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- Instrument buying guide
Lessons
I am currently accepting new flute, oboe, and reedmaking students! I teach from my home in Los Alamitos, California. I have several evening and weekend time slots available.I am experienced in teaching all levels of playing abilities and all ages. I strive to make lessons fun and motivating. Topics covered may include, as appropriate:
- Playing techniques (posture, fingerings, breathing, embouchure, tongue, etc.)
- Tone quality and vibrato
- Pitch and tuning
- Beat and rhythm, musical counting
- Ear training, critical listening
- Practicing and focus techniques
- Music reading/sightreading
- Musical interpretation and phrasing
- Music theory and history
- Solo, chamber, and ensemble repertoire
- Scales, exercises, warm-ups, and etudes
- Instrument care
- Reed adjustment
