10 Reasons Why You SHOULDN'T Learn The Flute 

I have already sold my soul to my flute.

“If you don’t want to be associated with the recorder, then don’t choose this instrument” ~ Toni Wei

Haha 😄 I'm graduating next week with a degree in flute performance, kinda late 😅

1:08 this is actually not a problem , you can play flute laying or sitting ...... The thing is your breathing , if your breathing is good you can play flute while sitting

Me: *wants to learn a new instrument and lose weight at the same time* Me after watching this video: well.... guess I’ve found my new instrument

I've been a flute player for over 13 years and tbh I didn't choose the flute, it chose me. Flute is also known to be the hardest to play out of the wind instruments. I agree with the piccolo part.....I don't like it either.

I have no idea why Im watching this When it's too late

No one: Me: Alright mates, time to regret learning the flute

When people call a flute a recorder, “how it doesn’t look similar,” if anything a clarinet is closer to the recorder. Anyways a little to late for me, already a flute player, and I love it.

In India you don't have to worry abt being called gay for playing flute. Co'z we have a very loved god who plays flute too!!! Hope this cheered some of you🙌😊

I'm 15 yrs. old.. and I love playing flute and I started it since 5 yrs. ago:)

Guys who just started playing flute after knowing point 9: 👁👄👁

I used to play piccolo in orchestra. No wonder I have no violin friends 😂

By now I'm spamming your comment section 😊 It's so annoying about that guys are bullied for playing the flute while the best flute players in the world are guys.

I haven't yet met a person who associates flute with recorder in America yet 😅

Toni showing us her "guns". Those are cute little water shooter guns you got there😂

could have made it "10 things to watch out for" when learning the flute

In my language, the recorder is called "flauta doce" and the flute is called "flauta transversal". Just now I'm discovering they are two completely different instruments.

Me deciding whether 4 years of being a flautist is too late or not...

In german „Flöte“ means also recorder and flute „Blockflöte“ = recorder „Querflöte“ = flute i believe this is the case in many languages, so this is why flutes are compared to recorders so much

Me: Im tired of piano... i want play something harder and work out at the same time. FluteCookies: I have a solution.

I've been playing the flute since 4th grade, and I'm 25 now. I was originally going to learn the violin because there was going to be a program for it at my school, but it was canceled since not enough people signed up. I still want to learn someday, but I'm happy we got band instead, and I was able to play amongst many other instruments. I was in band all throughout the rest of school (ending at 12th grade). I disagree about standing up for a long time though. We always sat while playing in band, aside from the percussion section. And at home, or wherever else you are, it's perfectly fine to play the flute while sitting. Not sure where you got the idea you have to stand. Anyway, I love the flute, and am anxious to get a better one eventually, as well as a bass flute. I enjoy learning the notes to songs from the radio, movies, shows, games, and anime that soumd good when you play alone. I miss playing in a group with other instruments as well though.

Why discourage people from learning to play the flute ? I play it in the orchestra and we sit ….it’s an awesome jazz instrument ….Moe Kaufman was my uncle ! He loved it and was amazing.

Recently started the Lute as an adult, it was something I had been wanting to play as a kid but due to an underbite I was told it was impossible. So I went on and played other instruments (forced on me by the school instructors) and eventually started hating classical music because of it (I had the bassoon forced on me as a tiny, tiny, child and I didn't like it) and moved on to different instruments and other music genres. Now as an adult I was at a music school and casually chatted with the flute instructor who was somewhat horrified by my story and said it was nonsense. Now he's teaching me flute ^^

Reason #11: Be prepared to spend a nice amount of money on your better quality flute:)

“You’ll never be standing up playing the piano in your life” Me just a few minutes ago: *stands playing my scales on the piano*

The Flute is one of the musical instruments I want to learn. At present, I play the Soprano Saxophone, and people think I'm playing the Flute.

I though all 10 reasons are going to be “cuz flute is so fxxking hard”

Actually Chopin wrote a piece for flute and piano, "Variations on a theme by Rossini"

I love playing the flute y'all just jealous😂😂😝😝

I used to play flute for like six years, give or take. The 11th thing on this list I say is : Medical problems. Like, from the posture while playing flute, my right scapula/shoulder blade (no idea which one is commonly used in English, not my first language, sorry) is pushed out more than the left one. My parents used to say that I basically have really lame wing on my back. I also have scoliosis, so maybe that contributed to it...but without back and posture exercises and holding your flute the other way to the left side for a few minutes so you kinda even the posture...you and your shoulder blades are doomed. So fun. Loved the video though!

