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Tips of great flute playing from an experienced flute player Pratanu Banerjee

Indeed, it’s that time again…back to class! While a number of us (counting myself) relate the start of another school year with being denied of our valuable “remaining up late and getting up REALLY late” calendar, back to class is an extraordinary time to reconnect with old companions, make new companions, and set new objectives for the year, particularly for woodwind, including getting back on a…

Review of artist Emily Skala by flute teacher pratanu banerjee

Emily Skala has been the Principal Flutist of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra since 1988 and a faculty member of the Peabody Institute since 1989. Recent years have provided substantial opportunity for international travel to Brazil, the United Kingdom, France and Germany, to perform on tour and at music festivals worldwide: Southbank Centre’s “The Rest Is Noise” Festival (UK), Campos do Jordao…

Technique tapping fretboard in acoustic guitar

As far back as Edward Van Halen took everybody’s breath away in 1978 with his fretboard tapping visit de constrain, “Ejection,” guitarists have hoped to ace and clarify upon this trailblazing procedure.

  Tapping enables guitarists to play at stunning rates and perform melodic expressions that would somehow or another be outlandish. This month, I’d jump at the chance to develop the fundamental…