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 Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 1:09 am
I seriously can't play when left sliding, I'm curious if any one else has experienced this problem. And if so have you found any way to counter act it short of binding your breasts?
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Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:57 am
OMFG!
I play flute and YES i no excatly wat ur talking about!!
and im still trying to figure out a way to do that.
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xXxOrGAZZmic_ObsessionxXx
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Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 12:46 pm
I Kind of know how you feel. Our flute section is mainly girls except 2 guys and they all have that problem. They've been trying to figure it out also.
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Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 1:12 pm
I wish I could help...
I've never marched flute...
...And I'm a guy.
sweatdrop
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Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 2:53 pm
Well, I don't play flute so I can't say that I know exactly what you're refering to. But I just attempted that position right now and I can understand where the problem comes from.
My suggestion would be that you have to work on your slide position. I think you may be trying to turn too much with your shoulders. Try to get at least half of the rotation from your hips. That way you aren't as compressed on the upper half of your body. You can breathe better that way and you should be able to be more comfortable up top to play our instrument.
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Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 4:40 am
im a guy so i don't have the "boobs" issue, but yeah, when i do a left slide or backwards right slide, i cant breath, and therefore, i can't play. so ur not alone smile oh and i'm a really skinny short asian guy so i'm not fat either so that's not my problem. whatever, i play sax this year and was told i have the best marching technique (sorry had to brag lol lots and lots of coffee)
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Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 5:03 pm
piccolo ftw heart
but seriously,
hips at the 45
shoulders flat to the front
that's all you really can do
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Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 8:22 pm
Wow. I have the opposite problem.
Left slide is a lot easier for me because there's no flute blocking my sight of direction of travel. Also, it's easier for me to keep my shoulder and hips straight.
Right slide is a whole different ball game.
Well, either way, good luck. biggrin
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Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 9:37 pm
I manage it by holding my flute on the head joint...
My boobs, are well, they really get in the way, if ya know what I mean.
Faking it works, After all who can hear a flute when the trumpet section has 40+ members? Our Section only has seventeen this year, Our band is down to 250, My first year of college it was 330.
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:57 pm
no offense, but the title made my day biggrin
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 5:06 pm
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 10:06 pm
XD I've been trying to figure out a solution to that problem for ages. I have to agree with silver_mizu. Gotta turn your body more than your shoulders. I try to remember that if my flute isn't parallel to the sidelines, my shoulders certainly aren't either. Turn the lower body and keep the flute/picc. parallel in all directions. (Parallel with the sidelines, parallel with the ground.)
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Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 4:32 am
My body is parallel, and so is my flute crying
Unfortunately I can't maintain this and play. not that you can hear flutes anyway... Not when there are trumpets blasting. I'd rather look good then play.
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Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:24 am
It's the right slide that kills me. Left is easy... O_.
I have a boob problem as well, don't feel bad. Oh and the 45 degree angle thing, doesn't work for my BD, he wants our feet straight. D: It hurts. Bad.
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Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 10:25 am
Hmm. At a correct slide position your top half will be positioned in the same way as if you were marching forward.
Does marching forward give you grief?
If not, it's your sliding posture.
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