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Question: Is the flute considered a difficult instrument to learn to play!?
Are some flutes in different keys or ranges!?

Which type has the best range and tone and is more applicable to a wider variety of musical styles!.

Is the fingering for a flute the same as a sax, an oboe, a clarinet!?

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The flute, like any other instrument is difficult to play!. It is regarded as an easier instrument but this reputation is not deserved!. Some instruments, like the trumpet are naturally harder to play, the flute is not as hard as this and most people could start off pretty well but playing the flute well is a lot more difficult!. It is, however considered to be one of the easier instruments t play!. There is only one type of flute and it plays at concert pitch!. The piccolo is also a kind of flute (but not actually a flute, don't get confused) but it plays an exact octave above concert pitch, although it is transposed down an octave!. The flute's fingering is unlike any of the instruments you mentioned, they are in fact very different!. The closest fingering to the flute, i would say is the treble recorder!. The fingering for the first octave, apart from F is all very similar!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I can't answer to the entire Q but being a wind instrument it takes that disipline to be proficient at it, plus the eye/hand, the total involvement as does any other!.

It may not be at all like the exercises involved in a stringed instrument, but the process is similar in wrapping ones mind around what it takes to make the music sound as it should!.

Actually analogous to that Q about Martial Arts!.

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Fingering isn't the same as other instruments, I actually find it to be easier than oboe and clarinet!. There are a lot of types of flutes ranging from bass all the way up to fife, and all sound different!. Alto flutes have always been my favourite to play, but their sound is so low that they're used in flute-only groups so they aren't covered up!. When I'm playing with other instruments I prefer piccolo!.!.!.which is still a challenge to play after 6 years!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

ive been playing the flute for about 3 years and i am in my high school marching band!. flutes are hard to hold out long notes on because most of you air goes over the hole and doesn't make an sound!. it is easy when you get used to it but can be hard at first!. however the flute is hav hardest instrument to tune!. you can be perfect one moment but sharp the next!. This is because when you put your mouth in a different position it can change the sound!. you should try and learn to play the flute!. LIKE EVERYONE IN THE WORLD ALREADY NOS THE FLUTE IS THE BEST INSTRUMENT IN THE BAND!!!!!!!!!!!Www@QuestionHome@Com

flute is honestly one of the easiest instruments to learn compared to other band instruments
its simpler than trumpet, sax, clarinet etc!.

most flutes used today are in the same range

flute has the same fingerings as recorder for all notes but 3!.!.!.
it's similar to clarinet but not exactly the same!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

i play the clarinet and the fingerings are WAYY different, because its the clarinet is a B flat instument and i think that the flutes are a C instument!. plus you hold the clarinet and sax and oboe differently then u hold the flut so that is going to cause a difference as well!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

any instrument is difficult to play if you want to actually play it at a high standard and be committed,
but it's not as hard as violin which is what i play!.

they're all in the same key Www@QuestionHome@Com

No i think the fingering is different!. i played the flute and i was crap at it!. i kept making it squeak really high randomly in the middle and so my mum and dad made me stop practicing in the house!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

the flute has different fingerings than the other instruments
it is easy for some, nearly impossible for others
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the flute is very hard to play when i was younger i tried my neighbors flute and i could not enev make a sound with itWww@QuestionHome@Com