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 | May 20, 2021 | Breathing, FluteTips, Practice, Support, Tone, Vibrato
Do you feel like you control you air? Are you in total control of how it comes out of your embouchure and hits the strike edge? A controlled airstream is something that allows you to weave a story. It allows you to have mystery and dynamic resonance. It allows you to...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Apr 29, 2021 | Breathing, Double Tongue, FluteTips, Practice, Support
Double tonguing can be the best thing to happen to your technique, or it can be the hindrance that keeps you from succeeding. It seems like an easy thing to do, but when done incorrectly, the fingers and tongue do not sync together. One of the ways to clean up your...
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 | Mar 11, 2021 | FluteTips, Practice, Support, Vibrato
Vibrato is something that all flute players use in their flute tone. But too many have one vibrato and use it for every piece they play. In reality, vibrato is a tool to be used to create color for each piece you play. Vibrato speed is one way to create different...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Feb 11, 2021 | FluteTips, Practice, Support, Vibrato
How is your vibrato? Do you have vibrato, or do you think only some people can have vibrato? Vibrato is one of those tricky things that we think is going to be extremely hard to learn. But with a little persistence and a couple little tips here and there, you too can...
