Mistakes I made as an online flute teacher 

LOLLLL!! I've totally told my students to keep going too, but that time, I only had poop on my mind and just left after excusing myself 😂

Hahaha! Sometimes my students have to poop in the middle of their lessons. One boy comes over with his brother and even though his brother is first, he always tells me he has to use the bathroom just as his lesson starts. I've started quoting Arnold Schwarzenegger from Kindergarten Cop. "THERE IS NO BATHROOM!" He also pees all over the toilet and doesn't put the seat up when he goes. Maybe I should do Skype lessons so he can pee all over his own toilet/floor/wall.

OH NO, REALLY?! 😱 And then YOU have to clean it up!!!! Oh gosh!!!!

Yes, but a friend recently gave me a sign that says, "If you sprinkle when you tinkle, be a sweetie and wipe the seatie". It's next to a giant Costco container of cleaning wipes. The boy laughed about it and I said, "Yeah! Wipe up after yourself!" He said, "I don't make a mess." I beg to differ. It has gotten noticeably better. Haha!

I'm sure he was just saying that to save face XD

LOLLLL!!!! It's amazing how urgent things get when nature calls XD

Hahahahaha, putting this video out there so you guys don't have to waste as much time as me making these silly mistakes XD

I will consider it, thank you!

:D :D

It's so true--I realized after a while just how incredibly unhealthy it was to not drink water and go to the bathroom for 4 or 5 hours straight. That's ridiculous!! There's no way you can keep that kind of career going forever without absolutely ruining your body. I wouldn't be able to teach as much without a working body!!

Yup!! The first time I started dealing with time zones, it sort of boggled my mind. XD You get used to it quickly though, especially when your friends start living in different places :D

Trick yourself into playing faster! Take the most comfortable speed that you can play it perfectly, and then play it through with a metronome at that speed. It might be slow, it's okay! Then do it again, but only go up one click (on a digital metronome--on your phone or an electronic metronome). It won't feel faster at all. After you're done, do it again and up one more click! It also won't feel faster either. Every day, go up 5-10 clicks, depending on how comfortable or how much time you have each day. As you can see, in one week, you'll already go up anywhere between 35-70 clicks!!! So it's actually a really fast way to get stuff up to speed. :D All the best!!

Emily Techentien practice

Do a lot of long tones( For your tone) and start by practicing slowly. If it’s good then put your metronome by four clicks higher until you’re able to play it at the actual tempo.

Won't come out at all? It might be your flute! Can you get it look at by a technician?

Yeah everytime I play, one by one the notes stop working as normal. I'll just get it checked out. Thanks!!

Angelica Ricardo I would suggest getting your flute checked. Either you have a leak or a spring went out of place

Do the notes play if you slur from one note to another?

No. Even when I use warm, fast, slow air it won't come out at all. I can only get Bb, A, C and sometimes G in both octaves.

Aw, thanks!

Go ahead and email the professor to ask for lessons before you apply! You can actually do both options that you mentioned, there's really no judgement either way. In both situations, you're showing initiative and eagerness to find out if the two of you are a good student-teacher match. :)

Thank you for that informative reply, that really did help. Do you think you could possibly give an example of what an email to a professor requesting a lesson might look like… I don’t want to be too informal. Thanks,

Haha, how about I give you some tips? I'd rather not give you an example, or else your email won't sound like you. ;) For a first email, use "Dear Prof. [last name]". State your name and that you're interested in studying with them at [name of school]. Then tell them what school you currently go to, how old you are, how many years you have been studying the flute, and who you currently study with. This first paragraph will give them a good overview of who you are. The second paragraph should state that you would like to take a lesson with them at their convenience. Ask them how much they charge, and then tell them what you would like to play for them. The idea is to do all the work yourself in arranging how the lesson is going to go, rather than putting the responsibility on them (they're very busy and sometimes knowing that they are being asked for a lesson with someone they don't know might make them feel pressured... And they may end up putting off your email). Keep the email short and sweet, and then see how they respond! You can also offer a more detailed explanation of your background in a future reply if they so desire (I know I really appreciate this whenever I get a lesson inquiry). All the best!

Woot woot!!!!!!! OMG, that makes me so happy!!! CONGRATS!! :D

JustAnotherFlutist thank you😁😁!! I'm glad it makes you happy!

And I learned a few years ago just how unhealthy it is to have a bladder of steel!!! I still have some residual bad habits of not drinking enough water and not going to the bathroom enough times during the day, haha!

Yes! We will have our water bottles and forget to drink them, but then load up on coffee and tea. Not a great choice. You know teacher's schedules based on potty breaks. HA!

LOL! 🎹

You can get it refitted! Unfortunately, it's pretty impossible to only try a headjoint that is too wide for your flute--you would need to try it on another flute that can it it. Afterwards, though, you can absolutely have a technician resize a headjoint for your flute!

JustAnotherFlutist thank you!!!!

Hahaha, I'm glad? XD

Me too XD

Oh man! I do talk quite a bit about dynamics and how to produce them in my FCNY reviews though, so skip to the dynamics section of some of my reviews for some tips!!

Hahaha, no worries--if I ever stream League, I will turn off all summoner names in game, and I would use OBS. ;) How many of you _do_ use Discord? I have considered opening a Discord server...

JustAnotherFlutist I do!

I've never even heard of discord before this video.

Check it out! It's developed for gamers, but it's basically a voice/text chat app (now does video too) that works a lot better than Skype for communicating with your buds while in game! :D

JustAnotherFlutist Skype always crashes on me. If discord doesn't, I will actually use it. I'll give it a try for now.

LOL, my hair is just soooo _attractive_ ... I'll see myself out now. XD But yeah, I TOTALLY get it. Time zones are WEIRD!! It's taken me quite a while to get a handle on it!

JustAnotherFlutist Ahahahaha!! XD Do you know how great you are? That totally made me laugh out loud 🤣 then again, I love these kind of jokes. Mostly because I can never think of any myself. ^^

You get really good at these kinds of jokes when your boyfriend and your friends make them all the time... XD

JustAnotherFlutist well I don't have many of those around. At least not many English speakers XD I can only offer some German jokes.

All jokes are awesome!!

Wow, this was 2 years ago?! 0_0 Well, I still use discord :)

Absolutely it's dangerous, especially for your right ear. You'll often see piccoloists have one ear plug in on the right ear and leave the left one open to be able to hear your own tone, tuning, and other issues. I currently am looking into some ear plugs made specifically for musicians, like the Earasers. Check them out!

JustAnotherFlutist thanks! Do you recommend wearing an earplug while playing in a band/orchestra as well?

I did one a long time ago, but I could revisit the topic :)

JustAnotherFlutist that’s actually how i found my flute queen, you, needed sight reading help a long time ago

XD XD

Rick Beato for excellent jazz theory ( RU-vid )

Not... yet? :P

Her collab with Extra Lives is jazzy :)

LOL true!!

Awesome!!! 😊😊😊

Hello!

On the list! :)

NOOOOOOOOOO

Antimacassar I play the flute, not the flaute

so no

Of course, but you don't always remember to check when you're scheduling lessons 1 or 2 weeks ahead of time ;)

Ahhhh, that's super smart!! I also forgot to mention that the 15-minute buffer is helpful for technological issues too :D

Whoops!

YOU GOT DIS

JustAnotherFlutist yay thank you!!!

Yay! :D

You guys are amazing :D