The 45 Day Flute Transformation
Faster progress through proper technique
Transform your flute playing in 45 days, without the overwhelm!
What will you learn?
Every day, in a 5-10 minute video with Jane, you will learn a new precise technique and an easy-to-follow exercise.
Each lesson is designed to teach you the new skill in a way that is focused on you genuinely feeling how much (and how quickly) it improves your playing.
Module 1: Embouchure
(Days 1-3)
By the end of this first module, you'll be well on your way to improving your tone quality. You'll have the understanding of correct embouchure placement and you'll be able to hear a difference in your sound immediately.
Highlights include:
The Golden Rule
On the very first day, I teach you the mindset that all excellent flute players have used to achieve their playing goals.
Embouchure technique
On Days 2 and 3 you learn the exact 13 tiny steps to take to improve your embouchure (which means improving your tone!)
Module 2: High Notes
(Days 4-8)
During this module you'll learn how to apply the real way of playing high notes to the entire range of the flute, making high notes not only easier, but sound a lot sweeter!
The technique you learn here will benefit you for (literally) the rest of your flute-playing life.
Highlights include:
High note control
On Days 4-6, you'll be learning the exact exercises that teach your embouchure the correct "high note habit" that shifts your playing up to a more advanced level.
Higher and Higher notes
On Day 7, we start applying your new high note ability to higher and higher notes. You'll feel what it's like to make genuine progress with your high notes.
Module 3: Stability
(Days 9-16)
By the end of this module you will have learnt how to take advantage of the flute's natural stability. The benefits of doing this are: Faster fingers, reduced (or zero) hand or arm pain, fuller breathing, and stronger tone.
Highlights include:
The fastest way to eliminate tension
Day 10 shows you the most effective way to eliminate tension in your shoulders and arms when you play. (This affects, not only your comfort level, but the speed of your fingers!)
Posture with advantage!
On Day 13, you start to learn an often overlooked, yet critical approach to flute posture. You'll learn how to hold the flute in a particular way which gives you a "tone and technique" advantage.
Module 4: Tone
(Days 17-23)
By the end of this module, you will be an expert at The Magic Tone Exercise. The technique that you learn in this exercise is exactly what the pros use to get (and keep!) their strong, vibrant tone.
Highlights include:
The path to a resonant sound
During this series of 7 lessons, over 7 days, I teach you The Magic Tone exercise. You'll learn the exact steps to take to get yourself a strong, resonant tone on the flute.
The "Illusion of Forte"
You'll learn how the best flute players actually give the illusion of playing loudly. When you learn this technique, you'll notice you actually need less air to play with a strong sound, not more!
Module 5: Tension and Pain
(Days 24-27)
You'll learn how removing tension from specific parts of your body has a rather incredible effect on your playing. This module is a 4 day process that shows you how to:
- Decrease (or eliminate) PAIN when you play.
- Free up your BREATHING.
- Improve your TONE even further.
- Speed of your FINGERS.
Highlights include:
Troubleshooting pain
To start with, we work out why you have discomfort when you play, where it's coming from and how to fix it. An extremely valuable lesson!
The fundamentals of faster fingers
On Day 27 you'll learn the amazing exercise that is specifically designed to remove tension from your arms, remove pain from your neck (and as a side-effect, will speed up your fingers!)
Module 6: Breathing
(Days 28-31)
By the end of this module, you will very likely feel like your lungs have doubled in size. In actual fact, you will have learnt how to use your air efficiently. You will be playing longer phrases than you ever have, and might not recognise your own playing!
Highlights include:
Instantly "bigger" lungs
To start, on Day 28, you learn the 3 fundamental breathing concepts that give pro flute players the ability to play very long phrases.
Proper flute breathing
On Day 31, you'll learn the exercise that shows you first-hand how to breathe in the most effective way for flute playing.
Module 7: Faster Fingers
(Days 32-36)
In this module, I'm going to teach you the simple 4 day process of speeding up your fingers. Day by day, you will learn the cause of slow or clunky fingers, and of course the exact steps you take to fix them.
By the end of this module, your fingers will feel lighter, more fluid, and quicker.
Highlights include:
Telltale signs of hand tension
Day 32 teaches you how to identify the 3 signs of hand tension that is stopping your fingers from working at top speed!
4 steps to faster fingers
On Day 33, you'll learn a pro practice technique that will change the way you practice forever - because it is just so effective at speeding up your fingers!
Module 8: Tonguing
(Days 37-42)
By the end of this module, you'll understand the finer points of correct tonguing position and mechanism. You'll learn how to implement it into your playing, and you'll be able to feel (and hear!) your tonguing become much clearer, more precise, and a lot quicker.
Highlights include:
Tongue troubleshooting guide
This is one of my favourite lessons. You'll see a demonstration of 7 types of incorrect tonguing, how to diagnose your own tonguing issues, and the steps to take to fix them!
Crystal clear tonguing
On Day 40 and 41, you will learn the counter-intuitive exercise that instantly makes your tonguing clearer. This is a fun (and satisfying!) exercise because it clarifies your tonguing surprisingly quickly.
Module 9: Expression
(Days 43-45)
In this final module, you will learn how good technique is the tool that allows musicians to express themselves through their playing.
You'll have the opportunity to add in vibrato to your playing, and it's time to celebrate joining the club of good musicians that have the ability to express themselves musically because of their fundamentally good technique!
Highlights include:
Vibrato and expression
On Day 43, you'll learn how to genuinely express yourself in your playing, and start to feel the beauty of how your new technique allows for free musical expression.
How far you've come!
On the final day of the academy, we get to compare yourself to Day 1. You will be surprised at what you can now do that might have seemed impossible, just 45 days ago!
> Progress Points
After every module, we review your progress! I show you how to work out how much you're progressing and how to actually take note of improvements that you might have missed.
Example Progress Point
For each Progress Point, you get to come with me on a little outing to some of my favourite places in Sydney.
Example Progress Point
At each (fantastic!) location, we review your progress of the module you've just completed.
> Optional advanced lessons
The Transformation also includes 14 advanced lessons. If you are a more advanced player, you can complete these "extension" lessons and exercises which will see you achieve even more with your playing.
Highlights include:
The holy grail of embouchure flexibility
In the Day 30 advanced lesson, you'll see (and experience) how embouchure flexibility allows more advanced players to have total control and freedom over their playing.
The subtle "zone"
In the Day 36 advanced lesson, you will learn about the strange subtle feeling in your hands that is the key to speeding up your fingers beyond what they’ve ever been able to do before.
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What makes The 45 Day Flute Transformation so effective?
Real people. Real results.
When you complete The 45 Day Flute Transformation, you're joining hundreds of flute players around the world who have transformed their flute playing.
