Feral Flute

A while back, I decided to work on memorizing more music. I've always kind of slacked in that department (Classical flute training allow...

Music is ephemeral. It is never the same twice. Even listening to a recording is never quite the same because the listener brings a differen...

Today, I'm going to share one of the methods I have developed for working music into my meditation practice. Music isn’t required for me...

I teach a music history class for non-music majors. One of the first things I make my students do is talk about music. I play musical exampl...

"I know that one but I can't do it". This quote from a book about improvisation got me thinking; What is the difference betw...

Some, but by no means all, dyslexics have trouble reading music since dyslexia messes with how symbols are processed in the brain. I am one ...

I was a shy musician as a youngster. When I first started playing flute, it was quite a challenge for me to "play out" in ensemble...

I don't like amplified music. At least not as much as acoustic music. Generally speaking, instruments sound fuller and richer and meld w...

"I wanted to play flute but my band director told me I couldn't. There's a dip in my top lip that would get in the way so I gav...

Rising Moon Dark Sky Week is April 20-26 Playing flute around the middle of the night is a habit for me. One reason is I’m a night owl ...

April is here at long last but the trees are still barely budded. I've been waiting and waiting for the spring storms to roll their way ...

This post is the last of a series about the modes. Ionian is the same as the major scale or the same as playing all the white keys from C...

This post is part of a series about the modes. Lydian is the same as a major scale with a raised 4th step or the white keys from F to F. ...