Believe it or not, I am not the only musician who believes that practicing with drone pitches is a great way to develop good intonation skills. Professional saxophonist and Alexander Technique teacher Bill Plake does, too. If you’ve read more than a couple of posts on Practicing Flutist, my views on why you should practiceContinue reading “More on Improving Intonation With Drone Practice”
Monthly Archives: November 2016
Intonation Practice Exercise with a Drone 1
If you’ve never done intonation exercises with a drone, here is a good way to get started. First you need a drone generator. This is any device that will play and hold a steady pitch, the drone. Many tuners and tuner apps will sound pitches, electric pianos will sound a pitch as long as aContinue reading “Intonation Practice Exercise with a Drone 1”
Intonation Naivete; Be Kind to Your Listener’s Ears
When I was young and naïve, I liked to program unaccompanied pieces, because I thought that I didn’t have to pay as much attention to intonation. If there was no other instrument to compare my pitch to, nobody would notice if I was a little (or a lot!!) flat on the low notes orContinue reading “Intonation Naivete; Be Kind to Your Listener’s Ears”