Oh, okay. I would be more than happy to try out one of your headjoints and give you a review. Everyone knows how much of a headjoint connoisseur I am by now. lol! That is really cool that you make your own headjoints!

Beautiful vibrato. How in the world do you do it?! =)

Thank you! I honestly don't know. I don't think about it.

Okay, I think I have made up my mind. I decided on the Miyazawa 602 Britannia silver model. While I really loved the 402 it was still a little too bright for me, the 602 tones it down and is darker. The mechanism on the Altus was no where compared to the Miyazawa, but not bad. It just wasn't the flute for me. Thanks everyone for listening! I will continue to post more videos on youtube.

Kara, I haven't been reading much on 8notes for a while, so I was just catching up a little today and saw your video. You sound SOOOOO great - what a gorgeous sound!! I, too, play a Miyazawa and love it. Welcome to the club! Looking forward to many more videos from you.

Thank you I have always been really hard on myself I suppose..

OMG your playing is amazing, it is so beautiful, i am glad you are keeping your headjoint it sounds amazing but i think your made a good choice which ever you choose because they were all so pretty.

Thank you so much I was actually thinking of taking my videos down because someone said I had poor skills.

Kara, You really need to quit listening to people who are A$$ *&^%$. You are good. Accept it!

Since you keep go around mentioned it...I repeat my post....

Kara, I don't know why we come to this....!! We were good friends on youtube until I posted a long post praising my Yamaha 211! You then just jump on me with your friends.

Your friend Suzie sent me a private message first, I explained to her on everything...and added:

"I knew Kara for a long time, she was my youtube video viewer and commenter for many years. She has good tones although without good skills."

And then I sent a copy to you on your youtube message. I did not going behind your back to say bad things about you, I copied the message to you! And I only sent it to Suzie! no body else, why you again falsely accuse me that I am sending messageSSSS to your friends behind your back saying bad things left and right??!!

You have been critisizing me on youtube and on this forum on my playing, I don't mind, but why can't I critisize you in return? I actually mentioned your tones are good, commented to your video 100% positive, and messaged you several times to praise you. Why can't I say what I feel about your cracking notes, uneven passage notes, and sometimes your C is +40% sharp?

I am not perfect, I am still a student, and you are not perfect but with a very good tone. Let's critisize each other and improve...instead of going mad at me!! Did I ever go mad at you when you critisized my playing many times before?

If I offended you and made you feel unhappy with my private message. I am sorry. Let's be cool. No need to bring it to the forum.

"You have been critisizing me on youtube and on this forum on my playing, I don't mind, but why can't I critisize you in return? I actually mentioned your tones are good, commented to your video 100% positive, and messaged you several times to praise you. Why can't I say what I feel about your cracking notes, uneven passage notes, and sometimes your C is +40% sharp?"


Because you have NO room to criticize her wonderful playing.


and she is intune and i heard to uneven passages, so you dont know what you are talking about.

Thank you. I am sorry you feel the need to cut me down. It is just words and I know that they are not true so it doesn't bother me one bit. I have succeeded far beyond what you ever will because of your poor attitude. I only pick the flute up about once a week, I know I could be a lot better, but I have a life and it is not my #1 priority anymore. We were never friends. You were a kid I knew on youtube that I commented a couple of times on a video.

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I never received a copy of anything from you. If you are not on my friends list on youtube then you would not be able to send me a private message anyway.

kara your playing is amazing and i only hope i will be as good as you some day

as for pyrioni's comments maybe if he learns to play the way the composor intended he wouldent get the coments he gets anyone can play loud and fast but without expression it means nothing quite ordinary actualy

Okay, once again, I was play testing a flute that I was not use to AND the headjoint was way too loose on it, so if I cracked a note, please forgive me. It was only a test to show people what I sounded like on that model of flute. It was NOT my flute that I was used to. I am done posting on youtube. I wasn't on there to show my poor skills. I suck, I get it. I do thank that people for the kind comments on feed back about the flute

Kara, I suggest that you not worry at all about the comments of a 12-year-old. Such a person is understandably quite immature -- and his unmusical playing could be done by any robot that is programmed to play the right keys at the right time.

Your playing is among the most elegant and musical flute performances on YouTube.