by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Mar 25, 2021 | FluteTips, High Register, Octave Slurs, Practice
A great tone in the high register is often elusive. The high tessitura often creates an embouchure that is tight and small. You can use octave slurs as a technique to conquer this range. Learning how to play in the higher registers without getting tight and small is a...
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...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Dec 19, 2019 | Embouchure, FluteTips, High Register, Low Register, Practice
Is your embouchure flexible?Does it adjust to the octave in which you are playing? The embouchure is an amazingthing. It has the ability to move and adjust to help us get the best tone. Theproblem comes when we don’t move the embouchure but leave it static. The...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | May 16, 2019 | Embouchure, FluteTips, High Register, Piccolo
When we choose to play piccolo it’s often because we enjoy the high tessitura. Let’s face it, we all like playing that 3rd octave. It’s pretty cool. But those high notes come with a price tag. That price tag is learning to get those notes without...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Apr 11, 2019 | Daily Routine, Embouchure, FluteTips, High Register, Practice, Support
We all want our third octave notes to be easier to play. But much of the time of those notes are difficult to get. You feel like you are blowing against a wall or there’s just a hiss that’s coming out or you are so tight that the tone barely squeaks out...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Jan 31, 2019 | Embouchure, FluteTips, High Register, Practice, Support
How do you like your 3rd octave? Does it have the tone quality and resonance of your other octaves? Often the 3rd octave is not the same as the first two octaves. It doesn’t sound as full and the tone is tight. It’s very hard to make this octave brilliant...
