Hey all you Practicing Flutists! Hope you are practicing well! Just wanted to let you all know that the Practicing Flutist site will be going through a thorough revamping and upgrade. There will be more posting, more practicing, more of everything flute, so hope you are on board with that! For more Practicing Fllutist goodness,Continue reading “Practicing Flutist is Getting an Upgrade!”
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Improving Your Sense of Intonation
The other day I was thinking about the advantages of improving your sense of intonation, the ability to hear and respond to pitch fluctuations, and it occurred to me that there were also some disadvantages (yes, I said disadvantages) that go along with it. Here is my list of 5 advantages followed by my listContinue reading “Advantages and Disadvantages of Improving Your Sense of Intonation”
Perfection or Progress, Which Should We Strive For?
Musicians spend endless hours practicing, but what are we practicing for? In the constant drive to be better, faster, more musical, more in tune, more accurate, more correct, is perfection or progress what we should be striving for? Of course I believe in rigorous technique practice. I do the usual scales, arpeggios, and all mannerContinue reading “Perfection or Progress, Which Should We Strive For?”
A Pitch Tendency Chart for You to Use
For everyone to whom I have preached about charting your pitch tendencies, use this link to get a downloadable pitch tendency chart for you to use or design your own around. Now you have no excuse for not creating your own pitch tendency chart! Remember to always use your best tone! Make sure the noteContinue reading “A Pitch Tendency Chart for You to Use”
Practicing Scales on Autopilot?
Are you practicing scales on autopilot? Perhaps you turn on the metronome and then tear through them as fast as you can to get them over with for the day. There’s nothing interesting about practicing scales after all, is there? If this is what you think, you are short-changing yourself. Practicing scales or anything elseContinue reading “Practicing Scales on Autopilot?”
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”
Intonation in Action Exercise
In my mission to help people improve their intonation, I’ve had to come up with exercises that people can do in their own practice. Once I’ve convinced players that notes need to be adjusted according to their context in the music, regardless of what any tuner’s meter says, it helps to have exercises to backContinue reading “Intonation in Action Exercise”
Intonation in Action Coming Up!
It has been forever since my last post, but I have been productive in the meantime and more will be appearing here. I’m conducting two flute choirs now and the orchestra I play in has started up again, so I’ve been trying to balance all that while not overextending myself TOO much. So, the FloridaContinue reading “Intonation in Action Coming Up!”
Intonation in Action at the Florida Flute Fair 2014
Yay! My proposal to present at the 2014 Florida Flute Fair has been accepted so I will be presenting a workshop on Intonation in Action. I will also conducting my flute choir, the Tampa Bay Flute Choir, at this year’s event, so I will be busy in January! The workshop will involve audience members inContinue reading “Intonation in Action at the Florida Flute Fair 2014”
More about Difference Tones and the Flute, and about Wil Offermans at NFA
I was doing some research on difference tones, looking for more ways to use them in the flute choir and in my intonation studies, and Googled “difference tone duets.” I got one(!) exact result which led me to this webpage, www.forthecontemporaryflutist.com/etude/etude-03.html. It is from a website by one of my favorite flutists and teachers, WilContinue reading “More about Difference Tones and the Flute, and about Wil Offermans at NFA”
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