A good concert flute for a beginner ?
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Yamaha. As high up the range as you can afford. Look at around £200 / $300 for a nice one, and anything higher is a bonus.
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a viola..an orchestral instrument :)\n\niv played violin for 5 years, and when i started out, my dad bought me and excellent violin on EBAY! i know, duh, right? but it really is the best place to find one.\nor if you want a really cheap made-in-china one, look at ymonline.com \n\ngood luck
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With guitars, you get what you pay for. If you're looking for a good beginner guitar, try a Yamaha Pacifica. While they're not the best in the world, they are awesome for someone starting out.
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Be prepared to spend a lot of money (between $500 to $1000) for a good set of new bagpipes. Less for used.  \n\nGo to killberry.com, or gibsonpipes.com.    Or try www.bagpipes-henderson.com.  They've been around for a long time and they're very knowledgeable of bagpipes.
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First, if you don't already have a bass, buy one between $200 and $300.  In the beginning, the things that a more expensive instrument brings you won't matter until your skill level improves.  As a golfing buddy of mine said when I was intrested in buying clubs, "The first few years will feel like you're hitting rocks, so don't spend alot of money."\n\nSecond, find a good teacher.  Someone with plenty of music knowledge AND gigging experience will propel you much faster than those who skip this step.  A sold theory background is important to becoming a good player.  Sure, it may seem boring and unnecessary to play "Mary had a Little Lamb" for a month straight, but you learning many things at this stage (finger position, notes on the fretboard, reading music, etc...) so don't sweat it.  Learning to play an instrument is like learning to play a sport or weight lifting.  You wouldn't bench press 250 Lbs right off the bat, would you?\n\nThird, listen to music you wouldn't normally go for.  I'm a hard rock fanatic, but I listen to a ton of jazz, fusion and some Motown (some of the most innovative players around were playing funk lines 30 years ago!).  People like Victor Wooten, Stanley Clarke and Jaco Pastorius will help you develop a big ear and also challenge it, too!\n\nFourth, practice, practice, practice.  I promise you, 1 hour a day of solid practice coupled with once-a-week lessons and you will have a great foundation after 2 to 3 years.
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An acoustic would be a good place to start partly because you can play them anywhere(no need for an amplifier). Also because they sound so sweet. Since you haven't developed any finger callouses yet, a classical would be easier on the fingers, but since your musical tastes trend towards rock and rockish then i would suggest a steel string acoustic. Excellent brands are Yamaha, Takamine, Fender. Yamaha has a few lower priced models that are really very good. If you want to spend more you might consider a Taylor or a Martin. \n\nElectrics can often be easier to play for beginners because they can use lighter gauge strings which are easier to fret. A good old Fender Squier Strat would be where i would start if i was a beginner. There are a lot of package deals with a guitar, amp, picks, polishing cloth, etc. Especially this time of year. Guitar Center is a great place to look because they have nearly everything and they always have sales.\n\nGood Luck with your music career. And remember, just because you have no musical knowledge now doesnt mean you cant be great. Everybody has to start somewhere.
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There are many brands that are good, I would start with something cheap, then once you got the hang of playing good then you can buy a better brand like Martin & Co.( the best), Ovation, etc.......Yamaha, Peavy are ok brands you could start with. I don't have a Martin & Co., but would love to have one, they sound so great. I have an old probably 1950's style Sears model acousitc guitar, and it sounds like a folk guitar, it is pretty neat.
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Charlie,\n\nActually, I recommend neither! Selmer won't get your daughter PAST being a beginner, and both brands don't hold up as well as some others. Your best bet is to go with a yamaha. The 200 series offers a beginner instrument that can last your daughter for quite a while.
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Your aperture (hole in lips) may be too large and you may be directing the air down too far.  Try placing the head joint upside down on your upper lip and get a sound.  Keep your lips in that position and return the head joint to your lower lip.  BLow the same way and adjust the position of the flute until you get a sound.  Fast focused air will get it.
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Awesome piece & a lot of fun to play!\n\nIf you are looking for the sheet music, you can find it here by itself:\nhttp://www.sharmusic.com/itemdy00.asp?T1=1228+005&Cat=\n\nOr there are a lot of collection books that contain it.  I have the Fritz Kreisler collection (http://www.sharmusic.com/itemdy00.asp?T1=1937+105&Cat=) which has Praeludium & Allegro plus a lot of other great pieces.  I have also seen it in one of the advanced Suzuki method books.  It is a very popular piece so you could probably find it by flipping through some violin collection books at a local music store.\n\nIf you are looking for a recording, I especially like the ones done by Midori and Itzhak Perlman.  They each interpret it in completely different ways but I love them both.\nhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000028N1\nhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000002RQK
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Let me congratulate you first Atanu for being interested in a form of music peole all over the world savour and respect! Over the years as I browsed the net,I found http://www.classiccat.net/ as the best site for information about the great classical musicians as well as for fabulous free downloads. Try it;you'll love it! Good luck!
