Better Sound with Flute Long Tones
Practicing flute long tones is honestly the one thing that separates the "okay" players from the people you actually want to listen to. I know, it sounds incredibly boring. Why would you want to sit in a room and play one single note for twenty seconds when you could be working on a flashy concerto or a fast jazz lick? But here's the reality: if your basic sound is thin, airy, or shaky, those fast notes aren't going to save you. They'll just sound like a fast version of a bad sound. ...