Stephen Preston
These notes are from the 2003 Colorado Flute Fair at Metro State College of Denver.
"Little things happen and then they accumulate."
- When working with Baroque Pieces
- Figure out what scale each measure; then take out all the notes that aren't in the scale (ex: passing tones or neighboring tones) and practice it like that until you get the feeling of it.
- Never play the same notes the same way, swing them just a little
- Make sure the first note is correct, if it isn't correct, then the second note won't be correct. The first note should be special to that piece, it should let the audience know what they are going to be listening to.
- Notes are just signs on the page.