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keep on practicing the scales, especically those on the higher octaves, and those with 16th notes.\n\nany music store should have scales for flute. \n\nIf you get bored with those, I highly recommend music by Jacques Hotteterre. He was a flautist and composer in the 1700s. He published a book of preludes, that I used quite a bit. Any book store should be able to order that music book for you. I have been playing the flute for over 20 years.
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Check out:\nhttp://lfa.atu.edu/music/barber/intro/Mozart.htm
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Congratulations on your first chair position - and on your efforts to improve your play.\n\nThe key to playing the piccolo (or flute) softly in the upper register is breath support, proper embouchure, and lots of practice. It is one of the more difficult skills to develop, and is therefore considered a mark of a good player.\n\nIf you're really serious about getting better, I'd suggest you find a private teacher in your area who can instruct, illustrate for, and coach you through improving your play. If private lessons are not an option for you, work with your band director. Ask him or her to recommend study books and other resources you can use to improve yourself.\n\nHere's a site with some good tips - you should be able to find more with yahoo or google. Best of luck!
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I just started attending a local beginners harmonica club about two months ago and am loving it.  The recommended harmonica for beginners is a diatonic in the key of C.  You can get a pretty good Hohner or Suzuki for about $5.  Another good beginner model is a Lee Oskar.  \n\nThere are two basic types of harmonicas:  diatonic and chromatic.  The chromatic is for more advanced players and would be tough to learn on, although it's not entirely impossible.  Start with an inexpensive diatonic in C.\n\nThere are also many harmonica Websites out there.  This is an excellent one that has free lessons and tons of songs for the beginner and advanced player.\n\nhttp://www.harmonicacountry.com/index.html\n\nGood luck!
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Hi!  don't dispair!  Braces are not the end of the world.  I have had several very successful students with braces and a variety of other mouth gear.  There were many good ideas in the previous answer, i am hoping to add a couple things.  Take a look at your mouth when you play.  When you put your flute up to your lips, be sure you are not doing the kiss and roll thing (when you do this your flute rests on your lip).  Your bottom lip should rest on the lip plate and you should bring your top lip down to focus the air across the hole.  Look to make sure the hole in your lips is centered on the tone hole.  You should not be smiling, it is almost a frown, you are bringing your top lip down almost like you are making a bunny face.  Grab a straw or a pencil, put it in your mouth and pull it out leaving your lips exactly like they were with it in.  Use this as a guide for the size of the hole in your lips you are trying to achieve.  Now on top of all of that closing, you have to open everything else up.  Open your mouth on the inside, so you have a nice round inside, almost like it would seem if you were taking a bite of a crunchy apple.  Leave the inside open and relaxed, but close the lips and form your embouchure.  Does this help?  Give some more information if you still have questions.  good luck!\n\n\nare you talking about the high C 2 leger lines above the staff or the super high C above that?   For the C 2 leger lines above the staff, make sure you are holding your flute steady and you are not rolling in or something because you have so few fingers on keys.  For the super high C, see if you can find someone who plays better than you (maybe like a really good senior or something) to play your flute to see if he/she can play the super high notes.  It may be that your flute has a leak somewhere that is giving you problems or that your flute may not play that note well.  Sometimes beginner flutes just don't have the capacity to play the reallllly high notes well(mine didn't, so many years ago).  Also make sure you have the correct fingerings.  Good luck, let us know how it goes!
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Signing up for a class with an experienced clarinet player is best!  My daughter has been taking band in school, and of the 2 band teachers she has had, neither played clarinet, so she has struggled on her own. This year though, she met a boy in the class who has played for years, and he has given her all sorts of tips, which she tells me, has helped a lot.\n\nThat said, there are websites that give pointers, and if you do a search and check out various websites, you should be able to find some helpful information. Perhaps these sites will help:\n\nhttp://www.yamaha.co.jp/edu/english/soho/cl/cl_001.html\n\nhttp://www.ehow.com/how_918_begin-play-clarinet.html