Nina Perlove - The Internet Flutist

Nina Perlove the self described internet flutist, has become somewhat of a cult figure bringing flute music and flute playing to a virtual mass audience. On her You Tube channel she jams with prominent flautists and gives masterlasses on everything from articulation to breathing and sound production. Nina is a fine player and has been instrumental (no pun intended) in bringing the flute to a global online audience. According to Nina, she has had 6 million views of her videos and has recieved attention from all around the world.

If you want the low down on all things flute technique her Youtube channel is a must see. Check out Nina's Real Flute Project here: http://www.realfluteproject.com/web/home.aspx

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http://www.youtube.com/user/ninaflute#p/c/FF6C946F383B916C

Alexey Kudrya sings and plays Tamino aria w. flute

This is a multifaceted rendition of the AMEB Grade 4 piece, 'Tamino's Aria' from Mozart's Opera The Magic Flute. Enjoy!

Flute Beatboxing

Since its inception in the early noughties, flute boxing or flute beatboxing as it is otherwise known, is the heady combination of beatboxing whilst blowing air into your flute. Its a little bit oxygen and a little bit percussion.

The ever reliable Wikipedia defines it as, "an innovation in the extended technique of the flute...involving the production of distinct and stereoscopic flute tones (producing two separate sounds by humming while blowing into the flute) combined with vocal percussion and aural prestidigitation (slight-of-ear), flute beatboxing enables the use of the flute as a rhythmic instrument".

Confused? Check this out. This is a video by flute beatboxing pioneer Greg Pattillo (more on him later) with his remix/rendition of Inspector Gadget. This video went viral on the web and has thus been dubbed the coolest thing to happen to flute since Ian Anderson.

I have created a flute boxing glog which serves as both a homage to the pioneers of this evolving technique, as well as a resource for those wishing to flute box their way to stardom. Check it out here.

Welcome to Toot Ya Flute

Hello and welcome to the blog dedicated to all things flute. Here at Toot Ya Flute you will find posts, articles, links and resources relating to the only instrument that matters - the flute. The aim of this blog is to give budding flautists exposure to the diverse nature of flute technique and repertoire as well as a space to celebrate fine flautists and flute fun. Here you'll find articles, glogs, videos and audio of the flute variety which will hopefully satisfy your flute fancy. So in the company of an ever growing online flute fraternity... let the flute tooting begin!