 7 years now... and Yes I do sometimes regret it! LMAO but other than that I still love my flute! It's my life! and about standing? Amm... I've been in a symphonic Band at school and Wind Ensemble at our church and I play sitting in a chair, oh I sometimes try laying down while playing haha... it's just a matter of how you control you're breathing haha!
This is what i need, ture and soft enough. Personally I found flute sounds are beautiful, and thats one of the reasons i pick it as leisure. Yes, most people suggested to play piano or guitar, however i dont have the same feeling to there sounds. Well, everyone make fun to noobs, and hypercritical to pro, thats the principle. Thx anyways :)
Not questioning your reasoning our how you feel, but your reasons are almost all about how other people think about you. Just don’t give a fuck about other people and play the flute if it’s’ what you want to do. This instrument is above awesome, especially in jazz settings.
Flute has been my main instrument for many years and I love it and have enjoyed it. No regrets playing that as my main instrument, though I admit piano stole my soul. Enjoyed your video and talking points, though didn't completely agree with all of them myself or thought a bit overblown (haha) but did others like the shaking lips, lol. Vibrato without even trying right?! Yes I learned piccolo too, and considered it the honor it was. Only the best had that privilege. No solo beats piccolo on the Stars And Stripes Forever! Such fun! I would like to add one disadvantage to flute playing. Doing so over the years can contribute to a bit of moderate hearing loss in the left ear.
Too late I already picked the flute as my band instrument at school but at least I still have next year I can either get out of band or talk with the teacher to get a new instrument the next year😁👌🏼
"here it popular with a male and is still one of the most respected instrument" that male is called lord Krishna instrument is Bansuri rather it is appropriatable and I am from India 😊
Hey. I play recorder at age 75. A good recorder, well-played, is a good thing. I play solo recorder during communion in church and get many compliments.
I am a flute player and everything she said is 100% true. It really is so sad that we can't usually play alone😔. There are not many reptoires for flute. And someone once told me ther brother could play the recorder. I asked her why she told me, she assume that I play the recorder😂 😂
I have played flute for 15 yrs. And recorder for 40. Love them both. Yes, I am male and not gay. Ha ha. I was attracted to flute by a performer named Ian Anderson. Yes, from the rock group Jethro Tull. I play mostly impromptu style. Also Jazz and Latin Jazz, contemporary and traditional Christian music. Also flute and reorder in Caribbean music styles of Soca, calypso and Steel Pan music. I find flute and recorder very versatile. I was originally a Percussion major in college and got sooooo tired of lugging all those drums around! I have an excellent ear an wanted to take up a melodic instrument (other than timpani. First recorder and later flute. You probable know Ian Anderson/Jethro Tull. But check out Nestor Torres for incredible Latin Jazz flute, a wonderful genre of flute music. I am self taught and play in several bands. Love it! So don’t think of or treat flues as just an orchestral instrument. I still play percussions too, but much more flute, and occasional recorder.
Almost all the points mentioned in the video goes for most of the musical instruments. If you're not planning to go pro and just learning as a hobby, you can learn any instrument to a certain skill level. The process is certainly difficult. I started learning guitar a few months back and now I am definitely better than when I started. You just gotta practice regularly. Go one step at a time and don't compare with others.
it's too late, i've already learnt it :D. Fact number 9 is kinda weird, in Asia Guy playing flute is completely normal, i think if u have some interest in Asia culture, then you will know how obvious that is. Also, Asia flute is kinda light :3
I like the happy couch potato. X-/ That said, I’m a piano player, but once I get better at that, I’d love to start flute. You can’t really lug around a piano around. 😣
im a clairnet trying to learn how to play the flute so i can see mutiple reasons why i wouldnt wanna play it but i loveeee the flute and im going to put practice and more into learning it as well as to keep playing my clairnet
Toney!! I listened to this video again, and that is so true about standing up. I mean I am a working pianist of course but I can see why you would say something like this. With the flute why would you want to sit down with it I mean you can of course but that is like singing sitting down. You can do it but it is harder to project from your stomach to try to get that air going. Well, the same with the flute. Yo are going to bee better off standing so that you are not going to go flat hahahaha. Don’t get me wrong I am sure some flute players do sit while they are practicing and that is great too of course but to get that diaphragm working to stay on key you want to bee standing so that the air will flow. Also…. With the piano that is so true. You are not going to stand with a piano. The only thing now that you will stand with is a synthesizer or keyboard. Those you can port around still it is a big pain to have to port them transporting cables and amps and then the synthesizer or keyboard. But those are the only things keyboards that you are really going to stand with. But a piano or digital piano ummm… that is the pain about playing the piano. Though i am a pianist and I love my instrument I do dog my instrument. Hahahahaha. The thing about the piano is this. People think that it is beautiful but I have to