I was covering for Teirnan Courell’s whistle class at the Scots Music Group last night and found myself wandering into the woods of cuts, strikes and rolls. It’s a subject that comes up often when I teach flute or whistle. Some people don’t know what they are and those that do can find themselves at… Continue reading Cuts, strikes, rolls
Tag: FluteFling
A busy spring, a quiet summer
After a busy period in the run up and aftermath of organising Edinburgh FluteFling in April, I have been taking some time to focus on the day job as the end of the Scottish school year approaches. Reports, assessments and other admin tasks have essentially taken up most of my spare time. However, not all… Continue reading A busy spring, a quiet summer
Tradwinds workshops
Next weekend sees the last of a series of 3 monthly Saturday workshops I have been running over the Autumn. Looking at a mixture of tunes from the Hebrides and some very local ones, I have just added the resources to my Dropbox for participants to look at in advance. From a teaching perspective, the… Continue reading Tradwinds workshops