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...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Feb 6, 2020 | FluteTips, Performing, Repertoire, Teachers
What do you say when you’ve just ended a performance and someone comes up to you and says: “Oh, great job!” And inside you’re thinking: “Ah, I wasn’t very good. I messed up here. I messed up there. I didn’t do this right. It’s not the...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Jan 30, 2020 | Double Tongue, FluteTips, Practice, Repertoire, Tonguing
Double tonguing is a double edged sword. It can sound fantastic or it can sound like a bunch of hens came out to peck for bugs. But there is hope for your double tonguing. There are ways to get your double tonguing in top form, and they don’t take forever to...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Jan 23, 2020 | Embouchure, FluteTips, Practice
It’s all well and good to practice flexibility when you work on exercises specifically designed for that purpose. But, do you work on it in the middle of your solo? Often times in when we are in the middle of a solo, right in the thick of it, the idea of moving...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Jan 16, 2020 | FluteTips, High Register, Intonation, Tone
One of the hardest things that we flute players have to deal with is our third octave. Our instinct is to close it right up. The embouchure gets smaller and the teeth move closer together because that helps us to control that upper register. Control is what you want...
