Comments on: Off to Croatia http://www.flutewise.org/off-to-croatia Flutewise... something special for young flute players Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:18:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Flutewise http://www.flutewise.org/off-to-croatia/comment-page-1#comment-571 Flutewise Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:48:00 +0000 http://flutewise.org/?p=203#comment-571 Sorry Barbara. There'll be a delay for comments to be moderated as Liz is away and she has left me to do it and, as I am a lazy swine, it takes me far longer than her.<br/>I'll try and do better next time.<br/>Andy Sorry Barbara. There’ll be a delay for comments to be moderated as Liz is away and she has left me to do it and, as I am a lazy swine, it takes me far longer than her.
I’ll try and do better next time.
Andy

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.flutewise.org/off-to-croatia/comment-page-1#comment-570 Anonymous Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:57:00 +0000 http://flutewise.org/?p=203#comment-570 There seems to be a problem with posts again as I wrote one yesterday and it was saved for approval but hasn't appeared!<br/><br/>Barbara There seems to be a problem with posts again as I wrote one yesterday and it was saved for approval but hasn’t appeared!

Barbara

]]> By: Elanor Cadzow http://www.flutewise.org/off-to-croatia/comment-page-1#comment-569 Elanor Cadzow Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:13:00 +0000 http://flutewise.org/?p=203#comment-569 Rachel, <br/>If you have been ill for a long time it's best just to ease back into playing the like only doing a 10-15 minute practice session a few times a week. As you get stronger and more confident these practice sessions may get longer and more frequent. <br/><br/>Another thing to help you get back is to play pieces which you love and that also might be easy to play as this get your confidence up and motivate you to play. Also if you warm up before playing your pieces you might find you can play easier as well - Stephen Clark's warm-ups are very good especially the 'pe' one! (Thank you Stephen!!)<br/><br/>Also, knowing that you love the flute will help you to get playing again as it will be your goal to acheive by loving it again! And don't worry, i struggle to get motivated on the bassoon even it's a lovely instrument and i love playing it, it just takes a lot of warming up and then (as it needs a service) sarts playing up as soon as i've spent my 30mins getting it to sound good on every piece before taking bits out! It's a vicious circle and takes time especially if you've had a long illness! I had Bronchitus a few years ago so i could play for short periods but then i just felt tired after playing! It's all about stamina - once that improves you should be fine and loving your flute as much as we all love ours!<br/><br/>Hope this helps, <br/>Ellie xex Rachel,
If you have been ill for a long time it’s best just to ease back into playing the like only doing a 10-15 minute practice session a few times a week. As you get stronger and more confident these practice sessions may get longer and more frequent.

Another thing to help you get back is to play pieces which you love and that also might be easy to play as this get your confidence up and motivate you to play. Also if you warm up before playing your pieces you might find you can play easier as well – Stephen Clark’s warm-ups are very good especially the ‘pe’ one! (Thank you Stephen!!)

Also, knowing that you love the flute will help you to get playing again as it will be your goal to acheive by loving it again! And don’t worry, i struggle to get motivated on the bassoon even it’s a lovely instrument and i love playing it, it just takes a lot of warming up and then (as it needs a service) sarts playing up as soon as i’ve spent my 30mins getting it to sound good on every piece before taking bits out! It’s a vicious circle and takes time especially if you’ve had a long illness! I had Bronchitus a few years ago so i could play for short periods but then i just felt tired after playing! It’s all about stamina – once that improves you should be fine and loving your flute as much as we all love ours!

Hope this helps,
Ellie xex

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