by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Jan 10, 2019 | FluteTips, Intonation, Practice
Working with a tuner is not glamorous. It’s not like technique. I love working on technique and I love using the metronome. It’s fun and it’s rewarding to hear yourself getting faster and cleaner. Working with a tuner let’s just face it,...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Jan 3, 2019 | Breathing, FluteTips, Practice, Tone
What is your throat doing when you are playing flute? Have you analyzed it? We all know it should be relaxed and open. But is it really? I always thought that I played with an open throat because it wasn’t tight. But an open throat is more then just not being...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Jan 2, 2019 | FluteTips, Practice
We all work with a tuner somewhere along the way. Often it’s in our tone exercises. But do you ever spend your practice time working with a tuner IN your solo? What I mean is you put your tuner on the stand next to your solo and turn it on and look at it during...
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 | Dec 4, 2018 | FluteTips, Practice, Tone
The Moyse Short Tones! Are you one of those people that bow in reverence when the name of Moyse is invoked? If so you are not alone. That man wrote so much that is extremely helpful to us flutists. Trevor Wye says that he was paid to write an exercise book every...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Oct 16, 2018 | Extended Techniques, FluteTips, Practice
A tongue ram is an interesting technique. And it does sound pretty cool when you do it. I’ve been working on the Tongue Ram for a piece that I played at the National Flute Convention in Orlando, Florida (#NFAFlute2018) called On a Poem, Harvard Square by Miho...