say. Don’t bee deceived. It really is not that beautiful. The piano from the outside may look beautiful but it is a huge piece of work. You can not transport it easily you can’t pick it up it is not that beautiful girl like the flute is. Very loving instrument. The piano comes across intimidating to people when they see it and desire to start with it you can not just tune it up you have to have a piano tuner to take care of that. Your having to break your back to play the thing. Because you are hovering over a huge keyboard. You actually don’t feel calm after playing it especially if you are a working pianist. You actually are drained mentally because of the way you have to sit at it and hold your body. It is so dramatic compared to the other instruments. For people that don’t play the thing yes. It may to them look beautiful and those that are listening may say it is soothing and therapeutic. But for those of us having to play the darn thing it is a piece of work. You get hot and it is often loud. Piano playing is pretty noisy even on a grand with the lid down. You have to keep them tuned up twice a year at least if you want them to sound good you have to make sure that all the parts are working correctly before you are able to have someone come play it. The only thing about a digital piano is that you don’t have to tune it and you can do so much with it emulating other instruments but it is still very heavy to transport. Yes. You can take the frame apart on a digital to transport it but still it is pretty darn heavy and then the time that it takes to put the thing together so the piano actually is a piece of work and it takes up a lot of space. It has work written all over it. The flute on the other hand is like that girl who will stick with you and you can hold her and pick her up. She is so much more romantic and wants to bee held. She is low in carrying for and you can take her where ever you go pretty much hahahahaha. It is so forgiving and you can take her with you on a road trip if you want she is very happy and doesn’t need that much attention. It is not demanding like the piano is. She doesn’t demand she is this beautiful thing that is just a Jule. I have never heard the piano being called a jule. And I am its player and this is what i think of the piano hahahaha. The way a piano is played compared to a flute the players of both instruments are so different. Pianists are more snobbish and rough and intimidating like their instruments. The flute player however are more relaxed and very calm I can surely tell that you for sure have the personality of your instrument their Toney. Hahahaha. And oh the other thing with a flute you can get away with practicing late at night where as the piano if you even try you can disturb the house unless you have a digital then it is fine to practice or play. With this being said the thing I love about playing the instrument is that it is huge and you really do look like a boss playing the piano hovering over the instrument’s keyboard. As i stated in my last comment the boss of the instruments or if they had a supervisor it would be the piano the piano is actually the boss of the instruments. It is actually like the supervisor of the instruments. It is their leading, supporting, and accompanying. And being a support for a jazz band that is what your boss does as well. Now as far as the king of instruments, well, that would have to bee the pipe organ. That thing is the king of instruments. But the boss would bee the piano. So actually with this flute players are very very humble and are submissive just like their instruments where as the piano and us we are pretty snobbish and proud kind of intimidates people because the instrument that we play. I am telling it like it is and I don’t think other pianists would tell you the honest truth like this but i am hahahahaha. If you were to see which instrumnet was more beautiful and actually has beauty written all over it it would for sure not bee the piano. It would bee the flute. You all have beauty written all over you, and your instruments.. stay awesome!!!
My adopted mama wouldn't let me play la flute, cause I am male, & she was protecting me. I continued with viola. I am grown now, & since men can get away with playing a bamboo flute, or Irish low d flute, I am gonna try the Irish low d flute. It sounds a bit more low, than a Chinese bamboo flute.
When we were testing out instruments by blowing into the head piece, I was able to immediately make a sound from the flute, which is apparently rare. I chose the flute because of that. Also, if I'm told to play the piccolo, I'll refuse. What're they gonna do, somehow force me?
Call me crazy but I love playing the piccolo! Other instrumentalist hate it but I don't care to much since I love playing it. 😂 plus its fun watching them hold their ears.
This whole thing about guys being gay playing the flute is stupid. I'm straight and played the flute cus I like the sound it makes. I had the balls to play it in highschool way back in the late 90's in a school where homophobia was rampant. Its a fine instrument that plays great music. Plus to a past bullion collector looks like silver bling. Some of the most famous flute players were men. Have fun and don't give a shit what people think.
I really thank you for making me enjoy this process, They do regret what they say though... literally, I force them to verbally excuse themselves. It’s pretty fun, I don’t really mind the comments because I know that I’m not the ignorant one. Also the knowledge I gain isn’t something everyone seeks, therefore I have the upper hand in arguments. Thank You yet again!
@@acidforblood I was like 5 or 6 in the late 90s and yep people were ignorant af back then. I want to play the flute it sounds so beautiful and I learned the piano pretty easily in the past.
