Jennifer Cluff

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Dear Flute & Piccolo lovers,
(who are often blamed for tuning problems, even though the phenomena is really coming from somewhere else in the room, ahem, ahem) :>)

Dear Flute and Piccolo lovers,
Gudrun Hinze is not only a fabulous arranger of amazing flute quintet music, but she's also one excellent thinker! "Playing Vivaldi is like wearing a costume and mask at a job interview."
In this video, with English subtitles, she describes why Vivaldi C Major is not the best required piece for piccolos in orchestral auditions....

Claudio Barile plays JS Bach bwv 1013 on baroque flute (video)
Yesterday I was teaching one or two flute students about the continuous flexibility of the lips.
When Claudio plays this antique style of flute, you can really see the flexibility of embouchure he has to use to tune the notes. (of course this is far more motion than you now need to make on the modern flute, because the modern flute is much much...

Hi Jen,
I am an intermediate level flutist and rely upon your articles very much as part of my ongoing flute education.  I play in a community band after many years of not playing since high school.
I was recently told by an advanced flutist of a neat trick for hitting low C, which I occasionally have problems with when I need it.  This trick would most likely have to be used while playing a sustained note.  Anyway, the trick was to finger low C...