James Galway
James Galway
Sir James Galway, OBEis an Irish virtuoso flute player from Belfast, nicknamed "The Man With the Golden Flute". Following in the footsteps of Jean-Pierre Rampal, he became one of the first flute players to establish an international career as a soloist...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionFlute Player
Date of Birth8 December 1939
CityBelfast, Northern Ireland
CountryIreland
enjoy enjoyed hope playing
What ever you play, I hope you enjoy playing it as much as I have enjoyed playing all of these flutes over my career.
bought enjoyed modern playing
I have always bought modern flutes and enjoyed playing them.
learn lips players realize
What a lot of players do not realize is that you have to learn by feel what the lips are doing and not by looking.
amount certain ensure flute moving playing tension
When you are playing your Long tones, you need to have a certain amount of tension to ensure that you flute is not moving around while you play.
playing spoken
I think too much is spoken of playing things slowly.
fine good impressed listening matter players playing
Listening to all these really fine players play I was impressed that they all sounded good no matter what they were playing upon.
play singing flutes
Everyone who plays the flute should learn singing.
teacher thinking play
I think it is most important for a teacher to play the pieces and studies that are being played by the student.
believe buy flute maker player sell truly worth
I believe if a flute is truly worth anything the maker should sell it and the player should buy it.
agree good playing
I do agree that playing an etude with a metronome is a good idea.
amazed bricks everyday fail great mortar number people practice scales
I never fail to be amazed by the great number of people who do not practice scales and arpeggios, the very bricks and mortar of our everyday repertoire.
form home several time tour
Each time I come home form a tour I get several of my flutes out and play them.
discussing metal noticed
As you probably have noticed I have never really recommended one metal over another when discussing flutes.
job practice suggest till
What I suggest is to practice till you can do the job without being nervous.