Flute Studio Must-Haves
- Flute, kept in good working order (once a year clean, oil & adjustment maintenance recommended)
- A 3-ring binder: for supplemental handouts, articles
- All etude, scale exercises, tone exercises, and solos which are being learned
- Pencil & Extra paper
- Metronome & Tuner
Practice Expectations
Practice every day, even if you only have 30 minutes. Do at least 45-60 minutes on the other days (except lesson days)… Remember to fill out your practice chart. I will provide you with a sample one. Please create your own on the computer and put it into your binder. Also, have your assignment sheets handy in your lessons so that we can write down what we've worked on…
If you have 60 minutes: Practice Recommendation
| 20 minutes | Tone Focus: Long tones, short & simple melodic songs, octave jumpsSpend time really listening & adjusting |
| 20 minutes | Scales: Majors, Minors, Chromatic, ArpeggiosWork toward speed & evennessWork on memory |
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20 minutes |
Etudes & Solo: Etudes aid in finger dexterity & they put into practice all of those scales you just practiced! Isolate the problem areas and then play the piece in it's entirety… |
If you only have 30 or 40 minutes on a particular day: Practice Recommendation
| 10-15 minutes | Tone Focus: Long tones, short & simple melodic songs, octave jumpsSpend time really listening & adjusting |
| 10-15 minutes | Scales: Majors, Minors, Chromatic, ArpeggiosTaffanel & Gaubert #4Work toward speed & evennessWork on memory |
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10-15 minutes |
Etudes & Solo: Etudes aid in finger dexterity & they put into practice all of those scales you just practiced! Isolate the problem areas and then play the piece in it's entirety… |
Doing the basics is where the learning and growing takes place. It will be more beneficial in the long run to stay on top of these over playing your solo over and over in a short amount of time. Younger students 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th grades… divide your time up so that you don't tire as easily, but build up your endurance, the goal being able to play longer and longer at one sitting.