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
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.
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It is my method to apply tension at all times.
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What ever you play, I hope you enjoy playing it as much as I have enjoyed playing all of these flutes over my career.
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What I suggest is to practice till you can do the job without being nervous.
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The reason I play studies is to brush up my technique and style after a tour.
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I am just another customer as far as they are concerned and when I order a flute I have to wait 9 months to a year until it is delivered. I do not ask for special treatment and I don't get it either.
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I have always bought modern flutes and enjoyed playing them.
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Singing is also important as this helps with your projection.
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I think too much is spoken of playing things slowly.
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Just in case you think I play only precious metal flutes, let me tell you that I have a silver plated student model with a silver head and it is excellent.
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My wife Jeane has been listening to me play the flute nearly everyday for the last 22 years or more. She thinks I sound the best on gold but that the other metals have different qualities.
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Listening to all these really fine players play I was impressed that they all sounded good no matter what they were playing upon.
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I always play the flute with the head-joint which comes on it.
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He was the outstanding musical genius of all time, when you think of how much he wrote and how long he lived.