by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Feb 10, 2022 | Embouchure, FluteTips, Practice, Tone
Do you change your tone color when you practice solos? Do you even think about it as you play? For that matter what is tone color? Using tone color in a solo or performance is something that separates the professional from the amateur. Knowing how and when to use tone...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Feb 3, 2022 | Etudes, FluteTips, Performing, Practice
When you practice do you just play the notes on the page, or do you make music with those notes? It is okay to just play the notes on the page. But it is much more rewarding to make music with those notes. Finding the musical line in your music is a wonderful exercise...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Jan 20, 2022 | Etudes, FluteTips, Performing, Practice
A lot of times when we are warming up, we just play our exercises to get through them. We play them to warm up the lip, and to warm up the fingers. But we are not really thinking our way through them. Every time you have the flute up to your lip, you need to be making...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Dec 30, 2021 | FluteTips, Intonation, Practice, Support, Tone
People ask many different types of questions about the flute. They ask about types and posture and performing and many other areas for flute interest. I decided to answer some commonly asked questions. What questions do you have about the flute? Send them to me or put...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Nov 18, 2021 | FluteTips, Practice
Do your fingers move at lightning speed? Would you like them to really move? There are several things that you can do to help train your fingers to move with greater dexterity. Here are five that you can work on that will help you make dramatic improvements. These are...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Nov 11, 2021 | FluteTips, Performing, Practice, Vibrato
Have you ever wondered what making good music is really all about? What makes those professionals have that extra something special in their music that is missing in others? That something extra that they have is called nuance. A nuanced performance has special...
