Can You Hear the Difference Between a Cheap and Expensive Alto Flute?

We Unbox the Singer's Day SDAF-800 ALTO FLUTE. The Cheapest (Best) Professional Alto Flute Online. If Alto Flute has ever sparked your interest, grab one of these asap!
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00:00 Intro
00:51 Unboxing SDAF-800 Alto Flute
03:17 Play Test
04:16 What is an Alto Flute?
05:33 Difference Test Singer's Day/Sankyo Alto Flutes
08:12 More In-depth Analysis
09:49 Conclusions
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  • @diezwiebel6873
    @diezwiebel68732 жыл бұрын

    As a young flute player I really appreciate the flute content you make! I personally felt you were playing more comfortably with your Sankyo flute. I’ve never got my hands on an alto flute before but I would love to, and if I could I think I’d try to arrange the second movement of the Sibelius violin concerto, since alto flute’s tone color seems fitting for that piece.

  • @flutechannel

    @flutechannel

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing!

  • @Balzac241
    @Balzac2412 жыл бұрын

    J'ai recommencé à jouer de la flûte (J'ai pris des leçons pendant une douzaine d'années) après 20 ans d'arrêt. Je découvre tout ce qui est disponible aujourd'hui pour apprendre et je suis tombée sur cette chaine. Je sentais l'accent francophone (no offense!) et j'ai compris qu'on habitait la même ville , probablement pas très loin! Bravo, les vidéos sont super bien faites et elle me rappelle plein de souvenirs! C'est sûr que je vais tout regarder!

  • @Justiceone88
    @Justiceone882 жыл бұрын

    I’m a beginner, I played flute in middle school (32 years ago!), I just bought a Y-222 and just found your channel….. looks awesome……. I’m so excited!!! Thank you 🙏 🌹

  • @flutechannel

    @flutechannel

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hi Sara! I have loads of videos for you to check out. Dive in and leave comments or questions. I'll try to get to them! Happy practicing, you got yourself a nice flute!

  • @isidoragonzalez23
    @isidoragonzalez232 жыл бұрын

    The song that you played is one of my favorite songs, its called "The girl from Ipanema" I love that song I cant believe you played it!!! And that flute looks really cool, now I want to play it. Today I had an 8 hour band rehearsal because we were the only middle school in the state to get selected for the UMEAs in Utah. Its next week!!!

  • @Allbbrz

    @Allbbrz

    Жыл бұрын

    Welcome to the world of the Brazilian Bossa Nova :-)

  • @flutechannel
    @flutechannel2 жыл бұрын

    Hope I sparked your interest in this amazing budget Alto Flute! Have you ever tried Alto Flute?

  • @Thedreadedflutist

    @Thedreadedflutist

    2 жыл бұрын

    Can you do one for bass flute comparing a budget bass and either the kotato/sankyo/Eva kingma bass flutes

  • @flutechannel

    @flutechannel

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Thedreadedflutist I would love to. But it'll most likely be a solo review. I don't think sankyo/Kigma will ever lend over a bass flute. I think the only bass flute in my area is a Yamaha gold plated bass. It's wasn't very good.

  • @Thedreadedflutist

    @Thedreadedflutist

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@flutechannel That’s the very first bass I’ve played on while i was in college and i thought it was the most amazing thing. I now own a Pearl bass flute

  • @flutechannel

    @flutechannel

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Thedreadedflutist Nice bass to have! :)

  • @Nara1Family2Rulez3
    @Nara1Family2Rulez32 жыл бұрын

    Oh wow, how nice! For that price it sounds great! Thanks for posting this.

  • @flutechannel

    @flutechannel

    2 жыл бұрын

    My pleasure Jef!

  • @eduardafelix858
    @eduardafelix858 Жыл бұрын

    I'm learning the flute and your videos are so funny e your tips helps me a lot (especially the hawaii one), and i'm brazilian so you're helping me with my english too! Keep going, love your content❤️

  • @flutechannel

    @flutechannel

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much Eduarda! Happy practicing!

