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Do Not Clean Your Flute Pads with a Dollar Bill

Do NOT Clean Your Flute Pads With a Dollar Bill

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  I have heard so many interesting flute maintenance over the years, but this one keeps recurring. I think it’s high-time I help the world put a stop to spreading this “poor” flute cleaning information. Do NOT clean your flute pads with a dollar bill! Band teachers in certain areas seem to think that a dirty old dollar bill is the best thing to clean a sticky pad with. Um.  Does this seem strange to […]

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Are You Using the 3 Ps of Practice

Are You Using The 3 P’s of Practice?

Practicing, Practicing the Flute / By

The 3 P’s to improving your flute practice session: We all wish we could push a magic button (insert sparkly music here) and suddenly know how to play the flute music we desire perfectly. Well, we wish it happened this way, but I’m here today to tell you that it CAN happen more quickly than you think by following my 3 P’s of practicing. It’s totally impossible to go somewhere if you don’t get on

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Flute Cloth

Flute Cloths The Winner Is

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Flute cloths And the winner is…. This is just a total “teaser” to this article about “The Grossest Flute Cleaning Cloth I Have EVER Seen”. Here’s the story: I have a new flute student I’ve been working with for a few weeks, and I’ve been talking to her about the condition of her flute and how to get it (and keep it) in great playing shape.  As many people find out after it’s too late,

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Breathing Secrets for Flutists Part 2

Breathing Secrets for Flutists Part 2

Technique / By

Let’s add to that great posture we already talked about in a previous article here on breathing secrets for flutists (this is part 2). Effective breathing I know it seems funny to have to even talk about how to breathe, but you’d be surprised at how many people breathe funny when they are trying to learn an instrument.   Learning to use our airstream in a super effective way is: 1. One of the easiest ways

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How to Find or Buy a Good Flute (1)

How To Find or Buy a Flute

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How to find or buy a flute is a great question for those beginning or even in the middle of their musical flute lessons journey. I am thrilled to be able to help you in your musical endeavor this week!   Since many sign up with me for lessons before they have a flute, I will give you a quick, non-confusing but thorough overview about finding a flute that will be a good choice for you

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How to Properly Take Your Flute Apart

How To Properly Take A Flute Apart

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When taking flute lessons from a really knowledgeable flute teacher, you should be taught how to properly take a flute apart first thing.  But, I know that sometimes the little details can be overlooked, and ultimately cost your flute’s life to end early. Sound dramatic? It is. In all seriousness this is one of THE most common mistakes I see flute students of all sizes, ages, and shapes make when disassembling their flutes. [headline style=”16″

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How to Get Better Embouchure on the Flute

How to Get Better Embouchure on the Flute

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The question of how to get a better embouchure on the flute is a good one especially for those who are really striving to learn to play the flute well.  I’ll give you some of the best information for great flute playing here in this article.   First, let’s explore the parts of the embouchure.  Basically, this includes the area of the face under the eyes all the way down to the chin and from

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