flute playing
Blowing melodic tubes
Flute playing is the art or act of playing the flute—a woodwind instrument held horizontally and sounded by blowing across an embouchure hole.
The term covers everything from casual practice to professional performance: Her flute playing has improved dramatically this year.
It may also describe a characteristic style: His flute playing has a warm, breathy quality.
- embouchureWind player's mouth position
- breath controlManaging exhalation deliberately
- circular breathingSustained wind instrument technique
- articulationClear vocal expression
- piccoloSmall, high-pitched woodwind
solo recital · scales · fingerings · finger technique · chromaticism · improvisation · vibrato · tonguing · ornamentation · Japanese folklore · arpeggios · dynamics · low register · high notes · phrasing · intervals · sight reading · chamber music
- musicianshipsinging, performing, practicing, harmonizing, composing
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- fine motortyping, sewing, knitting, origami, threading
- folk craftsbasketry, basket weaving, quilting, quilts, embroidery
flute playinglistening to music
Attending to organized sound
music appreciation · singing · vocal performance · music criticism · conducting