  • @laceygreenwood
    @laceygreenwood2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing. I have a Brio alto flute, and love it! I've had it for 10 years or so; it was a bit less with only the curved head joint. It sounds lovely, and is good enough for me. I'm thankful for it and have done a lot of transposing for it! ~ I enjoy your channel.

  • @flutechannel

    @flutechannel

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing!

  • @BrellCover
    @BrellCover2 жыл бұрын

    They sounds good! I wish I could have one. 1700 USD sounds affordable, I thought basic alto flute is expensive, probably because it's really rare to see alto flutes in my country, at least amongst average musicians... Thanks for this video!

  • @flutechannel

    @flutechannel

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for watching!

  • @samelliot9186
    @samelliot91862 жыл бұрын

    I played an alto flute in a flute group I really loved it we played the brandenberg symphony no 2

  • @flutechannel

    @flutechannel

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thats so cool! I love Brandenberg!

  • @CasteloNegro
    @CasteloNegro2 жыл бұрын

    Oh, my. I lime this channel very much. This kind of video is interesting.

  • @flutechannel

    @flutechannel

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @PushpendraChauhan123
    @PushpendraChauhan1232 жыл бұрын

    Great , Teacher 👍 language & flow very good

  • @flutechannel

    @flutechannel

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! 😃

  • @vonHolzwege
    @vonHolzwege2 жыл бұрын

    I have a silver Haynes hand-made Alto. It is far and away the best Alto I have ever played.

  • @flutechannel

    @flutechannel

    2 жыл бұрын

    Im sure its a really nice alto!

  • @Allbbrz
    @Allbbrz Жыл бұрын

    Quite cool ! My teacher showed me one of these just today. It is a nice sounding instrument. And thank you for that tidbit of "Garota de Ipanema" (Girl from Ipanema) :-) So I also back and forth between the video segments... I proud myself on have good hearing for music but I could not hear any difference... however, I suspect that you, Emily, youi will make anything sound quite good !!! (yeah, I'm giving all kudos I can :-) )

  • @flutechannel

    @flutechannel

    Жыл бұрын

    Ill soon be reviewing the wood piccolo version and the full wooden c Flute. Im excited!

  • @joyrisher8841
    @joyrisher88413 ай бұрын

    Now if I just had your breath control I could play an alto flute.

  • @ethansilverstein26
    @ethansilverstein262 жыл бұрын

    When a budget flute is over a thousand dollars

  • @heeroru7781

    @heeroru7781

    Жыл бұрын

    Welcome to the world of flutes

  • @manuelgonzales6483
    @manuelgonzales64832 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, I'm in the market❤🔥❤

  • @flutechannel

    @flutechannel

    2 жыл бұрын

    Perfect!

  • @eolianflute5965
    @eolianflute59652 жыл бұрын

    Thank you ! very interesting ! Which pieces do you recommend me to play with the G flute ?? Thank you

  • @flutechannel

    @flutechannel

    2 жыл бұрын

    Alot of jazz music and im sure you can find some music via musescore for alto flute, like alot of gabriel faure can be played.

  • @Metalpazallteway
    @Metalpazallteway Жыл бұрын

    I think I may have heard this flute in the in the last Jurassic World movie if I'm not mistaken. Beautiful sound

  • @Tubluer
    @Tubluer2 жыл бұрын

    $1700 for a decent alto? Hmmm.... tempting!

  • @flutechannel

    @flutechannel

    2 жыл бұрын

    i know, right?

  • @HQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQ
    @HQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQ Жыл бұрын

    By the way there're another cheap C flutes for comparison, it's Thomann FL-200 and Startone (whatever that means) SFL-55. I guess Startone is not that good, but Thomann might be good for that price. What do you think?

  • @itsbjorn
    @itsbjorn2 жыл бұрын

    The difference in sound is the difference in price...but it sounds great for the price...THX

  • @flutechannel

    @flutechannel

    2 жыл бұрын

    Totally, I can't emphasize how nice it sounds and feels.

  • @HQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQ
    @HQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQ Жыл бұрын

    Did straight one sound a bit better?

  • @J0514H_K
    @J0514H_K3 ай бұрын

    Ok but where do you get the alto with the B foot joint cuz ill will spend my life saving on that. Lol

  • @ABC-xv8nz
    @ABC-xv8nz8 ай бұрын

    Where are these made?

