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what can flutes/piccs do that no other instrument can do?
ok so what can flutes/piccs do that no other instrument can do? besides playing really high??? i just want to know becuz some people that i know who are brass and low woodwind tease me cuz i play flute/picc. though i think they are just jealous cuz i can play really fast trills and stuff like that 
The flute uses more rapid airflow than ANY other instrument- including the tuba! (That is why many people get dizzy when they start learning the flute.) We have no REED – all the formation of the tone is done through OUR skill in embouchure formation. The flute is the most acoustically pure instrument ( meaning it most clearly demonstrates the scientific principles of tone production). The flute is capable of more tonal flexibility (rapid changes of register and octave) than any other woodwind OR brass instrument. The flute usually is required to play more rapid notes than any other woodwind or brass instrument – luckily for us, we CAN!!! The flute is the ONLY wind instrument wherein the tube material can be entirely silver, gold, platinum, or other precious metals like palladium, titanium, or proprietary compounds like aurumite – that specifically affect the tonal properties of the instrument. The flute is the only woodwind that can create all the notes of the chromatic scales over 3 1/2ocatves, using the SMALLEST number of keys (therefore, we need to now more advanced and alternate fingering than any other woodwind). The flute (family) is the only instrument that is played horizontally.
Yes, people are jealous of our instrument, our skills, and the amazing combination that those two things TOGETHER can accomplish. Tsk tsk tsk – they had their chance to choose the flute, and they chose poorly – we chose wisely.
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December 18th, 2009
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Make them try to play it. My old friend played flute, and her bf (trumpet/baritone player) passed out when he tried to play it because he used so much air and couldn’t get a single note.
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I’m not sure, but out of all the instruments you guys are the only ones that play that way. Clarinets and Saxophones, Oboes, etc. all play the same way, by using a reed. All brass plays with that circle shaped mouth piece. Flutes/Piccs are the only ones who have to blow into a hole, which is pretty difficult ‘cuz you run out of breath quickly.
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Well, they are two of the highest instruments in the orchestra. Piccolo is the highest, and flute is third, I believe, after violin.
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Too many trills will lose you lots of friends!
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I’m thought the violin is the highest instrument. And I know you use more air playing the trumpet than you do the flute. You hardly use any air playing the flute as you blow much more softly. Your friend was obviously not an accomplised trumpeter.
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The flute uses more rapid airflow than ANY other instrument- including the tuba! (That is why many people get dizzy when they start learning the flute.) We have no REED – all the formation of the tone is done through OUR skill in embouchure formation. The flute is the most acoustically pure instrument ( meaning it most clearly demonstrates the scientific principles of tone production). The flute is capable of more tonal flexibility (rapid changes of register and octave) than any other woodwind OR brass instrument. The flute usually is required to play more rapid notes than any other woodwind or brass instrument – luckily for us, we CAN!!! The flute is the ONLY wind instrument wherein the tube material can be entirely silver, gold, platinum, or other precious metals like palladium, titanium, or proprietary compounds like aurumite – that specifically affect the tonal properties of the instrument. The flute is the only woodwind that can create all the notes of the chromatic scales over 3 1/2ocatves, using the SMALLEST number of keys (therefore, we need to now more advanced and alternate fingering than any other woodwind). The flute (family) is the only instrument that is played horizontally.
Yes, people are jealous of our instrument, our skills, and the amazing combination that those two things TOGETHER can accomplish. Tsk tsk tsk – they had their chance to choose the flute, and they chose poorly – we chose wisely.
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Played the flute since 1963 – professionally since 1971.