Jen Cluff ~ Index of all Blog posts

• Jazzy Dudes - Modes & 7th chord free pdfs
• Flute Pedagogy Notes
• Piccolo Questions
• Creative Scale Practice for Flute Students
• Part 3 of Morning Scale Class
• Part 2 of Morning Scale Class
• James Galway's Morning Scale Class
• Musician's Injuries and Self-Trigger Point Therapy
• Think summer..think Denk & Robison
• Free Breathing Masterclass with Pahud
• Bach for Flutists
• Denis Bouriakov miracle dude
• Flutists can learn so much from Cellists
• Handel Errata & Quantz's vertical lines
• Whole Tone scales & Dom-Dim Sevenths
• Best Flute Trill Charts - free online
• 99 Solos and Studies from Australia
• Geoffrey Gilbert plays Debussy
• Paula Robison plays Vivaldi & Lanier
• Pahud Flute Fundamentals video excellent!
• Alto & Bass Flute Repertoire List
• Even the roll is dicey - flute boardgame
• Mathieu Dufour plays Poulenc
• Beethoven & Your Brain
• New Carnegie-RCM flute syllabus free online
• James Galway & Beethoven Serenade op.25
• Andersen op. 15 lessons by Paul Edmund Davies
• Flute Duets Grade 3-5
• Good vs. Great musicianship
• E is for Excellence - E is for Etudes
• Do I need a new flute? Or is my old one broken?
• Tone Experiments for Advanced Flutists
• Digitally Ubiquitous - Jen's profile in Flutist Quarterly
• Flute Auditions youtube orchestra
• Does piccolo fourth octave exist?
• More on Moyse
• This Saturday
• Top Teeth where Upper Lip should be
• How to dismiss a teacher
• Trios ahoy
• Tchaikovsky Tremelo Fingerings
• Emma plays Gaubert & Mouquet
• Gypsy Style flute repertoire for students
• New Vivaldi Flute Concerto
• Christmas Carols for Flute Trio
• Free Tuning Drones for Flute
• Top Flute Orchestral Excerpts on youtube today
• Bamboo sound-effects for silver flute
• Circle of Fifths to print
• Get excited about music
• Quantz & Galway - same advice three centuries apart
• 4 - Marcel Moyse - Pearls from the Master
• 3 - Marcel Moyse - Pearls from the Master
• 2 - Marcel Moyse - Pearls from the Master
• 1 - Marcel Moyse - Pearls from the Master
• Big flute sheetmusic news for flute teachers
• Part 3 - 10 Things I wish I'd Known
• Part 2 - 10 Things I wish I'd Known
• Part 1 - 10 Things I wish I'd known
• Fumbling Fingers?
• Rave reviews for my Celtic Trios
• Eva-Nina Kozmus wins Eurovision with Ibert Concerto
• Method books for adult novice
• Some beauty just must be shared
• Why is my flute always flat?
• Opera Arias for flute & mp3 backing tracks
• Subtle blending of Pahud in St. Matthew's
• new Azumi curved beginner flutes
• TMJ & the weight of gold
• The Incredible serenity of Timothy Hutchins
• Paula Robison videos
• Robert Langevin in recital
• Tonguing from the throat for four years
• Flute Duets - free online sheet music
• Bright vs Dark Flute Tone Qualities
• LSO on tour blog - Petrouchka's street musicians
• Free video Pahud plays Haydn Symphony 92
• This blog has moved
• Prokofiev Flute Sonata fingerings for high D triplets
• Spanish Music for Flute, Harp & Strings
• Galway's high register embouchure video
• Plugs in open-hole flutes
• Wedding Duets for Flutes
• Flute Concerti with orchestra, parts, score, piano...
• Pahud new Opera CD
• Galway - Embouchure observation
• Celtic Flute Trios for sale
• Psychology of an orchestral career
• Flute for Smarties (Dummies) great!
• Bach Chaconne with Bouriakov
• 21 year old Adam Walker wins LSO Principal
• Altering the Pitch to Play Along with a CD
• Flutes at outdoor and beach weddings
• High C fingerings & Mahler's 5th Symphony
• Marcel Moyse's embouchure instructions
• Höskuldsson plays J.S. Bach in Weggis Recital
• Chaminade too challenging for Honor Band audition?
• How to learn Etudes
• Just one flute lesson?
• The Adult Beginner - Is it all about Talent?
• Klickstein's book about practicing
• Teachers playing along with students?
