They are all different and I find it hard to tell what flute suits me best.
By the time I got to the Paris Conservatoire I was very good at the scales and arpeggios.
Scales played in the correct musical way are very exciting and rewarding.
...I got to try the bagpipes. It was like trying to blow an octopus.
Being unprepared heightens nerves.
You cannot prepare enough for anything.