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For the Love of Music...

Often musicians – amateurs, aficionados, artists – find themselves between two worlds: the desire to feel and the desire to know. To express and to represent are two sides of the same coin. Sometimes a little insider information or channeled understanding frees the mind from nagging questions and opens the heart to beauty. Enter the musicologist, theorist, and animateur! Here are some ideas and insights to illuminate your music experience.

Please feel free to use any of these ideas for yourself or for your students, but please be so kind as to credit Mary Byrne as the author of these works and this website when using any of these pages in a public format such as print, recording, photography, or lecture.

For Flutists...

We flutists, like any practicing musician, must establish a delicate balance between the needs of the instrument and the needs of the music.   We strive to develop of a suite of skills to enable both the instrument and the music to shine.   Here are some ideas and strategies to help you in your quest.

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For Flute Teachers...

I have taught flute since the fourth year of my own studies.   That’s a long time!   Through it, I have made countless discoveries to better my teaching, some intuitive and some less so.   Here I share some of my favorites and standbys with you, in the hopes they may be helpful to you in your own teaching.

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B-flat BFF

Effortless thumb choreography for flawless B-flats. Giulio Briccialdi gifted flutists with a wonderful solution for smooth B-flat technique.

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