• new Azumi curved beginner flutes
• TMJ & the weight of gold
• Jaw motion for flute - Is your jaw jutting too much?
• Documentary - Trout Quintet - Watching Musicians at...
• The Smile Embouchure & why it doesn't work
• Lorna McGhee teaching in a recent flute masterclass
• L'Apres Midi with Lorna McGhee & London Symphony
• How soon to introduce singing while playing?
• Slashes through note stems?
• Best right thumb position on the flute?
• Memorization, Metronome Tricks & Practice Tips
• Prokofiev Classical re-write for flute & piccolo
• Bouriakov plays Mendelssohn Violin Concerto E Minor
• Stagefright Cures - reimaging the outcome
• Paula Robison Vivaldi & Godard films from 1978
• over-working your practising? Try Underwood....
• How to repair a flute
• Can you buy a good quality pink flute?
• Thumbport left hand index finger support
• Can flute scales be more interesting to work on?
• Listen to flute CD by April Clayton
• Gustavo Dudamel and the Venezualan Youth Orchestra
• Rampal & Baker ~ Doppler Andante & Rondo
• James Galway Undine, Taffanel, Prokofiev Sonata on...
• Srul Irving Glick Sonata for Flute & Piano
• Get re-excited about really listening to music
• Marais to soothe the ancient ears
• Blast from the past; flute music from the '70s
• Defying gravity - flute keys that tilt backward
• Performing in a hall full of echoes
• Karen Smithson's valuable flute method books
• Adult re-starting flute on a budget
• How to tune a flute quartet or flute ensemble
• In the search box, question on how to get high B
• What are some good flute pieces?
• Historical timeline for choosing Flute Repertoire
• 8 year old Emma's Recital
• What does practising look like?
• Tromlitz flute book online
• Debost's Simple Flute from A to Z online at google...
• Baxtresser articles; great resource
• Incredible flute inventions for the 21st century
• Isabelle Chapuis Starr interview
• Flexible Flute Embouchure; letter from a happy flutist
• Excellent Christmas Duet Book by Vance
• Part 2 of Tone, Technique, & Releasing unecessary...
• Tone, Technique, & Releasing unecessary flute tensions....
• James Galway's Paris Recital on mp3
• De Falla Seven Spanish Songs video
• Linda Chatterton radio interview & performance
• Syrinx & Marais Folies to hear online (free)
• Music Theory for Flutists
• Beginner & Novice level Studies or Etudes for Flute
• Books of interest
• Playalong Flute CDs & sheetmusic books with CD for...
• Alexander Technique videos for flute players
• John Rush flute listening
• Practical advice on flutist's balance & flexibility
• Galway talks about flute arm pain
• Prodigies & regular humans
• Flute tapers, fade-outs, diminuendos, note endings,...
• How to stand using a music stand
• Moving while playing
• The articulation "Ah HA!" discovery
• Widor Suite played by James Galway
• Flute Scales Flute Scales Flute Scales Whoooeeee!
• Will-o'-the-wisps in a musical performance
• Galway on Moyse Sonorite
• Stretching & loosening exercises for the flutist
• How to Clean a Flute
• Fletcher Flute Acoustics Article from 1974
• Flute Business Portfolio creation
• Now THIS is great teaching!
• Some of my favourite things...Argerich playing Prokofiev
• The Norman Lebrecht interviews on BBC3
• The Flute & the Jaw Bone
• Questions from beginner flute players
• How to tune a flute
• headjoint cork affects tone & tuning
• Updating the RCM Flute Syllabus
• Ode to Joy with metronome
• Truly moving an audience - fantasy& gnocchi
• Performing music with Authority or Authenticity?
• Benjamin Zander film 'Everybody really does love Classical...
• More practising motivation tips for flute
• How to get back into flute after a hiatus
• How to Really Bomb a Masterclass
• Sewing flute case covers
• Soul satisfying summer flute practising
• The Triangle of Flute Skills
• Skills for advanced flute students
