Bill McBirnie - Flute - Harmonic Roll Exercise

Jazz and Latin flutist, Bill McBirnie, demonstrates the harmonic roll exercise on the flute. Details regarding fingerings and the recommended method of practice are available under "Jimmy's Notes" at Sir James Galway's web site. The direct link is as follows:

http://www.thegalwaynetwork.com/notes/harmonic.htm

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[Gkookz]

HOW can I play like you!?  I've been practicing but I want to know how to improvise

[billmcb]

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[rosygirl22345]

He must be bored or on drugs, what a waste of time. I've played the flute for 30 years, scales and tone is what its all about.

[billmcb]

rosygirl:

I've practised plenty of scales, long tones, exercises, TG, etc. (as you can surely see!)

However, this exercise proved to be a very useful adjunct to those in terms of focussing and stabalizing my embouchure.

In any event, you are not compelled to try it...though perhaps you would be wise to do so before passing what is an uninformed judgment.

Sincerely,

Bill McBirnie

(P.S. I do NOT do drugs!!!)

[jackrapini]

Hey Rosygirl that's a pretty dumb ass feeble comment. Why don't you enlighten us with some constructive input of your 30 years of playing flute or have you not learned anything in those 30 years....WaNkEr....Ha...Ha...H­a

[pascal62]

@billmcb Bill, can you tell us briefly how do the different set-ups of Bigio's stopper and crown sound and for which situation/music they're most suited? Have you tried the Mark Seidman's flute plug? Thanks for the nice videos. Very inspiring!

[mordax08]

Thank you for posting this.  It's great when experienced players share exercises and tips that have helped them become excellent players and develop their technique.

[STALLWORTH47]

OH MY GOD

Obi-Wan Kenobi, Jedi Master

PLEASE, please, please

teach more, more more

to starving for genious disciples..

THANKS!!

thank you

[fluteloose]

great video... will be trying the harmonic roll for sure :o)

[Ancientoftheages]

have an open mind, dude

[KillerFlutejuice401]

Hey Bill,fresh solo,I would'nt call it nonsense,that was the best part of the video.

[dashaleromance]

can you have a slower version than this cause i think its a better and the best exercise for me