Flute PracticeFlute practice is necessary to making progress in learning to play the flute. But if the word "practice" sounds too much like work, let's call it "play" instead, as in "having fun!" Playing the flute should be fun, otherwise, what's the point? When deciding how to practice, you need to decide how much time you have to devote to practicing. Half hour per day, 15 minutes per day? Whatever the amount is, plan how you will use it to avoid wasting time. Younger students are masters at wasting practice time! That old "30 minutes a day" is easily frittered away with getting out the instrument, setting up the stand, looking under the bed for the book, etc., etc., until only a few minutes is spent actually blowing on the horn! Now, if you are an aspiring orchestral flutist, your daily flute practice might go something like this...
Let's say you are a flute hobbyist or enthusiast, perhaps at the beginner to intermediate level. You work full time and like to play anywhere from 20 to 45 minutes in the evenings, maybe more on weekends.
As an amateur flutist, you can do your own thing. Your progress, of course, is tied to the amount of time you spend actually playing. But when you enjoy doing something, you will spend more time at it, having fun, not stressing out over every small imperfection. If your flute practice requires manuscript paper for writing out scales or your own patterns for practice, you can get some free manuscript pages here, read to print out. A great practice partner is a CD or Music Minus One recording. CDs are never-tiring accompanists that help with learning notes, matching intonation and rhythm, and learning when to enter. Most widely-available flute music can be purchased with a practice CD for just a few dollars more. It's a wise investment!
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