• Flute Care for beginners
• Hand & Arm Strain, and Flute Headjoint Alignment
• Free Mozart & Scarlatti flute duet sheetmusic
• Jen performs Piazzolla Histoire du Tango 1 & 2
• Jen performs Piazzolla Histoire du Tango 3 & 4
• Jen performs Ravel & Ibert
• Jen plays Glick Sonata 1st mvmt
• free flute scale piano accompaniments
• Flute tone videos on Youtube helped!
• National Youth Orchestra
• Double Tonguing on Flute
• Pain in practise, not in performance
• Fluteloops 10 radio show with James Boyk
• Flute Fingering Chart for free
• Bezaly plays Lindberg Concerto, free tracks
• Flute Recitals listings of Fenwick Smith
• The Art of Possibility by Zander
• flute fingering chart to fill in with new fingerings
• Winter Music for Free
• Moyse Flute tone advice
• Teaching Tone videos 2 & 3
• Teaching Tone video no. 1
• What's the deal with LONGTONES?
• links to other flute technique free pdfs & mp3s
• Free major-minor scales with harp harmony
• Piccolo exercises online
• Outstanding new Galway teaching videos
• Free groovy flute beginner & novice music
• A Day in the life of a University Flute Major
• Skill Levels for Incoming College Flute Majors
• Alexandra Grot video
• Martin Ballade by McGarr on YouTube
• Seeing again; McGhee CDs; Wye NFA; lip trembling
• Going no email; laser eye surgery
• Flute Pitch Naming
• Fab free flute concert online - Hutchins, Hoeppner...
• Denis Bouriakov might just blow your tiny mind!
• When I play all-tongued, I thpit too much
• Playing the flute in tune
• Expanding Intervals Warmup
• Scalegame playalong mp3 to download
• The Secrets of Playing in an Orchestra
• Playing with tone colours
• Centering the embouchure in a grade 7 student
• Fluteloops Radio Show No. 9
• Military posture or parallelism
• Flute Quality & Longevity when buying
• Piano mp3 accompaniment tracks
• Gilbert on Facility vs. Technique
• Flute Trills & how to read and play them
• How to Market Your Music CD
• Jazzy flute choir pieces with percussion?
• The Top Ten Reasons to Take Flute Lessons
• The misuse of a single middle finger and what it means...
• Fluteloops Number Eight!! :>)
• Mozart Andante in C - What grade is that?
• Trouble getting started with today's practicing?
• Flute Rockin' wid' Rockstro
• Feeling Awareness & freeing tension
• Galway's Texas Masterclass 2007 on video
• Using the Mirror for Flute Tone Development
• James Galway at 50 now on YouTube
• Are there any "how to teach flute" books?
• Part Two video on Embouchure Flexibility
• New Video on Embouchure Flexibility
• Muscle soreness at exam time
• On grading musical magnificence
• Flute Lessons after a debilitating illness
• Professional Flute Performance Videos Online
• Why are flute discussion groups like Cartalk?
• Testing a New Flute on Trial
• Why some flute brands and not others?
• Tricky Trills
• Technical skill flute books
• Video on great flute books for articulation practice
• Teaching hand placement for the novice band-flutist
• Teaching headjoint-only & "Right Hand on the Barrel"
• Question about teaching a 12 yr. old beginner flutist
• Videos on flute cleaning & marking
• Flute Assembly Video on Youtube
• Quiet, quick, full breaths on flute
• James Galway's latest teaching mp3 EXCELLENT!
• Stagefright Interview Fluteloops shows 6 & 7
• Fluteloops 3, 4 & 5 on Stagefright Cures!!
• Sunday music that's beautiful on a sunny day
• James Galway Inteview on Fluteloops no. 2
• New Fluteloops Radio Show
• Baxtresser's best advice
• Band Director's Handout for Flutists
• Starting flute teaching
• Flute students dealing with braces
• Stagefright Cures
• Misfingerings common in band flutists
• Adult Re-Beginner Flutists
• How to learn flute scales
• Technique Duets for Spicing up Flute Lessons
• Spicing up your Flute Teaching
• Footjoint alignment - Easing the pinky's reach

