Hi friends! Huge kudos to my self-taught peeps out there! You rock!

I started playing flute in 5th grade when I was 10 and my band director didn't know how to play or pretty much anything else because he only knows brass and so I taught myself for a few months and surprisingly, I was a natural and I practiced nonstop and I loved it. After 6 months, we had a chair test and I got first and my band director was surprised at my talent and I began teaching all the other 8 flutes and if a new student came and was assigned a flute, I taught them. Now I'm a few weeks from turning 16 and almost 6 years later, I play the piccolo too and I am the only one in the flute section because the other flute player is our drum major. I thank you for your videos because they have helped me to learn even more.

Joanna, I've always thought you were wonderful, but now I think you are even more wonderful.   You are the first flute teacher that I've ever heard that doesn't disparage people who try to learn the flute on their own!!

I play violin and i literally learned how to correct my left hand mistakes by staring. Yes staring at the greats is the answer.

10:54 this is so valuable. Going to take lessons provides you with a teacher who knows a "framework" that provides structure for each session and over years of learning the instrument. Being self taught means you don't have a provided framework so you also kind of  need to teach yourself how to teach yourself.

Linguist here... some trivia, for the next to nothing it's worth: While your parents initially provide much of your language input, the accent you end up with as an adult is largely determined not by your family group but by your peer group, at a point in your mid-to-late teenage years. This is why, when someone older moves from, say, the US to the UK, they don't generally end up picking up the accent of their new location, but, before that age, even though their parents' accent doesn't change, their peer group's does, and so they end up with their new location's accent. =3

Thanks for the video!
0:58 Alternate vs, real fingerings
6:02 Memorize all scales & arpeggios!
7:43 Listen to recordings
9:30 Watch videos!
10:54 Practice smart!
For the last one, it took me 2 months to make a tone (on and off, mostly "off").  I can make a faint tone on Db, C, and B.  However, can't do A nor G (my phone app doesn't even register a sound for the last 2!).  I've been making sure I practice just 15 minutes a day.  Definitely want to avoid cases where I 'accidentally' end up putting it off for days at a time!.

Even though I wasn't self taught everything she said was very very helpful

"When so you the alternate fingering for the F#?"


when you learned saxophone first!
;)

"and then... YOU PUT IT DOWN."

I took beginning flute in my last year of middle school and entered a concert and marching band state champion highschool with only the basic Bb scale down.  I started 4th flute (lol not last) in their bottom band.  I learned all my notes and rhythms myself.  The following year, I made 2nd chair in the bottom band.  I beat out two girls for the spot to go into their Wind Ensemble.  I practiced playing in tune and with larger dynamics.  After practicing and practicing, I made 2nd chair in their top band.  All done in 3 years compared to others with 6 or 7 years of  experience.  
There were definitely tears, but I'm extremely proud that I made it this far in such a short amount of time.  I'm a Junior this year and I'm getting my ap diploma this year as well.  I wish all of you luck on your journey.

You are a great teacher I am 75 years old and I don’t even know music I bought a flute and is struggling to make a sound with it my right hand is very stiff and c and low c is the most difficult thing to make, but just listening to you I can make it once in a while you give me hope that one day I will be able to play the c and low c the I will be able to play the scale and then learn all the different scales, I am like a baby learning to crawl ,

I love these videos from JustAnotherFlutist! She offers so many valuable tips for ALL instruments, not just the flute. Brilliant! Thank you :)

Dumped trombone and low brass after spending a huge portion of my life playing it. Currently teaching myself the alto saxophone and flute. I have to say, the flute is amazing to play. I've always loved the sound. Thanks for the reminder to practice in small portions. As of lately I've been wanting to burn through stuff fast because it does feel slow, but now, I do believe I will go back to my scales.

Hi, I’m living in the Netherlands. Played the flute 20 years ago for 8 years, after years trompet, Esbas, Euphonium and now becoming 70 picking up flute again. Thank you for your personal way explaining.

I am self-teaching myself for 3 days. I did that two years ago for a month now I am resuming it.

In about 6th grade I found an old flute in the attic.  I could play it pretty much right away.  I played Lady of Spain by ear that day.  I told my mom I was going be in the band when I started 7th grade.  They put me in beginning band but it wasn't long and my band director moved me to advanced band skipping intermediate band altogether.   Wow.  The music seemed so hard at first but I practiced alot and it wasn't long before I got the hang if it.  I have probably taken maybe 6 flute lessons in my life.  I am in a challenging community band and have been in it for 30 years.  Sometimes I play first chair also play piccolo.   Having a great time.  Always learning and enjoy listening to your tips.  Thank you.

thank you.  I'm not exactly self taught, but after 45 years of not playing seriously, its good to get some refresher tips.  and that thumb port, what a great idea, I think I'll get one.  I have an open hole flute and you really do need stability to play that one well.

Soon im gonna be a half self taught flutist because im still gonna definitely have lessons

Could you make a bootcamp series for self- taught flutists for tone, projection, technique?