by Dr. Angela McBrearty | May 19, 2022 | Daily Routine, FluteTips, Performing, Practice
When in a flurry of business how do you handle your practice time? Are you the type who runs through your solos hoping that it will keep you in shape and not lose ground? Hopefully you have watched some of my videos on a fast-but-thorough-warm-up. We always need to...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Apr 21, 2022 | Daily Routine, FluteTips, Harmonics, Practice, Tone, Tonguing
Today is a busy day and I don’t have a lot of time to practice. But I need to stay in shape. Because of my schedule I can only allot 15 to 20 minutes to get myself warmed up to today. That’s all I have time for. I don’t have the ability to practice...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Jan 28, 2021 | Daily Routine, Etudes, FluteTips, Practice, Tone, Tonguing
Is practicing etudes a drudgery for you? Do you intentionally skip playing etudes? If that is you, I’m here to tell you to stop! Etudes are part of a rigorous practice session and reveal so much of what a musician needs to learn. Etudes can be the bane of your...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Dec 17, 2020 | Daily Routine, Etudes, FluteTips, Practice, Tone
No time? No problem? I’m talking about how to get a full practice session done in just 30 minutes. Life is rarely ideal by giving us all as much time as we want to practice. Instead, life is crazy busy. Whether it’s the job, family, too many classes and papers, or a...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Mar 12, 2020 | Breathing, Daily Routine, FluteTips, Performing, Practice
Breathing in the middle of a solo can sometimes be quite tricky when done properly. Actually, I don’t think it’s that tricky, we just think it’s tricky and so we don’t do it properly. Generally, when we’re playing in the middle of a solo...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Jan 9, 2020 | Daily Routine, Etudes, FluteTips, Practice, Tone
I’ve just come off the holidays as it’s been Christmas vacation. It’s been so massively busy that I haven’t gotten much good solid practice. I feel like even when I’ve played a lot of flute for various Christmas gigs, I still can get out...