  • @Molb0rg
    @Molb0rg Жыл бұрын

    Dislike most flutes, but this one is first one I somewhat like, would be interesting to see it more

  • @BizetTV
    @BizetTV2 жыл бұрын

    Alto Flute sounds Good ❤️

  • @flutechannel

    @flutechannel

    2 жыл бұрын

    I simply love the sound of an alto flute!

  • @rustydog1236
    @rustydog1236 Жыл бұрын

    You sounded better with the straight h.j. I'm not 100% certain everyone would agree, but I personally think there's another alto out there for a few hundred more that sounds as good as your Sankyo.

  • @organist1982
    @organist198211 ай бұрын

    The budget model sounds good, but I feel like your Sankyo has a more solid, more robust sound to it. Was that your perception when you compared them?

  • @apearson79

    @apearson79

    2 ай бұрын

    Agreed!

  • @adamhenderly1602
    @adamhenderly16022 жыл бұрын

    The sound is pretty good

  • @flutechannel

    @flutechannel

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ya, Im totally impressed!

  • @user-jg4xd5pq6x
    @user-jg4xd5pq6x2 жыл бұрын

    Huge difference

  • @A1mless6262
    @A1mless6262 Жыл бұрын

    So with the alto flute not being a concert pitched instrument, would I be able to read regular flute music with it or would it sound weird? Because I still can’t grasp that concept on transposing instruments.

  • @Terrasylum

    @Terrasylum

    Жыл бұрын

    It depends on what you mean by "read regular flute music." If you mean just playing by yourself and reading C flute sheet music you'll do all the same fingerings like a normal flute, it will just sound lower. If you are playing with others then it will not sound correct because the music you are playing should sound higher than you would be playing it at. Playing Left Hand first finger C on a C flute sounds like a C. Playing Left Hand first finger C on an alto flute will sound like a low G on a normal flute. I have no idea if this helped you or not I'm not the best at explaining.

  • @michaellee2731
    @michaellee27312 жыл бұрын

    I wonder if you can also do Peter and the Wolf

  • @flutechannel

    @flutechannel

    2 жыл бұрын

    Maybe! We did do an arrangement of the whole peter and the wolf with alto flute in the ensemble and it turned out great.

  • @Sebastian-gk5um
    @Sebastian-gk5um Жыл бұрын

    what about the bass flute that instrument is awsome

  • @michaellee2731
    @michaellee27312 жыл бұрын

    I wonder if you can play prokofiev 4th movement on the alto

  • @flutechannel

    @flutechannel

    2 жыл бұрын

    Maybe!

  • @OTRaihalaMusic
    @OTRaihalaMusic4 ай бұрын

    Nice video, but why did you name Fauré, Satie and Bach, but not Jobim?

  • @tomer.aviation
    @tomer.aviation2 жыл бұрын

    Too many pieces to put together, so I guess I’m sticking with my Boston Signature IG lol

  • @MegaCloudygirl
    @MegaCloudygirl10 ай бұрын

    Can you recommend some accessible alto flute repertoire?

  • @flutechannel

    @flutechannel

    9 ай бұрын

    I would check out FluteWorld website and look under the Alto Flute Music Collections.

  • @normalizedaudio2481
    @normalizedaudio24812 жыл бұрын

    College flute choir always buys the cheap one. Used to be Armstrong.

  • @flutechannel

    @flutechannel

    2 жыл бұрын

    These ones are way better IMHO and made of quality components, I was truly surprised.

  • @itsbjorn
    @itsbjorn2 жыл бұрын

    Maybe you could try their C flute...it's $199...closed hole...

  • @flutechannel

    @flutechannel

    2 жыл бұрын

    Maybe one day soon!

  • @felixjansz8638
    @felixjansz86382 жыл бұрын

    Can you play California dreamin

  • @felixjansz8638

    @felixjansz8638

    Жыл бұрын

    Pls

  • @montealegreluis5983
    @montealegreluis59832 жыл бұрын

    Nou way :0 I thougth it was a complete octave lower than the standard flute one... is it just 4 notes emily ??

