Hello there! Welcome to my blog exclusively devoted to teaching and learning how to play the flute. I like to think that this page will be helpful to teachers and students alike. Hopefully, some flutists will find my methods useful when it comes to teaching their own students, and my students will benefit from having some additional material to guide them on the 6 days of the week they don't have lessons! Follow my hashtag #torisflutetips on social media for even more flute content! ♬
NFA Magazine FOR FREEEE
Friday, April 24, 2020 by Tori Yaussy | free online resources
Did you know that flute magazines are a thing? The NFA (National Flute Association --- see my last post!) has very generously made the spring 2020 edition of their quarterly magazine available to EVERYONE online for FREE!! This edition features Ian Anderson, the OG rockstar flutist from the band Jethro Tull. Check out the link below to hear him play.
Link to "The Flutist Quarterly":
https://www.nfaonline.org/docs/default-source/fq-issues/fqspring2020.pdf?sfvrsn=c6b90450_4
Link to a solo by Anderson in Jethro Tull:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zic2jFZ745w
You'll hear lots of extended techniques including singing and playing, harmonics, beatboxing, percussive tongue, and some WACK vocalizations! Got questions about how he executes some of these techniques? Let me know in your next lesson!
FREE MUSIC!!
Thursday, April 23, 2020 by Tori Yaussy | sheet music
Getting bored?? Want some new music to play through?? Need to practice sight-reading??
In addition to all the great little nuggets uploaded to the "online resources" on MyMusicStaff, there are actually TONS of free sheet music available on the internet.
Here are some great websites to check out for free flute music:
♪Petrucci Music Library (all music in the public domain (100 years old or older))
https://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page
♪Flute Tunes (also provides accompaniment tracks to play along with)
♪Eastman School of Music Library
https://urresearch.rochester.edu/filterSearchCollectionItems.action?query=flute&collectionId=63
♪A compilation of a whole bunch of resources:
https://www.jennifercluff.com/freemusic.htm
These are all available for your playing pleasure! Knock yourself out and let me know if you find something you love!
National Flute Association resources
Wednesday, April 22, 2020 by Tori Yaussy | free online resources
Did you know that there is a national flute club?? The National Flute Association (NFA) is the WORLD'S LARGEST official group of flutists. The NFA is for professional flutists, young students, and amateurs alike. Each year, the NFA puts on a huge convention (4 days long!) in a major US city featuring top performers and educators in all areas of flute playing including jazz, baroque, piccolo, low flutes, orchestral playing, irish flutes, latin flute music, the list goes on! There are competitions at every level of playing, huge concerts every night, and really something for everyone. The exhibition hall hosts over one hundred flute vendors, and you can play anything from a tiny piccolo to a huge contrabass flute! I have been to two NFA conventions, one in Chicago when I was an intern for the NFA, and another in Minneapolis. This year, the convention was supposed to be in Dallas but has unfortunately been canceled due to COVID. A virus doesn't keep flute players down! The NFA has a GREAT resource page for young flutists, linked below. Definitely check it out if you are looking to spice up your practice! ♬
https://www.nfaonline.org/membership-benefits/mentorship-resources/young-member-resources
