I am having trouble finding a way to stop our 3rd flute from rushing in our flute quartet. Any advice?

I am a few days from state solo %26amp; ensemble contest, and our quartet is still having problems getting our 3rd flute to stop rushing. We have worked with a metronome, but she cannot play with that. If we sit with her one on one it helps but even then she sometimes has problems. Does anyone have any advice for me?I am having trouble finding a way to stop our 3rd flute from rushing in our flute quartet. Any advice?
subdivide, subdivide, subdivide,!!!!





have her count out rhythms with perfect enunciation and timing (with %26amp; without the met). for example; if she has a rhythm that is 4 16th notes-one quarter note 2 8th notes 1 quarter note, make her say ';1e%26amp;a-2-3%26amp;-4 in perfect time. the rule here is if you cant say it, you cant play it!





there is another technique called ';Bopping';.


This is where you just play the attack of each note you have, keep the metronome running for this excercise.


Bopping increases accuracy of entrances and releases.I am having trouble finding a way to stop our 3rd flute from rushing in our flute quartet. Any advice?
Well the judges are going to mark you all down for her speeding ahead of everyone. It sounds like she isn't listening to the group together, only concentrating on her own part. She needs to be told to play WITH the group and actually LISTEN to all the parts not just her own. This is not a solo act but a group effort, and she's behaving as if she's the primary player. My suggestion was going to be to have her work with a metronome but since she is saying she can't use it. It seems to me she's just not making an effort to stay in tune with the other players. She sounds very nervous about her part, like she doesn't know it well or doesn't feel confident. If she knew her own part better than she could be more open to staying in tune with the other players, but since she's so nervous about her part she's rushing through and not paying attention to the group's tempo. I suggest she really practices 2 or 3 hours at least per day until the competition and have her really focus on listening to the group as a whole.
Tell her to subdivide, subdivide, subdivide!!!!


Tell her to say the rhythems, like 1 and 2 and 3 4, 1 e and a 2 e and a.


Tell her to clap the rhythoms that she has and even sing it, and make sure to use constructive critizizm, don't make her feel bad...


The best thing to do however is to listen to a recording if possible, and determine each others parts, then she should get the ';feel'; of the song
eye contact


eye contact


eye contact





I play in a band with a couple of people who don't know music theory, and two who do. so, when we have a change coming . eye contact helps us sound tight.
Tell her to practice alone with a metronome.. If she can't follow this, change her because you are devaluating the rest of the memberbecause of one person.
Count out the rhythms, and if all else fails, get a new flutist.