  • @flutechannel

    @flutechannel

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yup, not super low at all. But a totally different color palette. A totally different instrument.

  • @montealegreluis5983

    @montealegreluis5983

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@flutechannel and is there any flute 1 octave lower than the regular ??

  • @WorldofIntenseArtie

    @WorldofIntenseArtie

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@montealegreluis5983 Bass Flute

  • @stephr5914

    @stephr5914

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MyRackley I think at the time, it was the lowest flute so hence bass flute. Bass flute came out later

  • @michaellee2731
    @michaellee27312 жыл бұрын

    I have an alto flute I have a pearl alto flute

  • @flutechannel

    @flutechannel

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nice, pearls can be very nice!

  • @stratoleft
    @stratoleft4 ай бұрын

    Where does it ever stop? I mean, why even bother? All I know is guitar, because that's all I've ever been around my entire life. I know the critical functions of what's required of it. And I assure you. EVERYBODY, their brother, their brother's sister, and their aunts and uncles, have an opinion on the matter. Obviously, EVERY MUSICAL INSTRUMENT IN THE WORLD, has an involved approach and construction to achieve the desired results of sound and tone. As per Edward Van Halen: tone is EVERYTHING. Take a close look, if you can, at a violin or cello. What one detail, what one thing or single aspect of just those two instruments alone, would be easy to craft and construct? Answer: Nothing! What about Ludwig's or Gretsch's drum kit ensemble? I wouldn't even begin to know where to start. Or, quite literally, finish. As in the finishing processes. When it comes to guitar, I've seen, and heard,.. it all. So, you could dance, pun intended, around this subject for so long the cows would give up, refuse to come home, and go somewhere else. There's really no point at all in doing it. To put it mildly, you can thank the craftsmen, who actually came up with the concept of whatever instrument you play. And then, actually bring that concept, known as the musical instrument, to a functional entity to begin with. And then, and make it available to the likes of you.

  • @rubyreyna5106
    @rubyreyna51062 жыл бұрын

    Can you play flute when you have a cupid's bowl because I started playing flute in school but my teather told me that I had cupids bow, he said I should play side ways

  • @flutechannel

    @flutechannel

    2 жыл бұрын

    we have whole video about embouchure, take a look. But you should be alright. A lot of people have different shapes but perhaps the video will help out.

  • @carpediemarts705

    @carpediemarts705

    2 жыл бұрын

    Keep playing.

  • @GorillaWithAPhone
    @GorillaWithAPhone8 ай бұрын

    BUDGET IS 1,700?!

  • @wolfgangvanchopin4093
    @wolfgangvanchopin40937 ай бұрын

    hey this is out of topic do you play for osm

  • @flutechannel

    @flutechannel

    7 ай бұрын

    I've played for other orchestras in the city and solo with orchestras.

  • @wolfgangvanchopin4093

    @wolfgangvanchopin4093

    7 ай бұрын

    WoW thanks for ur answer@@flutechannel

  • @willistaylor4077
    @willistaylor40772 жыл бұрын

    ❤️❤️❤️❤️🥰🙂

  • @flutechannel

    @flutechannel

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much Willis happy you liked the video!

  • @DCFunBud
    @DCFunBud2 жыл бұрын

    But, is it cool?

  • @flutechannel

    @flutechannel

    2 жыл бұрын

    oh its cool, cool, cool, cool

  • @riarive3754
    @riarive37547 ай бұрын

    I'm 56 am I to old to learn?

  • @flutechannel

    @flutechannel

    7 ай бұрын

    Not at all! Go for it! Happy practicing!

  • @riarive3754

    @riarive3754

    7 ай бұрын

  • @Juan-xr9xm
    @Juan-xr9xm Жыл бұрын

    But, that isn't a bass flute??????? They look a lot alike

  • @flutechannel

    @flutechannel

    Жыл бұрын

    Alto is around 1/3 the size of a bass

  • @organist1982

    @organist1982

    11 ай бұрын

    @@flutechannel I think you meant 2/3! 😅

  • @Conta_Google
    @Conta_Google Жыл бұрын

    I can't hear any difference 🤭