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		<title>Bass and Alto Flute Resource &#8211; a gold mine</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I want to share with you two websites by Carla Reese that just about say it all when it comes to composing for alto or bass flute. Alto Flute Bass Flute What I appreciate are her explanations about the dynamic &#8230; <a href="http://helenbledsoe.com/?p=321">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Should I Study Flute with Karl Marx?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The short answer is no. Dialectical materialism* has no place in the music room. The long answer is more complicated. I am no expert on the works of Marx, and realize I am using his image for exaggerated effect. My &#8230; <a href="http://helenbledsoe.com/?p=284">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Some thoughts on composing jet whistles</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jet Whistles on the flute can be amazingly effective, but one has to compose them with care. You can hear a sound file here on Mats Möller&#8217;s website. He calls it &#8220;Strong air stream without tone&#8221;. Two composers who use &#8230; <a href="http://helenbledsoe.com/?p=289">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Robert Winn: Musical Exercises to Develop the Technique of the Tongue</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In many ways this is a book after my own heart. My years as an undergraduate with Bernard Goldberg were fraught with the re-working of my articulation. It would have been very useful to have such a book as this, &#8230; <a href="http://helenbledsoe.com/?p=271">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Slap in the Face of Public Taste: Russian Futurist Manifesto of 1912</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 07:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On December 29, 2012, the Pushkinskaya 10 GEZ 21 in St. Petersburg celebrated 100 years of Russian Futurism.The concert, featuring Sergei Oskolkov performing piano works by Arthur Lourié, piqued my interest in this movement. Since I didn&#8217;t find an online &#8230; <a href="http://helenbledsoe.com/?p=238">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Paul Edmund-Davies: 28 Day Warm Up Book</title>
		<link>http://helenbledsoe.com/?p=216</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2012 08:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I have enjoyed working from Paul Edmund-Davies &#8220;The 28 Day Warm Up Book, for all flutists&#8230;..eventually!&#8221;. Its (English-only) text is extremely clear, with touches of humor that engage the reader from the start. His approach is extremely practical and &#8230; <a href="http://helenbledsoe.com/?p=216">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Breath, Its Infinite Cycle</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2012 18:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those who work well with visual imagery, have a look at this adaptation of one of my clever student&#8217;s drawings. The mid-point of the &#8220;8&#8221; represents your lungs as they are when speaking normally, just havin&#8217; a conversation. Michel &#8230; <a href="http://helenbledsoe.com/?p=200">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Extended Techniques &#8211; a Do It Yourself Handout</title>
		<link>http://helenbledsoe.com/?p=4</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 12:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a 14 page booklet I put together on how to do the basics of some extended techniques: Harmonics Multiphonics Singing and Playing Whistle Tones Percussive Effects Circular Breathing List of Studies for Further Practice Selected Repertoire for unaccompanied &#8230; <a href="http://helenbledsoe.com/?p=4">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Shiri Sivan Masterclass, Mental Preparation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2012 07:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On May 24, 2012 Shiri Sivan, principal flutist of the Bremer Philharmoniker (Bremen Philharmonic) gave a masterclass for our flute studio at the conservatory in Bremen. This semester our students played a project as guests with the Bremer Philharmoniker and &#8230; <a href="http://helenbledsoe.com/?p=5">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Improvisation: Freedom and Responsibility</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 20:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maggie Nicols On Sunday, May 20th I took part in a vocal improvisation workshop led my Maggie Nicols in Cologne. My husband is a huge fan, and signed me up in absentia while I was on tour in the US. &#8230; <a href="http://helenbledsoe.com/?p=6">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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