PaddyBowling’s sixteen comments

Recording of tune: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikqQ4-gwXnU more…

Tune written for Bywater Band CD (c)2016 more…

I second the soundclick idea… it’s a great site, and it’s easy for people to get to and use. You only have to post the files once, and then you can tell people the address. more…

There are definitely people who play the full, metal Boehm system flutes, although I don’t think it’s as common as in Irish music, because the whistles and basic Irish flutes are easily played either way. more…

Come check out the website for info… more…

I have to say Tom Doorley, Kevin Crawford, and of course my flute teacher Shannon Heaton 🙂 more…

Not that this is exactly what you asked, but (as a flute player) you might find this discussion interesting. https://thesession.org/discussions/10992#comment226484 more…

Be carefull with what was said about trying to play with a small embouchure… a small relaxed embouchure works good for higher notes (think like when you are whistling), but for low notes, more…

I’m 18… That seems pretty young in the general scheme of things… more…

Try opening it up a bunch of times in different screens, so you can program it to play lots of different sounds at the same time. Make a bass rhythm, and then add up from there. It’s just hard to get all of the screens beating together sometimes. more…