by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Mar 26, 2020 | Etudes, FluteTips, Practice, Technique
If you’ve never looked at Köhler’s Virtuosic Etudes Opus 75, you should. But, let me tell you what you’re getting into. First, they are a lot of fun to play! Second, they are not for the faint of heart! I really enjoy them because they do work a lot of...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Mar 19, 2020 | Embouchure, FluteTips, Intonation, Practice, Support
Playing softly is an art that needs to be practiced all on its own. Everyone has their own way of playing softly, sometimes correctly, but more often incorrectly. The usual way of soft playing is to squeeze the embouchure. It can be quite difficult to break this habit...
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 | Mar 5, 2020 | FluteTips, Performing, Practice, Technique
Everyone has problems rushing. In life and in music. Rushing is what makes a passage not sound smooth as glass. It is what makes the fingers and tongue get out of sync with each other in a double tonguing passage. There are times where you don’t even know that...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Feb 27, 2020 | Flute Convention, FluteTips, Practice, Technique
In any flute journey there is always room to add something new. Anyone is bound to get bored with their routine after a certain amount of time. New exercises to work on the same old problems are always welcome in my book. With that in mind I want to bring up Marcel...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Feb 13, 2020 | Double Tongue, FluteTips, Practice, Tonguing
We have all been taught to tongue notes. This skill is learned from the earliest days of flute playing. We all have our way of single tonguing some of you have been taught one way, and some have been taught another way. But have you ever explored the idea that...
