by Erin Nichols | Mar 19, 2019 | Instruments, Shop information
Over the next few weeks, we’re going to be tackling some common questions and concerns that people have when they’re preparing to come and try a new instrument. Whether you have been playing for 1 year or 25, it’s really important to come prepared to...
by Erin Nichols | Mar 5, 2019 | Instruments, Sale, Shop information, Video
Paige’s Music News about band and orchestra rentals, sales and service in Indiana It’s time once again for what is probably our favorite time of year here at Paige’s Music and the Indy Flute Shop: our annual Music Madness Sale! Shoot and Save. From...
by Erin Nichols | Feb 26, 2019 | Features, Instruments
A couple of weeks ago, I attempted to dive into the extensive and complicated history of how flutes are built to be in tune with themselves: their scale. To summarize, the flute scale determines how well the notes play in tune to each other, octave to octave, and also...
by Erin Nichols | Feb 12, 2019 | Features, Instruments
Okay, the title of this post sounds kind of boring, right? Stay with me–I’m not talking about scales in the etude/exercise sense! This week I’m delving into a history of how flutes are built to be in tune with themselves, or its scale. With the help...
by Erin Nichols | Jan 29, 2019 | General, Instruments
Every year around this time it seems like we get a nice little arctic blast in the Midwest, and this one is truly going to be one for the record books. Those of you who have followed my blog for a while know that I have previously written about avoiding temperature...
by Erin Nichols | Jan 22, 2019 | Instruments
Happy Tundra Tuesday from Central Indiana! This week I wanted to highlight a member of the flute family that does not usually get a lot of attention: the flute d’amore. Although practical in a jazz setting, the beautiful tone of this flute makes it worth a...