We musicians are so often in the clouds! I mean literally in the clouds, flying to rehearsal, concerts, masterclasses and back home. We need to get cheap flight tickets last minute all the time. This might be the case when we go home for Christmas as well and play some near home concerts to spend…
Many musicians seemed to be born to be on stage or in front of a camera. They give their best and enjoy the moment with great confidence. On the other hand, however the majority of musicians have to deal with stage fright at a certain point of their carrier. And the good news is: Musicians…
Food for flutists and a flat stomach 4 things to avoid So what are the foods to avoid for a flat stomach, and also as a flutist? Having a flat stomach and eating well to play the flute at the best of your skills are actually quite similar in method to achieve it. Especially in…
A short excursion on curved heads There are different opinions on curved heads – I have changed mine lately My opinion was that you should wait until you reach the straight head joint and only then start to play the flute. This would assure that you start with the right angles of your…
Following the 2 ways to create a music group here come the very fundamental and not to ever forget imperative 3 Rules about playing together in a music group. When you come together and play music there are 3 Rules about playing together in a music group kind of unwritten but binding Rule number…
Following the breathing check-up on diaphragmatic breathing we will now dive deeper into the flute vibrato technique. This is an article on how to produce a good vibrato on the flute. It is the follow up on the introduction you can read —–> here. Preliminary exercises You can start with a note bending…
The following 3 pro practicing tips playing piccolo – learn play piccolo the professional way address fundamental problems mentioned in my previous article and have to be played without vibrato, or at least with only a small one. 3 pro practicing tips playing piccolo 1. Musical Cromatic Scale throughout the range of the piccolo …
How to tune a piccolo for playing in a symphony orchestra is a question every piccoloist should wish to answer. Playing in tune is a fundamental quality of any musician. Even more so of a piccolo player because the sound of the octave-flute will be heard over the entire orchestra. Producing sounds one octave higher…
When I started playing the flute I loved when my teacher (my mother) played Duets with me. Moreover, she has shown me ways to create a music group I wish to share with you today. Playing together however taught me so much more than I would have learned had she just explained it to me….
Coffee and stress Adrenalin pumping, hawk eyes on the conductor, eagle eyes on the sheet music, neurons squeezing out memory from rehearsal, empty stomach, no sleep and lots of caffeine. Coffee and stress is what broad us physically up that stage and so this is usually the physical situation of a concert. Some times we…