by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Oct 26, 2017 | FluteTips, Octave Slurs, Practice
When you practice octave slurs, you need to think about the tone you’re getting when you go up the octave. Are you actually blowing harder, or are you using your airstream and raising the airstream in order to get that upper octave? If you struggle to get the...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Oct 24, 2017 | Daily Routine, Low Register, Practice, Support, Technique, Tone, Tonguing
Who has difficulty tonguing short articulations in the low register? Do you? Or you? Tonguing in the low register is a bear. It takes a lot of work to get that low register working at optimal levels, especially if it’s short articulations. Hello Cantabile et...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Oct 17, 2017 | Practice, Repertoire
Are you looking for a new piece to perform? Look no further, I have the piece for you: Bruce Stark, American Suite for flute and piano I truly don’t know why this piece hasn’t gotten more air time. This fine piece is not for the amateur. Both the flute...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Oct 12, 2017 | FluteTips, Practice
Does your mind wander while you play long tones? Long tones are an essential part of your practice time. And I hope that you’re doing these as part of your practice time. But what you have to make sure you do is concentrate on what you’re doing. Because they’re LONG...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Oct 10, 2017 | Practice
Hey, are you practicing yet? The day is wastin’ away and it’s high time to get going. You might say “well, why are you on the blog writing and not practicing?” You might be right about that! I’ve had my excuses such as: My daughter has...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Sep 19, 2017 | Daily Routine, Practice, Technique, Tone, Vibrato
The proverbial stage is now set. Vibrato can begin. Frankly, when I teach vibrato for the first time, I give a demonstration of what vibrato sounds like in tone and then tell the student to go home and see if they can figure it out. I would say that more then 50% of...
