Yesterday during my lesson with @Sheri Hudgins I had a revelation about a metaphor for how chromatic scale segments should sound: They should have a certain momentum to them like, a haybale being thrown into a truck. Not robotic and all the same. There should be a crescendo that creates momentum to the note you're headed to... like the momentum you need to lift something heavy over a fence! Hold in your mind the note you're aiming for and gain momentum towards it!

Who's feeling courageous enough to step out of your comfort zone and improve your improvising with some other flutists tonight!? I'm going LIVE for Improv Games in 30 minutes! Will you join me? Now I'm Live in the room with support for the Mini-Improv Challenge. See you soon?!?

Do you want to improve your improvising in the next 30 days?? Listening to my recordings has been the single most important action in my improv journey! The mini-improv challenge consists of 10 thirty-sec recordings. I'm inviting you to play it with a peer group... because I know some of you will not show up to something you haven't paid for and expressed to other people you're committing to do! That's what the Mini-Improv Challenge Group is for! The goal will be noticeable improvisation improvement by the end of the month. There will be prizes, beyond personal achievement. But if all you achieved was noticing that you're a better improviser, wouldn't that be worth it? Get accountability with other improving improvisers and extra YouTube support calls. The doors are closing mid-month (and prices are still low for founders).There's a private party at the end of the month for challenge-completers too. If you don't complete the challenge, you're out! Need that extra nudge? Are you in?

Has anyone tried improv against any traditional Irish or Scottish tunes? I do this with the cello sometimes but haven't tried it on flute. Curious if anyone's found any tunes that sound particularly nice on flute.

Piccolo (one octave higher than concert flute) Concert Flute (standard) Alto Flute (one fourth lower than concert flute) Bass Flute (one octave lower than concert flute) Anybody played Contrabass Flute??