by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Dec 7, 2017 | FluteTips, Practice, Tonguing
Here’s a tip is on how tonguing in your low register can benefit your high register. If you do a lot of exercises, tonguing, slowly and carefully in your low register, you’ll be amazed at how much that can help your high register. Everything above it benefits...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Dec 5, 2017 | Daily Routine, Embouchure, Practice
Are you busy? Really, that is a silly question because who is not busy. Schedules today, both our own and our kids are so full that having copious amounts of practice time is an ideal thing of the past. Today it’s about how to get the most out of the little bit of...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Nov 14, 2017 | Daily Routine, Etudes, Practice, Technique, Tone
On a scale from 1-10 with 10 being the best, how would rate your practice time? Do you feel you get a lot accomplished with real quality time? Maybe? Maybe you are thinking “I wonder if my practice time is a 3?” Anyone right there? I believe you are not...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Nov 7, 2017 | Daily Routine, Practice
Are you a two-timer? My professor at Eastman told me about her time at college and how her teacher once called her two-timing Bonnie. That means you begin a piece then stop because you made a mistake. Then you begin again and finish flawlessly. I heard Trevor Wye...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Nov 2, 2017 | Etudes, FluteTips, Practice
Are you practicing your etudes? Do you do them diligently every day and treat them as if they are solos? If not, you’re missing out. Etudes are an amazing way to build technique, to build stamina, to build concentration. Being able to play an etude perfectly...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Oct 31, 2017 | Daily Routine, Etudes, Practice, Technique
Slow gets you fast faster. Say it again. Slow gets you fast faster. That will cure every technical ill you have. Do it! I’m doing it too! Doctor Flute
