A discussion between flute players:
“Two questions right off the bat for you:
A) How can I build up my lung capacity? I can’t ever seem to make it through just one phrase without taking a breath in a too obvious spot!
B) I am still have problems with that buzzing sound in the high range. Is that [...]
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Embouchure & Lung Capacity
Posted in Early Entries, Embouchure, Practice on February 2, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Embouchure/Tone Experiments
Posted in Early Entries, Embouchure, Practice on December 24, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Lately I’ve been experimenting with changing my tone. While I’ve developed a nice, full sound, I’ve noticed it lacked a certain “edge”: a sharpness of attack, or a “reediness” that I really enjoy when listening to other players. So I started to fiddle around with things like headjoint orientation, tongue placement, throat shape, etc.
A while [...]
Embouchure in the Flute’s Second Register
Posted in Embouchure, Practice on July 20, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
MET up with a friend this evening after dinner and after traipsing around southern new jersey for a few hours visiting book dealers, wound up sitting around, having a few tunes.
While we were there, she pulled out a tune called “Sky City”(G. Marwick) from an Old Blind Dogs CD entitled Fit. Johnny Hardy plays this [...]
Relaxing Into the Tune
Posted in Early Entries, Embouchure, Practice, Technique on June 19, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
My friend Heidi and I stopped by the Commodore Barry Club for some tunes Friday night, as usually is there. Great group of folks turned up and the craic was da bomb! Great time, great friends and some great playing. Heard a friend sing for the first time and was completely blown away.
At certain point [...]
