by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Apr 11, 2019 | Daily Routine, Embouchure, FluteTips, High Register, Practice, Support
We all want our third octave notes to be easier to play. But much of the time of those notes are difficult to get. You feel like you are blowing against a wall or there’s just a hiss that’s coming out or you are so tight that the tone barely squeaks out...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Mar 28, 2019 | Daily Routine, FluteTips, Practice, Technique, Tone, Trills
We all want faster trills! I always felt that I needed to work on making my trills go faster because my fingers were not naturally fast. But how can we learn to trill faster when some of our fingers move faster than others? Train All of Your Fingers to Move Faster You...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Feb 14, 2019 | Daily Routine, FluteTips, Piccolo, Practice
It’s can be harder to get in piccolo shape than just getting in shape on the flute. But not for the reasons you think. Much of the time we are caught up on building our flute skills. When we were college students we worked on audition or recital...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Dec 18, 2018 | Daily Routine, Finger Placements, FluteTips, Practice, Technique
Do you like to play flute fast? Who doesn’t? It is one of the joys of playing flute. We get to have fast fingers and it’s a lot of fun. Not all instruments get to have this kind of fun. Our brass counterparts can try. But alas their instruments are not...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Jul 10, 2018 | Daily Routine, FluteTips, Practice, Technique, Tone
Did you know that practicing technique isn’t just about the fingers? I talk to my students with frequency about their practice time. I suggest that their technique practice should be tone practice at the same time. It’s what I do too. But I came to this...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | May 22, 2018 | Daily Routine, FluteTips, Practice, Technique, Tonguing
Do you practice articulation? I mean all sorts of different kinds of articulation? If not you should. Articulation is done by using the tongue, which is a muscle that needs to be exercised in order to work properly when called upon. If you are needing a fast tongue no...
