General:
1. Have you been playing traditional Irish flute music
regularly (at least four hours per week) for at least two years?
2. Have you been playing the flute or whistle for at least three years?
3. Are you comfortable performing an Irish reel solo?
4. Are you capable of learning traditional Irish tunes by ear from a
recording?
Repertoire:
1. Can you play from memory at least twenty traditional Irish tunes?
Technique
1. Can you execute all of the basic forms of Irish flute
ornamentation in your playing ( i.e. grace notes, rolls ( long and short),
triplets, crans and trills?
2. Are you comfortable articulating notes without tonguing?
3. Are you comfortable playing in any octave with smooth control of air
flow?