Help please with flute

lucylou

Hi,I wonder if anyone can help me.
I used to play the recorder at school and I was really good at it and enjoyed it very much.I also play the piano.
I would like to try and play the flute now but I have no idea
what type of flute to buy as I am a novice and would not like to spend too much as I want to see how I get on with it.
I would like to play both classical music and jazz.
any recommendations please?thanks:beer:
On most websites there is a choice of flutes, piccolo and harmony flutes.What is the difference betweeen them please?

gadjah543

We hired a flute for my daughter from Mev Taylors in Edinburgh.It cost £40 for 3 months but if you liked the instrument you had the option to buy and the £40 was deducted from the total cost. They had various makes but I don't know enough to recommend one, although Yamaha is always a reputable make in musical instruments

iamana1ias

A piccolo isn't really a flute, and is extremely hard to play.

A flute is a flute otherwise - James Galway uses the same one no matter what kind of music he's playing! Why not ask the person that's going to teach you what they recommend?

By the way, it's nothing like playing a recorder either! Completely different discipline and much harder to learn later in life (I was 4 when I started).

lucylou

Hi, thanks for your answers, I would like to teach myself how to play it .There is a lot of help on websites and on you tube.

iamana1ias

lucylou wrote: »

Hi, thanks for your answers, I would like to teach myself how to play it .There is a lot of help on websites and on you tube.

Erm, okay! Good luck with that!

Might be worth picking up a second hand flute in that case.

lucylou

Hi any idea what make is good ?and not too expensive?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Flute-BRICCIALDI-ITALY-closed-holes-engraved-keys-/350375699446?pt=UK_Woodwind_Instruments
is this one any good?

Gleeful

I'd try and get a second hand one. Go for a name you have heard of. I once got handed one to play at school that appeared to be made out of tin foil and manufactured somewhere not renowned for musical instruments...I could hardly get a decent note out of it and I've been playing for 20 years. I'd recommend a Yamaha, but if you're not sure if you want to continue playing after a while then perhaps go for one of these 'student flutes' they sell in various places.

As for teaching yourself, I'd try and get a few lessons, perhaps from someone just starting out in teaching who won't charge too much. Otherwise, you run the risk of picking up bad habits and developing a bad technique.

Try here: http://www.musicteachers.co.uk/search

iamana1ias

lucylou wrote: »

Hi any idea what make is good ?and not too expensive?

My first was a Trevor James (around £200 new 30 yrs ago?). I then had a Yamaha and then a Blessing.

Still have them all.

Just get something cheap for starters.

Gleeful

Personally, having played a Buffet, Yamaha and more recently a Trevor James, I'd say the best in terms of tone quality, reliability and mechanism was a Yamaha, but they are fairly expensive for beginners.

Hiring may be the way forward, you pay a certain amount each month, then if you want to continue, some places will let you pay the rest, or continue playing monthly.

Gleeful

Also, everyone knows someone who plays the flute, perhaps you can borrow one from a friend to begin with?

lucylou

what do you think of this one http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Flute-BRICCIALDI-ITALY-closed-holes-engraved-keys-/350375699446?pt=UK_Woodwind_Instruments
ps unfortunately I don't know anyone who plays a flute
except for the people who answered my post here today :-)