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 Beginners

• Adult Re-Beginner Flutists
• Flute Care for beginners
• Free groovy flute beginner & novice music
• The Adult Beginner - Is it all about Talent?
• How to learn flute scales
• Beginner & Novice level Studies or Etudes for Flute
• Flute Duets - free online sheet music
• Questions from beginner flute players
• Beginner resting flute on shoulder?
• Rotating the footjoint to suit finger length

Advice

• Baxtresser's best advice
• Stagefright Cures
• Testing a New Flute on Trial
• Why some flute brands and not others?
• How to get back into flute after a hiatus
• Just one flute lesson?
• Plugs in open-hole flutes
• Altering the Pitch to Play Along with a CD
• Flutes at outdoor and beach weddings
• How to learn Etudes
• Mozart Andante in C - What grade is that?
• How soon to introduce singing while playing?

 

Basic flute information

• Top Ten Best Flute Secrets
• Videos on flute cleaning & marking
• Flute Assembly Video on Youtube
• How to Clean a Flute
• How to tune a flute
• headjoint cork affects tone & tuning
• Flute Pitch Naming
• How to stand using a music stand
• How to repair a flute
• Do I need a new flute? Or is my old one broken?

 

Breathing

• Quiet, quick, full breaths on flute
• Breathing articles
• Throat noises when you play flute?
• How to breathe while learning Etudes

 

Embouchure

• New Video on Embouchure Flexibility
• Part Two video on Embouchure Flexibility
• Moyse Flute tone advice
• Playing with tone colours
• What's the deal with LONGTONES?
• Bright vs Dark Flute Tone Qualities
• Marcel Moyse's embouchure instructions
• The Smile Embouchure & why it doesn't work
• Using the Mirror for Flute Tone Development
• Teaching Tone videos 2 & 3
• Teaching Tone video no. 1

 

Fingering

• flute fingering chart to fill in with new fingerings
• Misfingerings common in band flutists
• Best right thumb position on the flute?
• High C fingerings & Mahler's 5th Symphony
• Defying gravity - flute keys that tilt backward
• Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf Flute fingerings
• fingerings for Saint Saen's "Voliere"
• fingerings for Ibert Concerto & Prokofiev Classical Symphony
• Tricky Trills
• Best Flute Trill Charts - free online

 

Injury prevention

• Muscle soreness at exam time
• Flute Lessons after a debilitating illness
• Flute Rockin' wid' Rockstro
• Feeling Awareness & freeing tension
• Military posture or parallelism
• Pain in practise, not in performance
• Hand & Arm Strain, and Flute Headjoint Alignment
• Galway talks about flute arm pain
• TMJ & the weight of gold
• Musician's Injuries and Self-Trigger Point Therapy

 

Posture

• How to stand using a music stand
• Defying gravity - flute keys that tilt backward
• Muscle soreness at exam time
• Hand & Arm Strain, and Flute Headjoint Alignment
• Practical advice on flutist's balance & flexibility
• The Flute & the Jaw Bone
• Moving while playing

 

Teaching

• Starting flute teaching
• Teaching hand placement for the novice band-flutist
• Teaching headjoint-only & "Right Hand on the Barrel"
• Technique Duets for Spicing up Flute Lessons
• Are there any "how to teach flute" books?
• James Galway's latest teaching mp3 EXCELLENT!
• Teaching Tone videos 2 & 3
• Teaching Tone video no. 1
• Mozart Andante in C - What grade is that?
• Teachers playing along with students?
• Chaminade too challenging for Honor Band audition?

Technique

• Top Ten best flute secrets - Handout for Flutists
• The Flute & the Jaw Bone
• Tricky Trills
• Technical skill flute books
• Video on great flute books for articulation practice
• Gilbert on Facility vs. Technique
• Flute Trills & how to read and play them
• Playing the flute in tune
• When I play all-tongued, I thpit too much
• Double Tonguing on Flute
• The articulation "Ah HA!" discovery
• Flute tapers, fade-outs, diminuendos, note endings,...
• Technique Duets for Spicing up Flute Lessons
• Can flute scales be more interesting to work on?
• Slashes through note stems?
• Creative Scale Practice for Flute Students
• Part 3 of Morning Scale Class
• Part 2 of Morning Scale Class
• James Galway's Morning Scale Class
• Jazzy Dudes - Modes & 7th chord free pdfs
• Whole Tone scales & Dom-Dim Sevenths

 

 

Advanced Flutists

• Soul satisfying summer flute practising
• The Triangle of Flute Skills
• Skills for advanced flute students
• A Day in the life of a University Flute Major
• Skill Levels for Incoming College Flute Majors
• Tone, Technique, & Releasing unecessary flute tensions....
• Part 2 of Tone, Technique, & Releasing unecessary...
• Memorization, Metronome Tricks & Practice Tips
• Jaw motion for flute - Is your jaw jutting too much?
• over-working your practising? Try Underwood....

 

Jen's best sheetmusic to buy

• Wedding Duets for Flutes
• Celtic Flute Trios for sale
• Christmas Carols for Flute Trio for sale

 

Jen's free playalong flute mp3 backing tracks

• Expanding Intervals Warmup
• Scalegame playalong mp3 to download
• links to other flute technique free pdfs & mp3s
• Free major-minor scales with harp harmony
• free flute scale piano accompaniments

 

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