Practicing

PiccChic06 · Post by **PiccChic06** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 2:46 pm

How long does everyone practice a day? What do you do during
this time? Do you know any good exercise books? thanks

Flutey007Tooty · Post by **Flutey007Tooty** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 7:03 pm

I practice at least 1 hour because I have band in school.
After school I practice about 30 mins-1 hour. I have a question for you, some of
my keys on my brand new flute are sticking, what do u do to make them not?

Crazy · Post by **Crazy** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 7:18 pm

[quote] ---------------- On 3/7/2004 7:03:47 PM I practice
at least 1 hour because I have band in school. After school I practice about 30
mins-1 hour. I have a question for you, some of my keys on my brand new flute
are sticking, what do u do to make them not? ---------------- [/quote] try this
thread about cleaning your flute~basicly you need pad papers
http://www.fluteland.com/idealbb/view.a ... D8B78473EF}
and this thread about practicing
http://www.fluteland.com/idealbb/view.a ... AF32FE4F9D}

dancingflutist3000 · Post by **dancingflutist3000** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 9:23 pm

I have band at school everyday and that's for about 45
minutes. Technically I don't count school band as practicing. . . I try to get
at least 30 minutes of practicing a night (we are required to practice 140 min a
week) Unfortuanately I don't always get my practice in due to my school
workload which seems to be piling higher than usual. [:p] I don't work with
books really except Winning Rhythms (book full of rhytms) at school I usually
just play sheet music and scales and rhythms. I used to play out of the Accent
on Achievement books but have now supassed their most difficult book.

johnbegud · Post by **johnbegud** » Mon Mar 08, 2004 1:38 am

at the start of each practice, how long does it take before
you could get to the right embouchure? it still takes me a couple of minutes.
i'm just thinking, if i'm gonna play/accompany a tune, it's already half-way
through, while i'm still finding my embouchure

vic

Kristin · Post by **Kristin** » Mon Mar 08, 2004 1:18 pm

I practice anywhere from 15 minutes to 3 or 4 hours a day.
It just depends on how busy I am and how I'm feeling. During this time I
usually work out of my lesson book (I use Rubank because my teacher does [;)]
I'm currently just starting Advanced Vol. 2) first, to work on my scales and
warm myself up. Then I do some etudes out of it, then generally work on my
double and triple tounging. Then I work out of my solo books and practice my
flute choir and youth band music.

dancingflutist3000 · Post by **dancingflutist3000** » Mon Mar 08, 2004 5:51 pm

[quote] ---------------- On 3/8/2004 1:38:19 AM at the start
of each practice, how long does it take before you could get to the right
embouchure? it still takes me a couple of minutes. i'm just thinking, if i'm
gonna play/accompany a tune, it's already half-way through, while i'm still
finding my embouchure

vic ---------------- [/quote] I don't usually have
problems finding my embouchure but I have noticed that if I'm wearing lip gloss
or lipstick, I have to take it off because it affects my embouchure and
playing!

embum79 · Post by **embum79** » Mon Mar 08, 2004 7:16 pm

Yes, it can take several minutes.. or longer.. to get the
right embouchure. That's why it's a good idea to do warm-ups such as long
tones every day.