Balance while Playing Flute An abbreviated step-by-step guide to review.
Flute Care A maintenance-and-repair guide from Brad Hurley.
Tuning Up by Jennifer Cluff, adapted by me for Irish Flutes.
Sound-files of a Few Drones Please use drones, not visual crutches. Play them loud enough.
The Tuning CD A440 A Good Resource. Tune to the G drone.
Tone Improvement adapted from Book 1 by Trevor Wye:
Learning Tunes
You’ve learned your tune in the lesson. And/or you’ve listened to your tune. A lot. You’re familiar with it. No?
Actively listen to how it goes. Start with the timing and the pulse. Work out the rhythmic structure first. Clap along.
Listen to the phrases of the melody. Hear it in your mind's ear. Feel how it goes under your finger pads. Join the phrases.
Tools Once you know what you want to work on, choose one or more of these strategies to experiment with and see if it solves the problem.