Hi all,
I have embedded a viewer here for videos in the LeGrand Virtual Studio Library. Please let me know how you like it!
Thanks,
Catherine
Showing posts with label flute video. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flute video. Show all posts
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
"Airplanes" and "Chopsticks"
Hello,
Today am publishing new videos to the LeGrand Virtual Studio.
In the video I demonstrate the exercise, along with some buzzing and it's results, in short Practice "Bytes." Todays nibbles include:
* Texas High School All-State Band Flute Etudes:
* Honegger’s Dance de la Chèvre (North Carolina High School All-District Piece)
For those of you who can't wait to download the files to watch them, here is the excerpt I am posting on the public blog.
More Practice "Bytes" will be posted in the near future. Send me requests for spots in your repertoire to chew on!
Bon appetit!
Catherine
Today am publishing new videos to the LeGrand Virtual Studio.
"Airplanes Exercise"(in Category C)I use the "Chopstick Exercise" as a "prelude" to teaching buzzing, especially for advanced flutists who are beginner buzzers.
My version of Keith Underwood's "Chopstick Exercise" which helps flutists learn to better organize their embouchures by playing with a chopstick in their mouths. Very weird exercise, with wonderful results! (in Categories B and C)
Practice "Bytes": short examples of using chopsticks and buzzing to improve embouchure function, tone , and breathing in musical excerpts. (under Advanced Lessons)
In the video I demonstrate the exercise, along with some buzzing and it's results, in short Practice "Bytes." Todays nibbles include:
* Texas High School All-State Band Flute Etudes:
Joachim Andersen, Op. 21 #10
Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Op. 107, #17
Theobald Boehm, Op. 26, #6
* Honegger’s Dance de la Chèvre (North Carolina High School All-District Piece)
For those of you who can't wait to download the files to watch them, here is the excerpt I am posting on the public blog.
More Practice "Bytes" will be posted in the near future. Send me requests for spots in your repertoire to chew on!
Bon appetit!
Catherine
Monday, September 24, 2007
Galway Technique--Hand Position
Galway Technique--Hand Position
This is a video by Sir James Galway on hand position and finger technique. He emphasizes:
Have a look!
Catherine
This is a video by Sir James Galway on hand position and finger technique. He emphasizes:
gentle, efficient finger movementin developing a good finger technique.
and
the value of legato and good tone production
Have a look!
Catherine
Sunday, September 23, 2007
About Flutorials™
Hello,
Some of you have asked for more information about the Flutorials portion of the LeGrand Virtual Studio.
These recent video series are in addition to the other video lessons (currently c. 20) on various aspects of fluteplaying
There are currently 2 Flutorials™ series:
Teachers and advanced students might also benefit from watching these videos and remembering how to simplify a song into basic elements. And...you are not likely to hear me play "Hot Cross Buns" anywhere else!
In early Fall I will post the first videos in a new Flutorials™ series for advanced students, and additional lessons in the other 2 series.
Please let me know what other materials and topics would be helpful you would like to find in the Virtual Studio.
Best,
Catherine
Some of you have asked for more information about the Flutorials portion of the LeGrand Virtual Studio.
These recent video series are in addition to the other video lessons (currently c. 20) on various aspects of fluteplaying
There are currently 2 Flutorials™ series:
"From the Start"Podcast lessons benefit students by allowing them to repeat each element or part of the video until they have mastered each skill.
Step-by-step videos for teaching beginning flutists
"Progressive Lessons for Novice Flutists"
video lessons to supplement what the beginner flutist is learning in their flute lessons or band class. They assume the student already knows how to make a sound on the flute, how to assemble the flute, and how to and finger the notes B, A, and G before watching these video lessons. These short lessons simplify songs into easy to learn elements, then combine the elements to form the entire song.
Teachers and advanced students might also benefit from watching these videos and remembering how to simplify a song into basic elements. And...you are not likely to hear me play "Hot Cross Buns" anywhere else!
In early Fall I will post the first videos in a new Flutorials™ series for advanced students, and additional lessons in the other 2 series.
Please let me know what other materials and topics would be helpful you would like to find in the Virtual Studio.
Best,
Catherine
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Picking up Speed
Hello,
One of the recurring themes in lessons this week is ways to increase tempo in difficult passages.
First things first: check your body balance and hand position. Often, adjusting these things can be a miracle cure for the problem. Even if it does not solve the difficulty, at least you will not be practicing more problems!
