by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Aug 21, 2018 | Extended Techniques, Flute Convention, FluteTips, Practice
Pizzicato Tonguing is really just tonguing without sound with your tongue making the sound in between your lips. It’s indicated in music like what you see on the left. This is from a piece of music I just performed at the NFA convention a couple weeks ago called...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Jul 24, 2018 | FluteTips, Practice, Technique, Tonguing
Do any of you have trouble getting a triple tongued passage steady and even on all syllables? It’s quite an interesting conundrum that using the TKT KTK form of triple tonguing can be unsteady or uneven. However, using TK TK for double tonguing can be totally even....
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Jul 17, 2018 | FluteTips, Low Register, Practice, Tonguing
If you have watched my flute tips or read my blog you will know that I like to practice low register short tones. They are invaluable to improving your tone in the low register and, dare I say, even better then long tones! I’m sure that I’ve learned more...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Jul 10, 2018 | Daily Routine, FluteTips, Practice, Technique, Tone
Did you know that practicing technique isn’t just about the fingers? I talk to my students with frequency about their practice time. I suggest that their technique practice should be tone practice at the same time. It’s what I do too. But I came to this...
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 19, 2018 | FluteTips, Performing, Practice, Recital
Sometimes when you’ve been practicing a lot or even when you’re in a performance you’ll notice that something isn’t quite right and you realize that a bubble has formed sealing they key and the pad together. When a bubble forms, it closes a...
