Welcome to the January 29, 2016 edition of Flute Friday. Let’s talk etude books. “Let’s not,” says the Ghost of Flute Lessons Past. Etude books often get a bad rap because they force us to confront our technical and musical weaknesses head on without the niceties of standard repertoire. For myself and countless others, etudes…

Welcome to this week’s edition of Flute Friday! I often wonder what I would say to a younger version of myself if I could go back in time. What advice would I give? What would I want to change? What would I want to stay the same? Looking back at my development as a musician,…

Greetings and welcome to another edition of Flute Friday! I am fascinated by the world of iPhone apps. How amazing is it that we have so many programs quite literally at the tip of our fingers? I spent my week this week reviewing various free apps targeted primarily at classical musicians and must say that I…

Welcome to another edition of Flute Friday! One of my New Year’s Resolutions for 2016 is to begin saving for a new instrument, a long overdue goal considering the body of my flute is now over 10 years old (a new headjoint in 2014 put some sparkle back into my sound but the older mechanism still limits my…

Welcome to the New Year’s Day edition of Flute Friday. Happy 2016 Everyone! Last year at this time I wrote a blog about setting New Year’s Playing Resolutions that was very helpful not only for myself and my own flute playing goals but also for many of my readers. See https://racheltaylorgeier.org/2015/01/14/new-years-flute-playing-resolutions/ . Over the course…