How to Play Flute With Less Tension and More Ease
Physical tension in flute playing can accumulate in various areas of the body, often without awareness. This tension arises for many reasons, but fundamentally, it's the body’s response to challenging situations. When faced with difficulty, the subconscious may brace for failure or push the muscles to strive for success. It's crucial to recognize that tension is the body's attempt to assist. However, this can lead to tight grips in the fingers, hindering quick movement, or rigidity that affects proper breathing
How to Guarantee You’ll Make Progress in Your Flute Playing
Guaranteeing you'll make progress at your flute is hard, but if you follow these steps, you can make moves and continue to make gains in your playing.
San Diego Group Flute Classes
Group flute classes are a blast - join a San Diego group flute lesson today!
Moving My Flute Lesson Studio to San Diego
Moving my flute lesson studio to San Diego is one of the hardest things I’ve ever done, but I learned some lessons along the way.
Top 5 Best Flute Solos to Play When You’re Burnt Out
Feeng burnt out by your flute? Let’s play some pieces that will inspire you to pick your flute back up.
Practicing Flute Tone Mindfully
Practicing flute tone mindfully is the best way to improve! Read on to learn how.
Mindfulness in Your Flute Practice
Mindfulness is integral to building yourself into a competent, confident musician. Click to read more.
How to Maintain and Care for Your Flute: Tips from a San Diego Flute Teacher
San Diego flute teacher gives her best tips and tricks on caring for your flute so you can play your best and it last years to come.
3 Ways to Improve Your Flute Tone
Struggling with your flute tone? Here are 3 ways you can work to improve it, courtesy of a flute teacher with 20+ years of experience.
5 Essential Tips for Beginner Flutists
Flute is such an incredible instrument, so first of all, yay! You’ve chosen a fun instrument that can do a variety of things - classical, jazz, even rock and metal. The possibilities with flute are endless, but we do need to make it through the basics to get to the really fun stuff. So, I have five essential tips for you to fly your way through the basics and become an incredible flutist. Proper posture, breath control, finger placement, a great practice routine, and the ability to seek guidance are some of the most important things to keep in mind when beginning your flute journey on the right foot.
Playing Flute with Braces
Did you get praces for the first time? Let’s navigate playg with braces together.
Three Ways You Can Support Your Child While They Take Online Flute Lessons
There are a few key ways you can support your child while they take online flute lessons and they’re super important to their success…
Flute Tone for Dummies
Struggling with airy or bad flute tone? Read this to learn more about how to fix it!
Three Reasons Your Music Practice Routine Sucks
Is your practice routine ruining your musical growth? Are you struggling to get better? Click to read how to get better!
How Can I Salvage a Bad Flute Tone Day?
Having a bad tone day? Here are a few ways to fix it!
The Role of Flute Lessons in Music Education and School Bands
Not sure if your band student should be taking private lessons? Here’s why they definitely should!
Serenading Adulthood: Why Your 20s Are Ideal for Learning the Flute
Wondering if you should pick up the flute in your 20s? Here’s a compelling argument that it’s the BEST time to begin learning an instrument.
Flute Tone for Fuller Lips
Are you struggling with your flute tone as a person with fuller lips? Click here to learn a few ways you can correct your embouchure to better accommodate your body!
Flute Embouchure Secrets: Techniques for Beautiful Tone
Struggling to get the beautiful tone that you want to hear from your flute? Click to read more!
Mastering Scales: A Guide for Intermediate Flutists
Want to master your scales on the flute? Intermediate flutists, click here to read!
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