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@Alexandra Petropoulos runs a Skool for Flute Nerds of all kinds called THE FLUTE NERD LAB and has invited the Flutarians to join them to highlight improvisation! Our regularly scheduled Improv Games tomorrow (1pm CT) will be hosted in The Flute Nerd Lab Zoom room here, instead of my usual room! I will share my top 3 secrets to go from 0 to 100 ASAP. We will play games! It will be fun! If you are a flutist wanting to improve your overall technique, you should definitely be joining the Flute Nerd Lab!! I only have so much time over here to talk about improvisation AND flute technique so head on over to the Flute Nerd Lab to join the challenges, join the conversation, and check out the resources so you can improve your tone, intonation, & technique!

Congratulations @Sheri Hudgins!!! You're a rockstar already even though this was your public debut as an improviser!! I was so proud of you for putting on a house recital a few months ago with your family, and now you're officially an improviser since you performed in front of "real people" haha - not your family!!! I knew you could do it though because I've had the pleasure of hearing you improvise in lessons with me for months now! Tell us, how nervous were you and how do you feel about your performance? I'm pleased with it. Your tone is sounding great! And I love that you get into the music and aren't afraid to move a little with it. Isn't it nice to play without a music stand between you & the audience??? Based off of "Brave Spirit" by the Cosmic Butterflies

Here's your chord chart for Hallelujah (originally by Leonard Cohen)! Both in Roman numerals (best for transposing to other keys) and in the key of C (which we'll play it in tonight!)! Here's your homework: post in the comments your favorite cover of this song!

I've now had a Pandora account for over 20 years! What I love about Pandora is that you can put in a song you like, and then it makes an educated guess as to which music you'll like and it plays those songs. When you 👍or👎a track it gets even better at guessing! One of my favorite stations is Om Namo Bhagavate Radio. Sometimes these radical flute solos come on and I just love it! But usually I am so in the flow when I'm listening that I never think, "who's playing that flute? I want to listen to this again!" Tonight I noticed this song with some really awesome flute and paused to take note for you!! So awesome that I made a new category of posts here: 🔊Listening List🎼! This is for sharing recordings of your favorite flutists... Help me fill it with videos of your favorite performances & performers! Don't forget to tell us why you love it. ☺️ I'm pretty sure this is Manose Singh playing flute on this recording! What I love about it: 🪈 The flute is really subtle in the beginning... low & slow. I love this texture. 🪈 The flute is the perfect compliment to the voices. I feel like the voice is there representing the spirit of the wind, like some mythical creature like a faerie, or an earthly flying creature like a dragonfly or butterfly. 🪈 I love how "free" the flute feels in the solo time & garnish time. Free-flowing, unencumbered... I envy this level of freedom and try to emulate it in my own playing! 😮 I'm jealous of those pitch bends! 🔷 Have you ever tried playing a bansuri flute? 🔷 What's a specific example of something you like about this recording?