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Over the past few weeks I have been busy planning, testing, connecting, building (and rebuilding!) to create a new and effective learning platform. I’m excited to introduce… Online Flute Lessons by The Flute Coach. Private flute lessons delivered by either Skype or Zoom by our resident tutor, Moniqu...

I'm loving that the online age has given us so many opportunities to learn flute. For some folks learning online can be the only option due to work/family commitments, remote living locations, a lack of local teachers as well as the cost of private lessons. There's lots of fantastic flute courses an...

Despite our best intentions, traditional goal setting is unfortunately terribly unsuccessful for most of us!! In my final article for 2018, I want to encourage you to success over the coming year with an alternative approach to achieving not only your dreams for your flute playing, but in all areas ...

The extremes of the flute range can be particularly challenging. Low notes often sound fuzzy (or not at all!) and high notes can sound like nails on a chalkboard. If you're having trouble maintaining consistently beautiful tone over the entire range of the flute without considerable effort, then may...

Excellent point about backing up digital files. I can imagine the utter devastation to find your 100% 'safe' files suddenly gone. I'm absolutely guilty of not backing up!!!!

Vibrato is one of those techniques that we're all expected to be able to master as we advance in our playing. For some it seems to come naturally and only slightly refined, for others it needs intentional training. (I found it tricky myself). Here's a short article that explains what vibrato is, som...

Hey guys, I know that heaps of conversations on FB flute groups and forums have been on the topic of how to organise your sheet music. It seems like so many players are drowning in a way to easily catalogue, safely store and then re-find the music that they want, quickly...There's lots of great sugg...

Hi there, The embouchure really is a tricky one - but you are recognising what's NOT working so that's a good thing! I'm not sure if you have the budget for online lessons. These are generally way more affordable, you can rewatch them over and over and you can take them whenever it's convenient. Whi...

Life is busy, right?! So like me, I'm sure you want to get the MOST out of your practice time. But there are lots of subtle bad habits that can develop over time that can undermine our practice effectiveness. I've listed 13 ways to help maximise that time, and avoid bad habits before they start! Get...

There's so much we can learn from watching and listening to flute players and flute music of wide ranging genres. Following my original post I thought I"d collect some of my favourite flute players in the article below. I must admit, I've gotten lost in Youtube for a few hours discovering some of th...

Learning flute as an adult I've found is completely different to learning as a school-aged kid. It can be easy to fall into the trap of thinking "I've left it too late" But there's actually some awesome skills and maturity we bring to the table that we've honed over our lives that help us to acceler...

Hi folks, I've noticed that the existing FB groups for flute players are full of amazingly talented people. BUT... for the humble adult learner, a lot of the discussion can go waaay over your head. So to fill this gap I've created a new FB group - specifically for the adult beginner (or relearner). ...

Hi everyone! The start of a new year brings an atmosphere of excitement and anticipation for all that we hope to achieve in our flute playing. New Years Resolutions are made by most of us, but over 90% of us never reach them... Why?? Three main reasons (lack of planning, lack of accountability and a...

Assembling your flute is quick and easy, however accidentley damaging the delicate keys when doing this can ALSO be quick and easy to do

Avoid the hassle and expensive of fixing bent keys with this super quick tutorial!

https://youtu.be/UFJDptZNblc

Using dynamics or volume is another way composers animate their pieces of music. Playing softly and playing loudly - how hard can it be, right?! Well as flutists we can make some easy mistakes when attempting to playing dynamics that means clear and focused flute tone AND our intonation can suffer. ...