1. If you hate standing up all the time while playing a music instrument 2. With standing up, you are also HOLDING a flute all the time ( gives you good biceps) 3. Piccolo player situation 4. spit situation 5. Things people say to flutist 6. Lack of options 7. Flute can play only one note at a time 8. Having shaky breath 9. FOR GUYS : Flutist males are perceived as Gays ( acc. To her ) 10. People thinking flute as a recorder. Summary : Not any real reasons. Thanks for watching.
Hi, you can try Indian music if you want something classical. Bollywood 20's , 19's and 18's songs, the farther you go more classical it is. You can just even search for indian classical and you will find good enough to play.
#10: now picture yourself as a portuguese speaker: flute = flauta, recorder = flauta doce (literal: "sweet flute") as me... ... and add the fact that I HATE the rocorder's sound!
As a tubist I used to be jealous to flutists. All my solol literature was contemporary and a-tonal, and most of the flute music was melodic and very tonal, easy to remember.
Hey Toni🙋🏻♀️ A new fan here. I am Victoria. (;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`) I started playing the flute few days ago. Btw I really found your sharing/ stories videos interesting and very helpful to me (a beginner) 🙆🏻♀️ Please make more tutorial videos like the previous one, they are so useful to me😭🥰 stay safe
All good points and I'm not really thinking about it as an option. But how hard it is? If it's also takes a lot of time then it's a definite no. But if it's not too difficult then maybe it's still worth it? I mean one note at a time doesn't sound too bad?
LoL when I was like 8, I told my parents I wanted to play flute (Idek why or how I came up with the idea) and they bought me...a recorder. So I was stuck learning recorder for a couple years until they bought me a real flute xD Actually, I didn't like playing flute much at all because it was so hard and I never took care of it and it's... In REALLY bad shape O_o So when In was 13, they bought me a NEW flute. But it was one of those...Amazon ones and it didn't have a cork and I played it very little UNTIL late last year, I picked up flute again and I grind on it now and I went from mediocre to intermediate in like...4-5 months. But my sister banged the flute on my desk and it got rekt SO I got a NEW FLUTE (no.3) and this one is just amaze and cost much more than the Amazon one but I love playing now and I play all the time :>
I found this video way to late. I’ve already been playing the flute for about 1 year and a month now. And I’m in the top band at my school. I don’t regret anything.
Meh. Flute has a large range of repertoire compared to the other members of the woodwind fam like clarinet , oboe and bassoon. A lot of violin pieces are also playable on flute , some even sounds better than the violin , which is the instrument it's originally composed for. Check out Denis Bouriakov , playing seemingly impossible violin pieces on flute like Mendelssohn violin concerto , Tchaikovsky violin concerto, Carmen Fantasy - Waxman , and even piano pieces like Chopin's Impromptu.
I play recorder, too, so no problem. Haha. Also a straight man who plays flute but I’m an adult learner so already learned in life to not give a crap what people think lol
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I have already sold my soul to my flute.
are you a flutinini (flute panganini lol)
I agree
Can I learn it online, waiting for your repely
Same
Lol sammmeer
“If you don’t want to be associated with the recorder, then don’t choose this instrument”
~ Toni Wei
Oops
If only I knew sooner
My whole family keeps saying recorder 🫂
The fact I used to play the recorder LMAO
Don't see the problem myself. I play both flute and recorder. Different instruments and repertoire. It's just snobbery IMO.
I've been a flute player for over 13 years and tbh I didn't choose the flute, it chose me. Flute is also known to be the hardest to play out of the wind instruments. I agree with the piccolo part.....I don't like it either.
Really I never knew flute was known to be the hardest to play in wind instruments
lol i chose flute because my friend was doing it and i wanted to be in the same class as her… and ngl i kinda regret it because some really fun music you just can’t play on the flute, i kinda wish i picked saxophone or something
@@KirkBrianVenturax5c you’re not supposed to actually put your mouth on it, you have to aim the air in the mouth hole.
I play the flute too and yeah it's pretty hard lol. But the hardest woodwind is generally co sidereal to be the oboe or other double reeded instruments.
@@jas2994 the alto sax is arguably the easiest woodwind instrument to learn. I learned the alto sax, and it was quite simple.
1:08 this is actually not a problem , you can play flute laying or sitting ...... The thing is your breathing , if your breathing is good you can play flute while sitting
I can agree
Damm I play flute laying ,also I my stomach is really hard ,I'm happy having good breathing ,It also helps me diving , singing and doing martial arts
I played the flute during my school years too, always sitting down. It was no issue for me. Regarding the arms, you really get used to holding something up like that rather quick, so the tired arm muscles is only in the beginning.
