David50’s five thousand, three hundred and sixty-five comments

I seem to change how I align my embouchure as I play, and if it seems hard work to sound right I sometimes look accusingly at the headjoint and perhaps rotate it. more…

Maybe bit picky but if the The Village Music Project transcription is correct Stables has "A Grand Hornpipe" not "The Grand Hornpipe". I read that as "grand' as in "that were a grand tune" rather than the tune having grandeur. more…

Can we have the musicians on the album named please? I think it was the playing I liked rather than the actual tunes. more…

Can't your teacher advise on this? Though I guess it's a heavier flute than a metal Boehm that she may be used to - but lots of people play them. more…

I think he had this when I saw them last https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phDw345SCcM more…

I heard the same from a well known accordian player. The advice was something like "learn a reel as a hornpipe first, it helps the swing when you play it up to speed". more…

This C&F discussion is probably more helpful. See photo a few posts down: http://forums.chiffandfipple.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=87155&start=0 more…

I can see my long-put-off experiment with one of those very thin bags they have on the vegetable stall at the supermarket coming on. more…

To me that a tiny gap in the the seal at a pad or a joint can have such a big effect demonstrates that it is not about the flow of air. more…

My understanding is the same as Conical bore's. I am not sure if all that much air is going down the flute. more…