The Flute Academy Lesson Index
Technique Workshop Lesson Index
Articulation patterns
Articulation Practice (April 2024) - Practicing articulation in isolation (not within a piece).
Aural skills
A Great Method for Improving Your Aural Skills (July 2023) - Working out intervals aurally.
How to Identify Intervals by Ear (January 2023) - Working out intervals aurally.
Breathing
Knowing Where to Breathe in a Piece (June 2023) -Technique of working out musical places to breathe in a piece.
Embouchure
Smooth Interval Jumps (June 2024) - Anticipating the embouchure change for jump in registers.
Why It's OK to Have an Offset Embouchure (May 2023) - Examples of offset embouchures of two world-class flute players!
Expression
Legato Phrasing for Musical Playing (August 2024) - Knowing where to breathe in the piece so that it doesn't disrupt the phrase musically.
Shaping notes and phrases (March 2024) - Exercise for quickly improving your ability to shape notes and phrases by learning to taper the ends of your notes.
Extended techniques
Circular Breathing (December 2022) - Learn how to circular breathe.
Quick Guide to Flute Ornamentation (December 2021) - Learn the difference between common types of ornaments.
Fast fingers
My efficient Finger Dexterity exercise (October 2023) - Go-to way to get back "in shape" after a couple of weeks with no flute practice.
Fingering
When NOT to Use Your Bb Thumb! (September 2023) - When to not use the Bb thumb key.
How to Write Flute Fingerings (April 2023) - Learn how to write down new flute fingerings as you learn them including trill fingerings.
High notes
Highest notes of the flute (February 2024) - You'll learn the high notes C, C# and D, plus the very high note F.
Piccolo
Intro to Piccolo (July 2024) - Things flute players don't know about when they first start playing piccolo
1. Alternative fingerings for 3rd octave on piccolo
2. Embouchure difference
3. Surprising amount of airstream you need for piccolo
Practice Technique
Warm-up routine (May 2024) - Structured warm-up routine.
How to record a duet with yourself (August 2023) - Step by step instructions on how to record a flute duet with yourself.
How to Make a Piece Reliable Under Pressure (March 2023) - Preventing slips when performing.
How to Prepare for a Concert (August 2022) - Behind the scenes look at how Jane prepares for a concert.
How to memorise your pieces (October 2021) - Learn the 3 main ways that make memorising pieces possible, and even easy!
Rhythm
How to keep a steady beat (February 2023) - 5 step process teaching students the foundations of having a good sense of rhythm.
Interactive Rhythm Exercise (September 2024) - Clapping rhythm exercise.
Scales
Melodic minor scales (January 2024) - Lifetime of Minor scales worksheet.
Harmonic minor scales (December 2023) - Lifetime of Minor scales worksheet.
Chromatic sandwich exercise (November 2023) - Exercise to increase your fluency at chromatic scales.
Understanding Key Signatures (November 2022) - Learn how to remember and understand key signatures.
How to Learn a Chromatic Scale (October 2022) - Learn how to play a chromatic scale.
How to easily memorise your scales (February 2022) - Learn your scales for memory.
How I practise scales (January 2022) - Taffanel and Gaubert's daily exercise number 4.
Tonguing
How to double tongue (November 2021) - Learn the 4 stages to getting your double tonguing coordinated and up to speed.
Vibrato
How to play with beautiful vibrato (May 2022) - Learn the 10 steps along the path to beautiful vibrato.
Repertoire Classes Lesson Index
Arrangements for flute
Baroque era composers
Romantic era composers
GODARD Allegretto from Suite of Three Pieces Op. 116, Mvmt. 1 (January 2024)
ELGAR Salut d'Amour op.12 (November 2023)
TCHAIKOVSKY Swan Theme from Swan Lake op. 20 (October 2023)
BALFE I Dreamt That I Dwelt in Marble Halls (September 2023)
GRIEG Morning Mood (August 2022)
MOUQUET La Flûte de Pan (1st movement) (May 2022)
