by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Oct 28, 2021 | Embouchure, FluteTips, Practice, Practice with Me
Who says that? We all need and want to have our scales going at a good clip. Scales are meant to help your fingers move faster so that you can play those fast passages in Mozart and Bach. They all use fast scale passages somewhere along the way. What I am talking...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Oct 7, 2021 | Embouchure, FluteTips, Intonation
Intonation issues are the bane of our existence. No matter what innovations that flute makers come up with to make the flute better in tune, we still have problems. One of those problems is that the scale a flute is based on is not perfect. Plus, the different metals...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Sep 30, 2021 | FluteTips, Tone
The answer to that question easily is no. I can always tell when my private high school students are in marching band season because they come into flute lessons, and they are ramrod straight both with their own posture and with the flute. Their elbows are out, and...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Sep 16, 2021 | Breathing, Embouchure, FluteTips, Intonation, Practice, Support, Tone
Do you want a good sound? Who doesn’t! However, it is often difficult to figure out how to get that great sound. There could be things that you are doing right now that inhibit your ability to get a great tone. In this blog I will teach you 5 things that you...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Aug 5, 2021 | Etudes, FluteTips, Practice, Technique, Tone
You are busy. You don’t have all the time in the world to practice – especially if you’re working a full-time job, and perhaps it’s not even in music. But you still want to improve, you want to get better. You come home and you have dinner to...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Jul 22, 2021 | Embouchure, FluteTips
Is a side embouchure okay? Meaning, when you look in the mirror is the embouchure hole centered between your lips? Or is the embouchure hole moved to one side or another? The bottom line to that question is: Yes, it is okay! Our lips are formed differently...