Flute is cool. Actually I used to want to learn flute but my mom forced me to play piano😶

Flute has been my main instrument for many years and I love it and have enjoyed it. No regrets playing that as my main instrument, though I admit piano stole my soul. Enjoyed your video and talking points, though didn't completely agree with all of them myself or thought a bit overblown (haha) but did others like the shaking lips, lol. Vibrato without even trying right?! Yes I learned piccolo too, and considered it the honor it was. Only the best had that privilege. No solo beats piccolo on the Stars And Stripes Forever! Such fun! I would like to add one disadvantage to flute playing. Doing so over the years can contribute to a bit of moderate hearing loss in the left ear.

What’s your intro? I swear I’ve heard it somewhere

I do arm exercises with Boho beautiful videos to be able to hold my flute. 3 years 💪

what’s the song you was playing in the beginning???😂

I’m a guy who plays the flute and that is so true. I asked one of the other band kids out and they thought I was gay because I played the flute kinda hurt but now I laugh at it.

do the violin have a bigger repertory?

When I play the flute in my band we always sit and never stand

What do you think about the Indian bamboo flute?

I love playing the flute even tho I just stared because a lot of my family members also play the flute so idk if I should still play or not

All instruments are good to learn.

I haven't played my flute in a while and I don't know if I want to play it or not. What do you think? Sorry for the stupid question :/

I learned how to play the flute like 5 years ago (with a music teacher and I had to play the piccolo in a group and I stopped playing in general) and I really wanna play an instrument by myself but I'm not sure which instrument fits me. I really love the flute but I also wanna play the ocarina ir kalimba or another flute like instrument. Does anyone know a nice instrument I can teach myself?

I've been playing flute for 7 years now... and Yes I do sometimes regret it! LMAO but other than that I still love my flute! It's my life! and about standing? Amm... I've been in a symphonic Band at school and Wind Ensemble at our church and I play sitting in a chair, oh I sometimes try laying down while playing haha... it's just a matter of how you control you're breathing haha!

When we were testing out instruments by blowing into the head piece, I was able to immediately make a sound from the flute, which is apparently rare. I chose the flute because of that. Also, if I'm told to play the piccolo, I'll refuse. What're they gonna do, somehow force me?

I will never question the flute. Flute is life.

All good points and I'm not really thinking about it as an option. But how hard it is? If it's also takes a lot of time then it's a definite no. But if it's not too difficult then maybe it's still worth it? I mean one note at a time doesn't sound too bad?

Too late I already picked the flute as my band instrument at school but at least I still have next year I can either get out of band or talk with the teacher to get a new instrument the next year😁👌🏼

Hey. I play recorder at age 75. A good recorder, well-played, is a good thing. I play solo recorder during communion in church and get many compliments.

I play both viola and flute but i think the flute is way more fun to play

As a tubist I used to be jealous to flutists. All my solol literature was contemporary and a-tonal, and most of the flute music was melodic and very tonal, easy to remember.

How's about using Vietnamese bamboo flute instead ?

I played the flute when i was 8-10 years old but i stopped and now i wanna play it again🥲

I have played flute for 15 yrs. And recorder for 40. Love them both. Yes, I am male and not gay. Ha ha. I was attracted to flute by a performer named Ian Anderson. Yes, from the rock group Jethro Tull. I play mostly impromptu style. Also Jazz and Latin Jazz, contemporary and traditional Christian music. Also flute and reorder in Caribbean music styles of Soca, calypso and Steel Pan music. I find flute and recorder very versatile. I was originally a Percussion major in college and got sooooo tired of lugging all those drums around! I have an excellent ear an wanted to take up a melodic instrument (other than timpani. First recorder and later flute. You probable know Ian Anderson/Jethro Tull. But check out Nestor Torres for incredible Latin Jazz flute, a wonderful genre of flute music. I am self taught and play in several bands. Love it! So don’t think of or treat flues as just an orchestral instrument. I still play percussions too, but much more flute, and occasional recorder.

I just started learning to play the flute, don't know if it's a good idea to watch this video for my motivation yet here we are 😄

This is what i need, ture and soft enough. Personally I found flute sounds are beautiful, and thats one of the reasons i pick it as leisure. Yes, most people suggested to play piano or guitar, however i dont have the same feeling to there sounds. Well, everyone make fun to noobs, and hypercritical to pro, thats the principle. Thx anyways :)

Flutecookies: You'll be standing up all the time. Me: *playing flute while laid in bed*

isin't the picollo the instrument at the begining of the Titanic song?

