by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Dec 28, 2017 | Finger Placements, FluteTips, Practice
Do you know if your right hand is properly placed on your flute for optimal performance & health? The right hand should be comfortable when on your flute. When playing, you want your wrist to have no tension and in order to do that, you need to have a good hand...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Nov 22, 2017 | Finger Placements, FluteTips
Do you keep your fingers on the flute when you play? Are you letting gravity pull them down? If not, you should be. Your fingers need to be staying on the keys when you play. They move much better. They’re more efficient. They’re faster. And they’re...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Nov 16, 2017 | Finger Placements, FluteTips
How do you position your B thumb? It’s important that when you are playing flute that your fingers are as natural and as relaxed as possible. This goes for your B thumb too. I see so many students that play with the tip of their thumb. I used to play with my...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Sep 12, 2017 | Finger Placements, FluteTips
When you’re playing, you want your fingers to be very light on the keys. If you’re using too much pressure, the keys make too much noise when you’re playing. And in the flute world, that’s just not acceptable. Because, well we can fix that. And if we can, then we...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Aug 25, 2017 | Finger Placements, FluteTips, Practice
Why is the lowly first finger a problem? Because often that first finger is down for our D and our Eb, and it shouldn’t be. The only time your first finger is down for D is when it’s below the staff, low register and Eb. When you’re on the 4th line D, or Eb on the 4th...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Aug 8, 2017 | Daily Routine, Finger Placements, Practice, Technique
How do you put your fingers on the keys? Do you keep them low or do you allow them to be above the keys? How about that G# pinky finger? Does that one stay on the key or does it hang below? We all can agree that fingers that stay close to the keys are more efficient....
