Everything is a tone exercise! Always practice with the best tone you can produce. Practicing with anything less than your best tone only reinforces bad habits and makes it more difficult to produce a great tone when it really counts!
Monthly Archives: March 2011
Flute Overhaulin’
Wow! Just got my flute back after a long overdue overhaul and I cannot believe the difference! The sound is so resonant, the low notes come out without coaxing, and the runs really rip. It’s amazing! Finding good repair people can be really difficult, but I have had excellent luck sending mine to the USContinue reading “Flute Overhaulin’”
Flutes in Space
Hope everyone had a festive and safe St. Patrick’s Day! Here is another Flute Treat for you. In case you did not know, one of the astronauts on the International Space Station right now is also flute player and she has been posting videos of her playing different flutes in space. Imagine what it mustContinue reading “Flutes in Space”
Welcome to Practicing Flutist!
Hello! If you have visited the previous incarnation of this site, you may notice that I am changing the format. This will take a little time, but I hope that once it is done, I will be able to offer regularly updated current issues content as well as useful information about practicing the flute inContinue reading “Welcome to Practicing Flutist!”
what a pretty new flute
Well it came today! A beautiful, shiny, new flute from Burkhart that I get to try for the next week. It’s so exciting! It’s been a long time since I seriously thought about buying a new flute, but it is time for a change. There are so many flutes to choose from these days! ItContinue reading “what a pretty new flute”