Everything she said reminded me of my high school band years :')

I played the flute in highschool, as a guy.... I agree with you on alot of things you've said sadly, not the gay part though lol. The flute is physically limited to one note, strain, fluids , lip form and breathing. It's like singing, but harder lol. Reed instruments have it alot easier and you don't have to slant it off to one side... I'm now practicing electric guitar 🙂, it's definitely a bit harder to overcome the single note mindset. PS, at least I had a way to start a conversation with a cute girl I saw who played the flute. 😎

hi i know im late but im joing band for the first time and i want to do the flute i still after all these i still want to do it it thanks

I play trumpet and some of the issues like shaky breathing ate similar

Almost all the points mentioned in the video goes for most of the musical instruments. If you're not planning to go pro and just learning as a hobby, you can learn any instrument to a certain skill level. The process is certainly difficult. I started learning guitar a few months back and now I am definitely better than when I started. You just gotta practice regularly. Go one step at a time and don't compare with others.

It is possible to articulate 2 notes at one time on the flute

All the innuendo’s Me: BLOW IT LIKE FLUTEEE

im a clairnet trying to learn how to play the flute so i can see mutiple reasons why i wouldnt wanna play it but i loveeee the flute and im going to put practice and more into learning it as well as to keep playing my clairnet

"here it popular with a male and is still one of the most respected instrument" that male is called lord Krishna instrument is Bansuri rather it is appropriatable and I am from India 😊

That could ben usefull 5 years ago.

As a flautist I have another reason being that I know people who think when I play flute that it’s annoying I hate being associated with recorder

1. Why would you need to stand up while playing the flute? Can anybody help with explaining this, please?

thinking about to start learning. its never too late

Please make a tutorial on Wu Ji (The Untamed) song fluet tutorial.

Me, who wanted to play pic in marching band... And now i have to play it during concert band. And its not okay.

I had no idea she'll be playing the truth untold 😳 sooo good🥺🥺❤💜

Great video! Can we get a video of you playing a classical repertoire? I really want to hear you play it

I am a flute player and everything she said is 100% true. It really is so sad that we can't usually play alone😔. There are not many reptoires for flute. And someone once told me ther brother could play the recorder. I asked her why she told me, she assume that I play the recorder😂 😂

My adopted mama wouldn't let me play la flute, cause I am male, & she was protecting me. I continued with viola. I am grown now, & since men can get away with playing a bamboo flute, or Irish low d flute, I am gonna try the Irish low d flute. It sounds a bit more low, than a Chinese bamboo flute.

The recorder thing makes sense at least in french since it's both called flutes only one is "traversière" and the other is "à bec" 🧐 but it beats me in english 😂 Also when you start playing dunno if it was only me but your cheeks hurt so bad 😭 if I ever go back to playing, not looking forward to that part 😶

Omg I absolutely hate the shaky breath. I had it for a while when I had to tune in orchestra. And yes the embarrassment didn't help😅

I literally am learning a violin and is learning a flute at the same time

I never planned to play the flute I've always wanted to play violin. But since theres no orchestra in my school I "had" to choose flute

have you noticed that there are more flute transcriptions than flute compositions ,I realized after buying one XD

I love my flute I cherish it like it's my baby.

I’m going to be playing the flute and many people are already telling me I’m gay. After telling me so... they quickly regret it.

3:50 when there's not enough classical works featuring the flute, play covers of contemporary music, such as heavy metal. That's what I do (because I've forgotten how to read sheet music). Well, until problem 4:32 kicks in, and the melody sounds hollow without bass and drums.

