Thread: Hi from Solo violin!

You're probably wondering who I am...on the violin forum my user name is justbeginning :P Baroque music in general is my favorite, though I like a wide variety of composers and pieces (and not only classical music). Right now, other than composing using the electric keyboard, what I spend the most time playing is flute and baroque flute, which is also known as recorder. I've taken a look around and I think I'm going to like it here. B) Way to go, Daniel!

Hello, Baroque flute. Nice to see you here. You are playing flute, wonderful. You say baroque flute and recorder. Do you play also the Flauto traverso?

Baroque music is awesome. I hope you will like our discussions here.

Greetings, Daniel.

Looks like I didn't make things clear. :P I was calling recorder baroque flute because that is the main "flute" that Handel and Bach and their contemporaries used. They used flauto traverso too but not as much. I play recorder and regular Boehm flute.

That is great. What pieces do you play currently?

I don't know alot of woodwind repertoires...so it's really great to have a flautist among our midst. It's great how we learn from one another in such communities, ain't it?

My current recorder reportoire is the first piece from Suite 3 of the Water music by Handel, and "Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul In Hell" from Handel's Messiah. I love how those sound on recorder, with trills and ornaments. I also play the the instrumental part of "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring", and the theme from Dvorak's Slavonic Dance in E minor (Op. 46?#2). That last one is one of my all-time favorites.

With flute I am playing simpler things right now. I had been playing Gluck's Dance of the Blessed Spirits, and a couple others I can't remember, but the G key mechanism became slightly bent making many of the notes not work, and I didn't know what it was and wasn't able to get it looked into. Anyway, I am back to playing the flute but I still have a little ways to go to catch up to where I was I am practicing the opening theme of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake Suite. Mainly I need to strengthen my lungs again and practice good breathing. The high notes on the flute take more wind than any instrument except the tuba!

I also play the the instrumental part of "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

One of my personal fav. I love Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake also, are u doing the opening only or part of a programme with an ensemble?

Mainly I need to strengthen my lungs again and practice good breathing. The high notes on the flute take more wind than any instrument except the tuba!

What ex do u so to strengthen your lungs? Is it the same as what we do for vocal training? This I'm always curious to know. :P
Do u play the piccolo?

I am just using practice to strengthen my lungs. I don't play the piccolo right now but I might learn some time. It should be pretty easy since I know flute. I just play the melody line of the overture to Swan Lake, as a solo. Not anything can make a good solo, but that is an exquisite piece.