@@ziba9899 hmm , I actually never got tired when holding the flute , it could be only when you're holding it wrong
@@ziba9899 same
Haha 😄 I'm graduating next week with a degree in flute performance, kinda late 😅
Congratulations 🥳
I’m 13 and asking for Christmas a second hand GOOD flute + lesson
You can graduate in that? O.o What the fuck! America?
just checked out your videos, love them!
@@saisasank8987 yess
@@saisasank8987 sorry I don't use Instagram
Me: *wants to learn a new instrument and lose weight at the same time*
Me after watching this video: well.... guess I’ve found my new instrument
Maybelle Lee get those “guns” 🤣
Hahaha
SAME.
No one:
Me: Alright mates, time to regret learning the flute
Kim Yuri hahahaha xD
In India you don't have to worry abt being called gay for playing flute. Co'z we have a very loved god who plays flute too!!!
Hope this cheered some of you🙌😊
Murari....Krishna.....
Murari....Krishna.....
I want to learn play bansuri soooooo much
❤️ love indian music
@@courtneymalkin1225 Nice... keep it up!!!
@@courtneymalkin1225 bansuri has a fantastic sound.. I love the sound of the duduk the most, but it requires a master.
I have no idea why Im watching this
When it's too late
준하•K•P•O•P• same lol
I don’t know why I’m watching this because I play a trombone 🥲
Lol ya same
Same lol
😯
When people call a flute a recorder, “how it doesn’t look similar,” if anything a clarinet is closer to the recorder. Anyways a little to late for me, already a flute player, and I love it.
Ya. I play clarinet recorder flute guitar and piano. Do I play too many instruments?
@@toes4442 You are very talented
I only learned to play clarinet because I thought it would be the next best thing to the recorder and I can confirm, a clarinet is way more like a recorder than a flute is
In terms of how you hold it, a recorder looks more like a clarinet, but it's technically a type of flute.
@@toes4442 and you play Fortnite
I'm 15 yrs. old.. and I love playing flute and I started it since 5 yrs. ago:)
Relatable
@no name 5 years bro, they probably can
I haven't yet met a person who associates flute with recorder in America yet 😅
Lucky😅 I live in the U.S. and literally everyone does it.
@@whenyoucantchooseabias5679 haha, maybe because I'm friends with many musicians. I got myself a wooden flute and a lot of people thought I was playing the clarinet 🙈
Recorders are flutes!
Omg i am a biggest fan tho
By now I'm spamming your comment section 😊 It's so annoying about that guys are bullied for playing the flute while the best flute players in the world are guys.
I have played for about ten years and dont have any qualifications in the flute aside from grade 6 (am working on 7) as I play casually but I have experienced this when I played in a local orchestra for a bit
That’s so true 😍 Like Emmanuel Pahud ❤️
@@Flutecookies I love Pahud ❤
@@Flutecookies I was also thinking about James Galway. The flute community praises him.
@@ViktoriousFlutes don't forget Jean-Pierre Rampal, Patrick Gallois and Alain Maroin... The list goes on
I used to play piccolo in orchestra. No wonder I have no violin friends 😂
Guys who just started playing flute after knowing point 9: 👁👄👁
Maybelle Lee lmao xD
no, we love male flute players!
I’m a guy who plays the flute and that is so true. I asked one of the other band kids out and they thought I was gay because I played the flute kinda hurt but now I laugh at it.
In german „Flöte“ means also recorder and flute „Blockflöte“ = recorder „Querflöte“ = flute
i believe this is the case in many languages, so this is why flutes are compared to recorders so much
Yeah, fun fact, but in French a recorder is called a "flûte à bec" while the flute is called a "flûte traversière". So, if you say a "flûte traversière" nobody will mix it up with a recorder, but if you just say "flûte" without specifying, there is a strong chance people will think you mean recorder.
Furthermore, children who learn music (well, it was more common for my mother's generation than mine) will start with the recorder - it's "easy", because you just have to blow in a tube and put your fingers on the right holes. So most children have a limited knowledge of the recorder, and you find them as "toys instruments" in kindergarten and schools, so I would say that's also why the recorder remains the first "flûte" that comes to mind.
Toni showing us her "guns". Those are cute little water shooter guns you got there😂
could have made it "10 things to watch out for" when learning the flute
I've been playing the flute since 4th grade, and I'm 25 now. I was originally going to learn the violin because there was going to be a program for it at my school, but it was canceled since not enough people signed up. I still want to learn someday, but I'm happy we got band instead, and I was able to play amongst many other instruments. I was in band all throughout the rest of school (ending at 12th grade).
I disagree about standing up for a long time though. We always sat while playing in band, aside from the percussion section. And at home, or wherever else you are, it's perfectly fine to play the flute while sitting. Not sure where you got the idea you have to stand.
