Tag Archives: flute

Recital Tips (gifts!)

Posted on October 20, 2017 by Lady Fair

As far as teaching careers are concerned, mine has been relatively short. I taught a few lessons as a teenager, but have only been consistently teaching for approximately 6 years. Here is what I have learned: Make a simple program … Continue reading →

Posted in Teaching Piano, Teaching Private Lessons, Teaching Voice | Tagged buttons, cello, certificates, Christmas, clarinet, flute, gifts, hannukah, help, holiday, lessons, music, perform, performance, piano, play, private, recital, sax, sing, solo, song, students, tips, tricks, venue, violin, voice, winter | Leave a comment

Sing Your Way to Health!

Posted on December 28, 2014 by Lady Fair

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and that all the teachers out there are enjoying their time away from children. I can tell you that it’s VERY quiet at my house while I am home, … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Informational, Teaching Chorus | Tagged abs, antibodies, anxiety, article, asthma, bacteria, benefits, blood pressure, brain, choir, choral, chorus, cold, emphysema, endorphines, energy, flu, flute, health, help, how, how-to, immune, lungs, music education, oxytocin, poster, posture, practice, prevent, rehearse, sinfini, sing, singing, song, teacher | Leave a comment

Music Jewelry

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Lady Fair

For some people jewelry is just something you wear to help yourself look more “professional”, for others they want to simply be pretty, and still others want to express their personality through their adornments. If you are someone who is … Continue reading →

Posted in Fun Stuff and Merchandise | Tagged band, bracelet, bulk, chandelier, cheap, chorus, clarinet, custom, dangle, drum, earrings, eighth, etsy, flute, guitar, handmade, horn, jewelry, keychain, microphone, music, music-themed, note, notes, orchestra, order, sale, shop, sixteenth, themed, trumpet, violin | Leave a comment

Fingering Charts – Woodwinds

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Lady Fair

Posted in Fingering Charts | Tagged bassoon, chart, clarinet, fingering, fingering chart, flute, oboe, sax, saxophone, woodwind | Leave a comment

Introducing Students to Instruments – When to Start Students on Band Instruments

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Lady Fair

Notes from my wind techniques class on when it is appropriate to introduce a student to a specific instrument. Introducing Students to Instruments

Posted in Class Notes and Information, Instruments | Tagged band, baritone, bassoon, clarinet, euphonium, flute, instruments, introduce, oboe, percussion, sax, saxophone, students, trombone, trumpet, tuba | Leave a comment

Instrument Families Images

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Lady Fair

Some pictures of the various instrument families.

Posted in Teaching Elementary | Tagged band, bassoon, brass, clarinet, Elementary Music, flute, french horn, harp, instrument families, oboe, orchestra, percussion, piano, pictures, saxophone, snare drum, strings, timpani, trombone, trumpet, tuba, woodwind | Leave a comment

4th Grade Lesson – Timbre

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Lady Fair

This lesson should come before the lessons on Ensemble Timbres and Texture/Ostinato. This lesson is most effective when the students can see the instruments demonstrated and see how they work. I am a clarinetist, can play oboe relatively well, and … Continue reading →

Posted in 3rd-5th Grade Lessons | Tagged 4th grade, baritone, bassoon, brass, children, clarinet, class, drum, education, elementary school, embouchure, ensemble, euphonium, flute, fourth grade, french horn, frequency, lesson, lesson plan, listen, mouthpiece, music, oboe, orchestra, Ostinato, percussion, reed, saxophone, sound, strings, timbre, trombone, trumpet, tuba, vibration, woodwind | Leave a comment

Winds – Links

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Lady Fair

General Winds The Practice Room: http://archive.bandlink.org/students/Clinic/Clinic.htm Helpful articles written for students. At a glance I see info on changing a timpano head, trills, teaching the saxophone, and more. Teaching Music Through Performance in Band: http://www.teachingmusic.org/tmtp_band.cfm Woodwind/Brasswind: http://www.wwbw.com/ Brass and Woodwind … Continue reading →

Posted in Winds | Tagged association, baritone, bass clarinet, bassoon, brass, brasswind, calvin falwell, clarinet, doug, english horn, euphonium, flute, french horn, help, horn, institute, klezmer, lessons, links, michael dean, michelle anderson, oboe, page, pedagogy, percussion, ridenour, ron samuels, sax, saxophone, trombone, trumpet, tuba, websites, wind, woodwind, yeo | Leave a comment

Busy Bee…

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Lady Fair

Hello again! I am currently nearing the end of my internship, finishing up working in an elementary school (I started with middle school) and have been terribly busy. Between internship, working a part-time job, teaching lessons, and planning my wedding, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged band, bass, bassoon, cello, chorus, clarinet, elementary school, Florida, flute, french horn, horn, intern, internship, learn, middle school, music, oboe, orchestra, saxophone, students, treble, trombone, trumpet, tuba, viola, violin | Leave a comment

Flute

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Lady Fair

This is a basic informational page on teaching the flute. It is a work in progress, and your comments would be very helpful. These instructional pages are designed to help the new teacher, who has limited knowledge of instruments not … Continue reading →

Posted in Instruments | Tagged air, band, bunny, embouchure, exercise, flute, hole, light-headed, overtone series, overtones, pinky, position, posture, sound, technique, tone | Leave a comment