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Things for Flautists to do to Relieve Stress.

(remember stressed is just desserts backwards!)

1. Push in or pull out so much that your flute is either a semitone sharp or flat. Then go around blaming everyone-else for being out of tune!

2. If you have an open-hole flute, have a go at playing, partially covering the holes.

3. Finger middle C and try to get the highest C to sound.

4. Try to figure out a trill fingering for the highest C to D (or any high notes for that matter!).

5. Laugh at violinists (or just anyone who doesn't have the good fortune to be a flautist!).

6. Blow through your flute with all the holes closed, and pretend you are Darth Vader.

7. Turn off all the lights except one. Then close one eye and look into your flute with the other and then open and close the keys. It looks really cooel!

8. Show off your ability to play bottles (After you've drunk them - of course!).

9. Stand on a street corner, show off your ability to play bottles, and ask for money. (You need to drink a lot of bottles for this one!)

10. Every time you come across a note you don't like - say so!

11. Listen to a recording of a professional flautist and listen for mistakes - then tell everyone about it!

12. Play the Hindemith Sonata backwards. (This probably won't make much difference to the way it sounds!)

13. Come in early at ensemble rehearsals (on purpose!) and laugh at the people who followed you!

14. Count your rests out loud during a solo.

15. Whenever someone calls you a 'flutist', correct them and say you’re a 'flautist'. Then, when they call you a 'flautist', say the correct term is 'flutist'. (You can really have some fun with this one!)

16. Finger low D on a piccolo, and cover the whole on the end with your pinky. Then suck all the air out. Take all your fingers off - except your pinky. Wow! The keys stay down. (Okay, so now you're stuck with a piccolo attached to your tongue. Press the G# key to open the vacuum.)

17. Put a jellybean into your flute. Close all the keys and BLOW!

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