Anyway, I love the flute, and am anxious to get a better one eventually, as well as a bass flute. I enjoy learning the notes to songs from the radio, movies, shows, games, and anime that soumd good when you play alone. I miss playing in a group with other instruments as well though.
Reason #11: Be prepared to spend a nice amount of money on your better quality flute:)
In my language, the recorder is called "flauta doce" and the flute is called "flauta transversal". Just now I'm discovering they are two completely different instruments.
Same in French. Technically yea they’re 2 types of flutes among many other types of traditional flutes etc.
Recently started the Lute as an adult, it was something I had been wanting to play as a kid but due to an underbite I was told it was impossible. So I went on and played other instruments (forced on me by the school instructors) and eventually started hating classical music because of it (I had the bassoon forced on me as a tiny, tiny, child and I didn't like it) and moved on to different instruments and other music genres.
Now as an adult I was at a music school and casually chatted with the flute instructor who was somewhat horrified by my story and said it was nonsense. Now he's teaching me flute ^^
Me deciding whether 4 years of being a flautist is too late or not...
Why discourage people from learning to play the flute ? I play it in the orchestra and we sit ….it’s an awesome jazz instrument ….Moe Kaufman was my uncle ! He loved it and was amazing.
I’m relearning I just found a teacher today!
Me: Im tired of piano... i want play something harder and work out at the same time.
FluteCookies: I have a solution.
Flute is cool. Actually I used to want to learn flute but my mom forced me to play piano😶
I though all 10 reasons are going to be “cuz flute is so fxxking hard”
I used to play flute for like six years, give or take. The 11th thing on this list I say is : Medical problems. Like, from the posture while playing flute, my right scapula/shoulder blade (no idea which one is commonly used in English, not my first language, sorry) is pushed out more than the left one. My parents used to say that I basically have really lame wing on my back. I also have scoliosis, so maybe that contributed to it...but without back and posture exercises and holding your flute the other way to the left side for a few minutes so you kinda even the posture...you and your shoulder blades are doomed. So fun.
Loved the video though!
The Flute is one of the musical instruments I want to learn.
At present, I play the Soprano Saxophone, and people think I'm playing the Flute.
Soprano sax looks like a brass clarinet
“You’ll never be standing up playing the piano in your life”
Me just a few minutes ago: *stands playing my scales on the piano*
I played the flute in highschool, as a guy....
I agree with you on alot of things you've said sadly, not the gay part though lol. The flute is physically limited to one note, strain, fluids , lip form and breathing. It's like singing, but harder lol. Reed instruments have it alot easier and you don't have to slant it off to one side...
I'm now practicing electric guitar 🙂, it's definitely a bit harder to overcome the single note mindset.
PS, at least I had a way to start a conversation with a cute girl I saw who played the flute. 😎
Actually Chopin wrote a piece for flute and piano, "Variations on a theme by Rossini"
I've been playing flute for 7 years now... and Yes I do sometimes regret it! LMAO but other than that I still love my flute! It's my life!
and about standing? Amm... I've been in a symphonic Band at school and Wind Ensemble at our church and I play sitting in a chair, oh I sometimes try laying down while playing haha... it's just a matter of how you control you're breathing haha!
I love playing the flute y'all just jealous😂😂😝😝
This is what i need, ture and soft enough. Personally I found flute sounds are beautiful, and thats one of the reasons i pick it as leisure. Yes, most people suggested to play piano or guitar, however i dont have the same feeling to there sounds. Well, everyone make fun to noobs, and hypercritical to pro, thats the principle. Thx anyways :)
Not questioning your reasoning our how you feel, but your reasons are almost all about how other people think about you. Just don’t give a fuck about other people and play the flute if it’s’ what you want to do. This instrument is above awesome, especially in jazz settings.
I do arm exercises with Boho beautiful videos to be able to hold my flute. 3 years 💪
Can I learn flute online, waiting for your repely
When I play the flute in my band we always sit and never stand
Flute has been my main instrument for many years and I love it and have enjoyed it. No regrets playing that as my main instrument, though I admit piano stole my soul. Enjoyed your video and talking points, though didn't completely agree with all of them myself or thought a bit overblown (haha) but did others like the shaking lips, lol. Vibrato without even trying right?! Yes I learned piccolo too, and considered it the honor it was. Only the best had that privilege. No solo beats piccolo on the Stars And Stripes Forever! Such fun! I would like to add one disadvantage to flute playing. Doing so over the years can contribute to a bit of moderate hearing loss in the left ear.
All instruments are good to learn.
Too late I already picked the flute as my band instrument at school but at least I still have next year I can either get out of band or talk with the teacher to get a new instrument the next year😁👌🏼
you’ll love it.
