Flute Articles

Age and Periods

Renaissance - From my History of Music Class at the University of Northern Colorado.
Romantic - More information from my History of Music Class.
Jazz Age - From a History of Jazz class at Front Range Community College.

Beginner Flute - Buying your first flute including where to buy
Intermediate Flute - Includes different options (open hole v.s. closed hole), when and where to buy, as well as reviews.

Cleaning the Flute - Cleaning the outside and inside is important when you are done practicing for the day.
Clean Sticky Pads - You know that you have sticky pads when you press down a key and you hear a sound like a kiss.

Foot Joints - The C foot joint and the B foot joint, the differences.
Origin of the Flute - A History of the flute
Piccolos: Wood, Plastic or Silver - Buying a piccolo? This will help you figure out which type you should buy.

Most of these are excerpts of papers that I have written for School. Not all are flute players.

Brahms, Johannes - Johannes Brahms was very poor as a child and lived by the docks in Hamburg...
Cage, John - John Cage would sometimes put forks on the piano strings to change the sound of the pitch...
Carver, Wayman - In 1931 Wayman Carver recorded "Loveless Love" with Dave Nelson and in 1933 he recorded "How Come You Do Me Like You Do?"...
Enesco, Georges - Georges Enesco was a romantic violinist, composer and conductor who was born in 1881..
Kirk, Roland - Roland Kirk adapted Sam Most's technique of singing into his flute and took it to the next level...
Mann, Herbie - In 1955 Herbie Mann recorded his first album with the Mat Matthews Quintet...
Palestrina - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina was born February 3rd, 1525 or February 2nd, 1526 in Palestrina...
Richardson, Jerome - In 1949 jazz flutist Jerome Richardson recorded flute solos on "Kingfish" and "There Will Never Be Another You" in 1950...
Socarras, Alberto - Alberto Socarras recorded the first real jazz flute piece in 1927. Socarras was a Cuban clarinetist, and bandleader...
Taffanel, Paul - Paul Taffanel was born on September 16th, 1844 and had his first flute lesson with his dad ten years later...

Aztec Sacrifice - Young boys were taught to play the flute before they were sacrificed.
Piano Industry - Article about who buys to top of the line pianos.
Singing - Musicians and singing.
Wisdom Teeth - Playing the flute after you get your wisdom teeth pulled.