Hi, is anyone else taking Flute Grade 3 this March/April? I'm taking mine in 2 weeks (gulp!) and was curious about what pieces you're playing and how prepared you're feeling.

Carys.

I took my Grade 3 flute in December and I done:

Sentimental Waltz from Time Pieces for Flute- volume 3
Hurdy-Gurdy (from the same book)
Two Tunes For The Parrot from 75 graded studies for flute, book 1.

Just make sure to know all your scales and arpeggios inside out, then you should be fine.

Good luck!!!

Jade.

Thanks Jade!

I'm doing a different three pieces to you, although I almost did 'Two tunes for the parrot' - I learnt it then changed my mind.

It's the breathing I find hardest, especially when I'm nervous. I seem to have to take lots of breaths. Do you find that?

Yeah, I get that too! Sometimes I get to the middle of a really long piece of music and then just HAVE to take a really massive deep breath when I'm supposed to be playing loads of notes!!

Just wondering about something- When you first started playing flute, did you used to go really dizzy when you tried to blow???

QUOTE (Jade @ Feb 20 2004, 07:34 PM)

Just wondering about something- When you first started playing flute, did you used to go really dizzy when you tried to blow???

Yes!! I think it's normal at first...

QUOTE (Jade @ Feb 20 2004, 07:34 PM)

Just wondering about something- When you first started playing flute, did you used to go really dizzy when you tried to blow???

Soryr to be rude, but are you either a smoker, or not in pasticularly good cardio-vascular form (i.e. fit)?

People who tend to get dizzy while blowing are usually one of the two - or they'r actually blowing convulsively, in which case they shouldn't be able to get out a note on the flute.