"here it popular with a male and is still one of the most respected instrument"
that male is called lord Krishna
instrument is Bansuri
rather it is appropriatable
and I am from India
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I play both viola and flute but i think the flute is way more fun to play
I just started learning to play the flute, don't know if it's a good idea to watch this video for my motivation yet here we are 😄
me too, just here to see what people think about it.
If someone can play , we also can learn it. To play better.😅
I will never question the flute. Flute is life.
Hey. I play recorder at age 75. A good recorder, well-played, is a good thing. I play solo recorder during communion in church and get many compliments.
I started learning the flute because of a character from a donghua
Comrade 🫡
I am a flute player and everything she said is 100% true. It really is so sad that we can't usually play alone😔. There are not many reptoires for flute. And someone once told me ther brother could play the recorder. I asked her why she told me, she assume that I play the recorder😂
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I have played flute for 15 yrs. And recorder for 40. Love them both. Yes, I am male and not gay. Ha ha. I was attracted to flute by a performer named Ian Anderson. Yes, from the rock group Jethro Tull. I play mostly impromptu style. Also Jazz and Latin Jazz, contemporary and traditional Christian music. Also flute and reorder in Caribbean music styles of Soca, calypso and Steel Pan music.
I find flute and recorder very versatile. I was originally a Percussion major in college and got sooooo tired of lugging all those drums around! I have an excellent ear an wanted to take up a melodic instrument (other than timpani. First recorder and later flute. You probable know Ian Anderson/Jethro Tull. But check out Nestor Torres for incredible Latin Jazz flute, a wonderful genre of flute music. I am self taught and play in several bands. Love it! So don’t think of or treat flues as just an orchestral instrument. I still play percussions too, but much more flute, and occasional recorder.
Almost all the points mentioned in the video goes for most of the musical instruments.
If you're not planning to go pro and just learning as a hobby, you can learn any instrument to a certain skill level. The process is certainly difficult. I started learning guitar a few months back and now I am definitely better than when I started. You just gotta practice regularly. Go one step at a time and don't compare with others.
I i’m a flute player and this is very offensive
Flutecookies: You'll be standing up all the time.
Me: *playing flute while laid in bed*
That could ben usefull 5 years ago.
it's too late, i've already learnt it :D. Fact number 9 is kinda weird, in Asia Guy playing flute is completely normal, i think if u have some interest in Asia culture, then you will know how obvious that is. Also, Asia flute is kinda light :3
It is possible to articulate 2 notes at one time on the flute
I like the happy couch potato. X-/
That said, I’m a piano player, but once I get better at that, I’d love to start flute. You can’t really lug around a piano around. 😣
im not gay but i wanted to play the flute
I literally am learning a violin and is learning a flute at the same time
I also😀
@@VladoBelo 😀
im a clairnet trying to learn how to play the flute so i can see mutiple reasons why i wouldnt wanna play it but i loveeee the flute and im going to put practice and more into learning it as well as to keep playing my clairnet
have you noticed that there are more flute transcriptions than flute compositions ,I realized after buying one XD
Great video! Can we get a video of you playing a classical repertoire? I really want to hear you play it
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Toney!! I listened to this video again, and that is so true about standing up. I mean I am a working pianist of course but I can see why you would say something like this. With the flute why would you want to sit down with it I mean you can of course but that is like singing sitting down. You can do it but it is harder to project from your stomach to try to get that air going. Well, the same with the flute. Yo are going to bee better off standing so that you are not going to go flat hahahaha. Don’t get me wrong I am sure some flute players do sit while they are practicing and that is great too of course but to get that diaphragm working to stay on key you want to bee standing so that the air will flow. Also…. With the piano that is so true. You are not going to stand with a piano. The only thing now that you will stand with is a synthesizer or keyboard. Those you can port around still it is a big pain to have to port them transporting cables and amps and then the synthesizer or keyboard. But those are the only things keyboards that you are really going to stand with. But a piano or digital piano ummm… that is the pain about playing the piano. Though i am a pianist and I love my instrument I do dog my instrument. Hahahahaha. The thing about the piano is this. People think that it is beautiful but I have to say. Don’t bee deceived. It really is not that beautiful. The piano from the outside may look beautiful but it is a huge piece of work. You can not transport it easily you can’t pick it up it is not that beautiful girl like the flute is. Very loving instrument. The piano comes across intimidating to people when they see it and desire to start with it you can not just tune it up you have to have a piano tuner to take care of that. Your having to break your back to play the thing. Because you are hovering over a huge keyboard. You actually don’t feel calm after playing it especially if you are a working pianist. You actually are drained mentally because of the way you have to sit at it and hold your body. It is so dramatic compared to the other instruments. For people that don’t play the thing