If a flute plays easily for a beginner, doesn that mean that it can be a professional instrument? Likewise, isn a professional flute likely to be difficult for a beginner to approach?
These are both forms of an unfortunate but persistent myth that flutes that play well for beginners are necessarily compromised forms of professional-caliber instruments. The subtext of this question is frequently concerns of economy, or justification of the purchase of a less-than-satisfactory flute. A well-made flute plays well, period. Efficiency and correctness in acoustical design do not discriminate by skill, and reward the skilled and beginning player alike. Furthermore, with flutes in particular, the PLAYER makes up the missing component of the instrument, and each player has a unique “acoustic.” Please discuss with us the different options available to help you find a good match for you.
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- If a flute plays easily for a beginner, doesn that mean that it can be a professional instrument? Likewise, isn a professional flute likely to be difficult for a beginner to approach?
- It’s very likely that, by "god", you mean the Judeo-Christian god, Yahweh, as described in the Bible. If so, I can answer that one easily: do you need faith to say Odin doesn’t exist?
- Several options for good-quality, well-performing "practice" or "beginner" instruments are available for every other instrument. Why not for the traditional flute?
