As the title implies. I made this flute out of bamboo, it's rather large, the bore is a bit bigger than a typical Irish flute same with length. So it's possible that it's just going to be naturally airy.

But I'm also extremely new to flute, this is my first flute of this style (side blown) so my embouchure could be bad. I played clarinet for a long time so I have some wind instrument fundamentals just not flute specific.

Any advice is greatly appreciated!

(For those curious its a 6 hole in D Dorian)

My flute now makes a weird hissing sound when I play and I don’t know what’s causing the problem. It was fine a few days ago but then I started to notice it when I was playing at our church last sunday morning. I thought that it was just a me problem since I didn’t really warm up properly since I was running late. But the sound didn’t go away days after even when I had warmed up enough. I just had a COA for this a few weeks ago but maybe its something that just happened recently. Could it be the climate cuz it rains then gets really hot on the same day where I’m from, or do I need new pads or something. Should I get it checked out? (In the video I tried to highlight the notes where you can really hear the hissing sound.)

I can do a bit of flutter tongue, but recently started a band music that appears to require starting a note normally, the adding the flutter tongue without stopping and restarting the note. Is this possible? Please give me some tips to smoothly adding flutter tongue to the note. 🙏🏻

I want an instrument that sounds cool, looks impressive and is easy to learn. I think the drone flute is a great contender like those double barrled ones. What key would be the best? Or should i get a bamboo flute instead?

Hi! I started playing the flute a few days ago, but I’ve noticed that my right thumb really struggles when playing G, A, B and C.

I have quite long fingers, and this actually caused me to quit playing the violin in the past at my teacher’s request. They were worried that I might injure or even fracture my finger because of the way I had to position my hand. I was able to give up the violin, but I really don’t want to give up the flute as well.

Do you have any advice for someone w long fingers? Are there any adjustments I can make to my hand position or flute setup to make playing these notes more comfortable?

Any suggestions are appreciated. Thank you!