yes. It may to them look beautiful and those that are listening may say it is soothing and therapeutic. But for those of us having to play the darn thing it is a piece of work. You get hot and it is often loud. Piano playing is pretty noisy even on a grand with the lid down. You have to keep them tuned up twice a year at least if you want them to sound good you have to make sure that all the parts are working correctly before you are able to have someone come play it. The only thing about a digital piano is that you don’t have to tune it and you can do so much with it emulating other instruments but it is still very heavy to transport. Yes. You can take the frame apart on a digital to transport it but still it is pretty darn heavy and then the time that it takes to put the thing together so the piano actually is a piece of work and it takes up a lot of space. It has work written all over it. The flute on the other hand is like that girl who will stick with you and you can hold her and pick her up. She is so much more romantic and wants to bee held. She is low in carrying for and you can take her where ever you go pretty much hahahahaha. It is so forgiving and you can take her with you on a road trip if you want she is very happy and doesn’t need that much attention. It is not demanding like the piano is. She doesn’t demand she is this beautiful thing that is just a Jule. I have never heard the piano being called a jule. And I am its player and this is what i think of the piano hahahaha. The way a piano is played compared to a flute the players of both instruments are so different. Pianists are more snobbish and rough and intimidating like their instruments. The flute player however are more relaxed and very calm I can surely tell that you for sure have the personality of your instrument their Toney. Hahahaha. And oh the other thing with a flute you can get away with practicing late at night where as the piano if you even try you can disturb the house unless you have a digital then it is fine to practice or play. With this being said the thing I love about playing the instrument is that it is huge and you really do look like a boss playing the piano hovering over the instrument’s keyboard. As i stated in my last comment the boss of the instruments or if they had a supervisor it would be the piano the piano is actually the boss of the instruments. It is actually like the supervisor of the instruments. It is their leading, supporting, and accompanying. And being a support for a jazz band that is what your boss does as well. Now as far as the king of instruments, well, that would have to bee the pipe organ. That thing is the king of instruments. But the boss would bee the piano. So actually with this flute players are very very humble and are submissive just like their instruments where as the piano and us we are pretty snobbish and proud kind of intimidates people because the instrument that we play. I am telling it like it is and I don’t think other pianists would tell you the honest truth like this but i am hahahahaha. If you were to see which instrumnet was more beautiful and actually has beauty written all over it it would for sure not bee the piano. It would bee the flute. You all have beauty written all over you, and your instruments.. stay awesome!!!
Me, who wanted to play pic in marching band... And now i have to play it during concert band. And its not okay.
My adopted mama wouldn't let me play la flute, cause I am male, & she was protecting me. I continued with viola. I am grown now, & since men can get away with playing a bamboo flute, or Irish low d flute, I am gonna try the Irish low d flute. It sounds a bit more low, than a Chinese bamboo flute.
Bansuri E bass
When we were testing out instruments by blowing into the head piece, I was able to immediately make a sound from the flute, which is apparently rare. I chose the flute because of that. Also, if I'm told to play the piccolo, I'll refuse. What're they gonna do, somehow force me?
I already gave 8 years of my life to the FLUTE😅 it's ok I love it
Everything she said reminded me of my high school band years :')
Call me crazy but I love playing the piccolo! Other instrumentalist hate it but I don't care to much since I love playing it. 😂 plus its fun watching them hold their ears.
I had no idea she'll be playing the truth untold 😳 sooo good🥺🥺❤💜
I’m going to be playing the flute and many people are already telling me I’m gay. After telling me so... they quickly regret it.
This whole thing about guys being gay playing the flute is stupid. I'm straight and played the flute cus I like the sound it makes. I had the balls to play it in highschool way back in the late 90's in a school where homophobia was rampant. Its a fine instrument that plays great music. Plus to a past bullion collector looks like silver bling. Some of the most famous flute players were men. Have fun and don't give a shit what people think.
I really thank you for making me enjoy this process, They do regret what they say though... literally, I force them to verbally excuse themselves. It’s pretty fun, I don’t really mind the comments because I know that I’m not the ignorant one. Also the knowledge I gain isn’t something everyone seeks, therefore I have the upper hand in arguments. Thank You yet again!
@@acidforblood I was like 5 or 6 in the late 90s and yep people were ignorant af back then. I want to play the flute it sounds so beautiful and I learned the piano pretty easily in the past.
1. If you hate standing up all the time while playing a music instrument
2. With standing up, you are also HOLDING a flute all the time ( gives you good biceps)
3. Piccolo player situation
4. spit situation
5. Things people say to flutist
6. Lack of options
7. Flute can play only one note at a time
8. Having shaky breath
9. FOR GUYS : Flutist males are perceived as Gays ( acc. To her )
10. People thinking flute as a recorder.
Summary : Not any real reasons. Thanks for watching.
