For students

Just starting your instrument and lost your information? Here are the links to beginner letters and shopping lists for flute, clarinet and oboe.

Looking to purchase your first instrument? Here are the links to information about buying a flute, a clarinet or an oboe.

Here are some tips for creating a practice routine and how to practice the 'hard bits':
practice-makes-perfect.html
practice-techniques.html

Here is some information about Android and iOS mobile apps for musicians:
apps-for-musicians-part-one.html
apps-for-musicians-part-two.html

A couple of online metronomes:
http://www.metronomeonline.com/
http://www.webmetronome.com/

Here are some flashcards I have developed:
http://www.freezingblue.com/iphone/flashcards/
Search AUTHOR for 'RachtheMuso'  to locate flashcards for note reading to help you recognise notes faster. You can either use them on the website above, or download the Free Flashcard Helper by David Skelley onto your Apple or Android device and download the flashcards to your device.