Hi there, I`m 15 years old and I am seriously thinking of starting flute. I already play violin and piano to Grade 7 Associated Board standard and sing to Grade 6 standard. I also have my Grade 5 Theory. I was wondering if 15 is too late to learn if I want to play flute to a similar standard, if it would be easier for me to pick up because of my experience on these other instruments and if it is realistic to expect to keep up four instruments until Grade 8?

If you want to play GO FOR IT!!!!
The only bad thing that will happen is regreting you didnt start earlier...You can always build up and work at it!

I started playing two years ago and im in my orchestras advanced orchestra. Go ahead and try it, its not that hard.

Hi! I started playing flute in the marching band last year. Everyone in my section was really supportive. In fact, they say that I am really good for how long I`ve been playing. If you`re able to read music well, I say go for it. I think that learning to read music is the hardest part because it is a skill that takes a while to develop (honestly, I couldn`t read music until about two years ago).

I say go for it. I am 16 and I started about a year ago and flute has become my favorite instrument.

I would say go for it! Since you play violin, it would be playin an instrument from another family. If you are like me ,after playing violin and cello one year each and alto and bari saxes one year and all the woodwind instruments one year ( except oboe and bassoon ,which I don`t own but can play to a good degree) GO FOR THE FLUTE. Go for open hole w/ offset G. My flute is closed hole but open hole are better! Good luck

do not go for the open holed flute with the inlined keys right away. just get a closed holed flute 1st cuz u have to get use to your fingers being flat on the keys. cuz if your fingers r not flat then your going to get a bad sound. plus inlined keys on a flute is going to be a little hard for a beginner. cuz your ring finger has to be inlined with your other fingers & that finger is going to want to move off that key a little, but the off set G is going to be much easyer cuz your finger will be more stable.


good luck katie.

kevin

If you want to spend the money go ahead and get an open hole flute and take out the corks as you go

....or spend more money and get a closed hole flute. :-)

My point is, that top manufacturers make top quality flutes in both closed and open-hole options. Mine happens to be closed.

Never automatically associate being open-holes with high quality. The two are separate issues, although `student` flutes are almost always closed holed, and professional flutes, expecially in USA, TEND to be closed hole.

However a student closed-hole Yamaha plays a LOT better than many open holed flutes of other brands. Some qute crappy models are made open-holed to con the buyer into thinking they are a higher grade of flute.