Thx bro
But 9 th one
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Even our Lord Krishna played flute...he is the universal guru of flute
My mom: *buys me a flute and hires a flute teacher*
An hour before my first lesson
Me: *finds this in recommended*
Also Me: Okayyyyy...
How is it going ?
@@nuagejuice3848 it’s going really well! I love my flute teacher and flute is super fun to learn! 🥰
@@miochxn9594 awww I’m so happy to hear that! I will go to music school soon and I’m so exited too !
@@miochxn9594 what flute do you have?
@@nuagejuice3848 I’m not too sure. My mom just bought me one of those cheap ones from online but she says she’ll buy me a real one soon
Hi, you can try Indian music if you want something classical. Bollywood 20's , 19's and 18's songs, the farther you go more classical it is. You can just even search for indian classical and you will find good enough to play.
Omg I absolutely hate the shaky breath. I had it for a while when I had to tune in orchestra. And yes the embarrassment didn't help😅
#10: now picture yourself as a portuguese speaker: flute = flauta, recorder = flauta doce (literal: "sweet flute") as me...
... and add the fact that I HATE the rocorder's sound!
All the innuendo’s
Me: BLOW IT LIKE FLUTEEE
I play trumpet and some of the issues like shaky breathing ate similar
As a tubist I used to be jealous to flutists. All my solol literature was contemporary and a-tonal, and most of the flute music was melodic and very tonal, easy to remember.
My parents thought that I was playing the flute, even when I told them it's called recorder
Me having played flute for 7 years and loving it. Also me:
If piccolo is aptly named screeetchy boi ...what do you call Mr. Pennywhistle.
The minute I saw point no. 3.
I screeched. Then I wheezed.
Hey Toni🙋🏻♀️ A new fan here. I am Victoria. (;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`) I started playing the flute few days ago. Btw I really found your sharing/ stories videos interesting and very helpful to me (a beginner) 🙆🏻♀️ Please make more tutorial videos like the previous one, they are so useful to me😭🥰 stay safe
Yeung Vic aww thank you! I will make more of those ;) and welcomeeee 🥰
Not true at all!I play flute and I love it and im really good at it!
I love playing the flute even tho I just stared because a lot of my family members also play the flute so idk if I should still play or not
Why is it true that they ask if you're gay just because you play the flute?!?!?
As a flautist I have another reason being that I know people who think when I play flute that it’s annoying
I hate being associated with recorder
All good points and I'm not really thinking about it as an option. But how hard it is? If it's also takes a lot of time then it's a definite no. But if it's not too difficult then maybe it's still worth it? I mean one note at a time doesn't sound too bad?
I played the flute when i was 8-10 years old but i stopped and now i wanna play it again🥲
LoL when I was like 8, I told my parents I wanted to play flute (Idek why or how I came up with the idea) and they bought me...a recorder. So I was stuck learning recorder for a couple years until they bought me a real flute xD
Actually, I didn't like playing flute much at all because it was so hard and I never took care of it and it's... In REALLY bad shape O_o
So when In was 13, they bought me a NEW flute. But it was one of those...Amazon ones and it didn't have a cork and I played it very little
UNTIL late last year, I picked up flute again and I grind on it now and I went from mediocre to intermediate in like...4-5 months. But my sister banged the flute on my desk and it got rekt SO
I got a NEW FLUTE (no.3) and this one is just amaze and cost much more than the Amazon one but I love playing now and I play all the time :>
I’m gonna play the normal or most normal flute and the Native American one and my mom is gonna teach me she used to do both flutes and I did clarinet
All instruments are one of people's passion.
1. Why would you need to stand up while playing the flute? Can anybody help with explaining this, please?
I found this video way to late. I’ve already been playing the flute for about 1 year and a month now. And I’m in the top band at my school. I don’t regret anything.
Me, a recorder player: :’o
Meh. Flute has a large range of repertoire compared to the other members of the woodwind fam like clarinet , oboe and bassoon. A lot of violin pieces are also playable on flute , some even sounds better than the violin , which is the instrument it's originally composed for. Check out Denis Bouriakov , playing seemingly impossible violin pieces on flute like Mendelssohn violin concerto , Tchaikovsky violin concerto, Carmen Fantasy - Waxman , and even piano pieces like Chopin's Impromptu.
I play recorder, too, so no problem. Haha. Also a straight man who plays flute but I’m an adult learner so already learned in life to not give a crap what people think lol
I never planned to play the flute I've always wanted to play violin. But since theres no orchestra in my school I "had" to choose flute