I was hoping the video was uploaded on April 1st

Toney!! I listened to this video again, and that is so true about standing up. I mean I am a working pianist of course but I can see why you would say something like this. With the flute why would you want to sit down with it I mean you can of course but that is like singing sitting down. You can do it but it is harder to project from your stomach to try to get that air going. Well, the same with the flute. Yo are going to bee better off standing so that you are not going to go flat hahahaha. Don’t get me wrong I am sure some flute players do sit while they are practicing and that is great too of course but to get that diaphragm working to stay on key you want to bee standing so that the air will flow. Also…. With the piano that is so true. You are not going to stand with a piano. The only thing now that you will stand with is a synthesizer or keyboard. Those you can port around still it is a big pain to have to port them transporting cables and amps and then the synthesizer or keyboard. But those are the only things keyboards that you are really going to stand with. But a piano or digital piano ummm… that is the pain about playing the piano. Though i am a pianist and I love my instrument I do dog my instrument. Hahahahaha. The thing about the piano is this. People think that it is beautiful but I have to say. Don’t bee deceived. It really is not that beautiful. The piano from the outside may look beautiful but it is a huge piece of work. You can not transport it easily you can’t pick it up it is not that beautiful girl like the flute is. Very loving instrument. The piano comes across intimidating to people when they see it and desire to start with it you can not just tune it up you have to have a piano tuner to take care of that. Your having to break your back to play the thing. Because you are hovering over a huge keyboard. You actually don’t feel calm after playing it especially if you are a working pianist. You actually are drained mentally because of the way you have to sit at it and hold your body. It is so dramatic compared to the other instruments. For people that don’t play the thing yes. It may to them look beautiful and those that are listening may say it is soothing and therapeutic. But for those of us having to play the darn thing it is a piece of work. You get hot and it is often loud. Piano playing is pretty noisy even on a grand with the lid down. You have to keep them tuned up twice a year at least if you want them to sound good you have to make sure that all the parts are working correctly before you are able to have someone come play it. The only thing about a digital piano is that you don’t have to tune it and you can do so much with it emulating other instruments but it is still very heavy to transport. Yes. You can take the frame apart on a digital to transport it but still it is pretty darn heavy and then the time that it takes to put the thing together so the piano actually is a piece of work and it takes up a lot of space. It has work written all over it. The flute on the other hand is like that girl who will stick with you and you can hold her and pick her up. She is so much more romantic and wants to bee held. She is low in carrying for and you can take her where ever you go pretty much hahahahaha. It is so forgiving and you can take her with you on a road trip if you want she is very happy and doesn’t need that much attention. It is not demanding like the piano is. She doesn’t demand she is this beautiful thing that is just a Jule. I have never heard the piano being called a jule. And I am its player and this is what i think of the piano hahahaha. The way a piano is played compared to a flute the players of both instruments are so different. Pianists are more snobbish and rough and intimidating like their instruments. The flute player however are more relaxed and very calm I can surely tell that you for sure have the personality of your instrument their Toney. Hahahaha. And oh the other thing with a flute you can get away with practicing late at night where as the piano if you even try you can disturb the house unless you have a digital then it is fine to practice or play. With this being said the thing I love about playing the instrument is that it is huge and you really do look like a boss playing the piano hovering over the instrument’s keyboard. As i stated in my last comment the boss of the instruments or if they had a supervisor it would be the piano the piano is actually the boss of the instruments. It is actually like the supervisor of the instruments. It is their leading, supporting, and accompanying. And being a support for a jazz band that is what your boss does as well. Now as far as the king of instruments, well, that would have to bee the pipe organ. That thing is the king of instruments. But the boss would bee the piano. So actually with this flute players are very very humble and are submissive just like their instruments where as the piano and us we are pretty snobbish and proud kind of intimidates people because the instrument that we play. I am telling it like it is and I don’t think other pianists would tell you the honest truth like this but i am hahahahaha. If you were to see which instrumnet was more beautiful and actually has beauty written all over it it would for sure not bee the piano. It would bee the flute. You all have beauty written all over you, and your instruments.. stay awesome!!!

The minute I saw point no. 3. I screeched. Then I wheezed.

I am definitely not stopping the flute you can’t make me I am not even sure why am watching this video

Call me crazy but I love playing the piccolo! Other instrumentalist hate it but I don't care to much since I love playing it. 😂 plus its fun watching them hold their ears.

Yeaaahhh im deefffiiinnnitttlllyyy gooiiinngg tooo stooopp pppplllaaayyyinnngg ffflllluuutttee

Thanksieee, you're my inspiration ❤️

This video is so relatable, ive been playing the flute for about 3 and a half years now

My mom: *buys me a flute and hires a flute teacher* An hour before my first lesson Me: *finds this in recommended* Also Me: Okayyyyy...

#10: now picture yourself as a portuguese speaker: flute = flauta, recorder = flauta doce (literal: "sweet flute") as me... ... and add the fact that I HATE the rocorder's sound!

I’m gonna play the normal or most normal flute and the Native American one and my mom is gonna teach me she used to do both flutes and I did clarinet

Me having played flute for 7 years and loving it. Also me:

I stand up when people call me too sit but i sit when people call me stand up

well im a collector of instruments and i play piano, bass and dizi (chinese flute) and also i play other instruments like recorder (yes i know but its fun to mess around on) so yeah maybe i should have seen this video earlier but hey im not becoming a flute professional so i dont really care if i shouldnt learn flute because i just like playing music.