An enthusiastic flutist

The GIF depicts my enthusiasm for playing Le Tambour - also, you know, drums - ba-dum-tssss... 

Although I had originally stated that I would be learning Bolling’s Suite, I am currently in love with the Scherzo from A Midsummer night’s dream, so I spend most of my time rehearsing it. It’s really fun! Also, I wish I had bigger lungs or you know, breathed better. While that’s a usual struggle for us flutists, I do have to restart those breathing exercises. 

I would have liked to know that most people wouldn’t know how to call my instrument, which still happens. Personally, I encountered this problem when naming this blog xD 

So the other day I watched this video from Tatiana at The Flute Practice and learned some great exercises to improve my tone. I hope they can be of use to you too! ✨

It’s funny, I knew about this piece ages ago, then I forgot about it, then I heard a bit of it on one of Katie’s videos (katieflute) yesterday, and since then, I’ve been playing it in my mind all day long. I started practicing it with a free sheet from flutetunes.com - double tonguing is hard! 

Today, flute maestro Robert Dick posted a video with an interesting advice on how to learn music: while you do have to learn the technical aspects of the piece, you should also take a step back and ask yourself what you want people to feel when you play the piece, and practice following those ideas. I’ll start doing that tomorrow when I practice! 

My current goal is to be able to play this suite 🌟

How to get back into flute after a hiatus by Jennifer Cluff contains more technical advice on the kind of exercises and routine one could follow. In my opinion, the key message from her post is that “Good practice skills rely on hearing your flute playing”.