by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Mar 7, 2019 | Embouchure, Extended Techniques, FluteTips
There are a lot of pieces being composed today that use the extended technique of bending your pitch. Sometimes it’s bending down and other times you bend up. It’s very easy to bend down it’s more difficult to bend it up. Here’s some keys to think about...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Jan 31, 2019 | Embouchure, FluteTips, High Register, Practice, Support
How do you like your 3rd octave? Does it have the tone quality and resonance of your other octaves? Often the 3rd octave is not the same as the first two octaves. It doesn’t sound as full and the tone is tight. It’s very hard to make this octave brilliant...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Jan 24, 2019 | Embouchure, FluteTips, Intonation
I’m talking to you Band Directors today because I know that in band, you want the flutes to play in tune! Let me tell you what you already know: it’s all about the embouchure. Intonation is All About Embouchure Almost all flutes that come to me that have...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Jul 3, 2018 | Embouchure, FluteTips, Low Register, Tone
How many of you have trouble in a solo when you have to play a low to high note leap really fast? I can think of etudes, Mozart Concerto in G, Prokofiev Sonata, to name just a few that have this issue in the solo. When moving fast, the easy part is playing the high...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Jun 12, 2018 | Breathing, Embouchure, Practice, Tone, Vibrato
You can improve your tone by practicing long tones if you know what to listen for! When you’re doing any tonal practice, you need to concentrate on what your tone sounds like. However, that’s easier said then done. Because, well, what are you listening...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | May 8, 2018 | Breathing, Embouchure, Practice, Tone
Be Flexible! No, I’m not talking about being limber in the gym. I’m not flexible at all! But, my lip is amazingly limber. Your lip is the entrance to fantastic control over your tone. By working on embouchure flexibility, you learn so-much-more about tone....