In my own practice, I use a variety of exercises, juxtaposing and combining them.
In music (as in life), it is good to have a lot of different ways to work on a problem.
Here are some of my tried and true approaches:
SLOW practice should not require explanation, but we all need to be reminded to do it!
"Butterfingers" (on the list of future videos) is a slow practice technique for improving legato and efficiency of fingerings. Touch the surface of all keys all of the time. The key is either closed, or you allow the key to push your finger up, experiencing the resistance of the springs. This results is "gooey" sounding notes, but really helps us get acquainted with our instruments. (This exercise is modified for wind players with ringed keys, ie.oboe or clarinet.)
"Add-a-note" and "Reverse Add-a-Note": Play the first 2 notes of a passage. Play again, adding the third note, Play again adding the 4th note, etc. To reverse, play the last 2 notes of the passage, then the last 3, last 4, etc.
"Bursts of Notes" (on the list of future videos) are small groups of notes--3, 4, 5, 6--whatever units you can play very well up to tempo. In this exercise, play the selected number of notes beginning, in turn, on each note of the passage.
"Reverse Add-a-Note" and "Bursts of Notes" encourage even rhythm and build in confidence and ability to start on any note in a passage--very useful if you lose your concentration in a performance!
"Pyramid form" (on the list of future videos) is an exercise for passages that change direction. Play the 3 notes of the passage where the direction changes, then add one note on each side of the direction changes until you have mastered the passage. Example--C arpeggio:
Catherine
One of the recurring themes in lessons this week is ways to increase tempo in difficult passages.
First things first: check your body balance and hand position. Often, adjusting these things can be a miracle cure for the problem. Even if it does not solve the difficulty, at least you will not be practicing more problems!
In my own practice, I use a variety of exercises, juxtaposing and combining them.
In music (as in life), it is good to have a lot of different ways to work on a problem.
Here are some of my tried and true approaches:
SLOW practice (I mean 10 times slower than the tempo!)There are video lessons on "Fingers Ahead" and "Unevens and Double Unevens" posted in the LeGrand Virtual Studio.
"Butterfingers"
"Fingers Ahead"
"Unevens and Double Unevens"
"Add-a-note" and "Reverse Add-a-Note"
Bursts of Notes
Pyramid form
SLOW practice should not require explanation, but we all need to be reminded to do it!
"Butterfingers" (on the list of future videos) is a slow practice technique for improving legato and efficiency of fingerings. Touch the surface of all keys all of the time. The key is either closed, or you allow the key to push your finger up, experiencing the resistance of the springs. This results is "gooey" sounding notes, but really helps us get acquainted with our instruments. (This exercise is modified for wind players with ringed keys, ie.oboe or clarinet.)
"Add-a-note" and "Reverse Add-a-Note": Play the first 2 notes of a passage. Play again, adding the third note, Play again adding the 4th note, etc. To reverse, play the last 2 notes of the passage, then the last 3, last 4, etc.
"Bursts of Notes" (on the list of future videos) are small groups of notes--3, 4, 5, 6--whatever units you can play very well up to tempo. In this exercise, play the selected number of notes beginning, in turn, on each note of the passage.
"Reverse Add-a-Note" and "Bursts of Notes" encourage even rhythm and build in confidence and ability to start on any note in a passage--very useful if you lose your concentration in a performance!
"Pyramid form" (on the list of future videos) is an exercise for passages that change direction. Play the 3 notes of the passage where the direction changes, then add one note on each side of the direction changes until you have mastered the passage. Example--C arpeggio:
GCGHope your practicing is productive! Let me hear from you!
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Catherine
Monday, September 3, 2007
New videos in the LeGrand Virtual Studio
I have just added the following video tutorials for LeGrand Virtual Studio subscribers:
In Flutorials™, “From the Start”, a new series (for teachers of beginning flutists):
Best,
Catherine
"Fingers Ahead" Exercise
"Miss America" Exercise
In Flutorials™, “From the Start”, a new series (for teachers of beginning flutists):
Episode 1: Two Common Misconceptions about Flute-Playing
Headjoint: First Sounds
Adding the Tongue: “Hit” or “Hid” Inhale Exercise
Physical Orientation to the Flute
Part 1: Balancing and Assembling the Flute
Physical Orientation to the Flute
Part 2: Bringing the Flute to You and Playing “B”
Adding “A” and “G”
Party Favors 201: Embouchure
Best,
Catherine
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