Flute Fundamentals II


Book Description

(Woodwind). This useful guide to phrasing development includes daily exercises, orchestral excerpts, practice suggestions, composer biographies and a glossary of terms.




Flute Fundamentals


Book Description

(Schott). This useful guide to developing phrasing includes daily exercises, orchestral excerpts, practice suggestions, composer biographies, and a glossary of terms.




Blocki Flute Method Book 1


Book Description

»Award-Winner of the National Flute Association's Newly Published Music Competition« The Blocki Flute Method Book 1 is an award-winning method designed to the give beginners an excellent foundation in beautiful tone, embouchure flexibility, rhythm and technique. This comprehensive and step-by-step approach was written to ensure success and also includes theory and composition projects. The method is designed so students can play in both octaves without having to read the notes in both octaves. This is an incredibly important aspect of teaching beginners. The Blocki Flute Method's unique approach to teaching Five-Note patterns has proven to consistently help even the youngest students develop exceptional technical abilities. Five-note patterns are used as the foundation for teaching new notes, technique, moving between beat levels, simple transposition and fun and easy ear training. Because of the combination of a systematic approach to note reading, fun composition projects, ear training games, and basic theory, this book is also an excellent supplementary book for Suzuki students. As of August 2010: The Blocki Flute Method has been completely updated with the Third Edition. Listen to Samples Katelyn After One and a Half Years of Lessons - YouTube Video What's New in the Third Edition? After using the method for over 10 years, we knew which pieces the students loved and which one were just "okay." Anything that was just "okay" has been replaced with kid tested exciting pieces. There are many new duets and since students love trills we've included many more. These trills have transformed boring octave exercises into motivating pieces such as Half Pipe Stunts, Trampoline Tricks, and Bungee Jumping A's. Other new favorites include the Yankee Doodle Theme and Variations, The Sad Singing Swan, and the Daring Detective.




Foundations for Superior Performance


Book Description

"Foundations for Superior Performance" is designed to help structure the daily rehearsal and advance the performance level of the ensemble. The primary goal is to offer a framework of exercises and routine drills that will facilitate the mastery of essential playing fundamentals. Different skill levels have been integrated into this book to meet the needs of the inexperienced player, and, at the same time, challenge the most advanced.




Trevor Wye - Practice Book for the Flute - Omnibus Edition Books 1-6


Book Description

(Music Sales America). Trevor Wye's acclaimed Practice Books for the Flute have now sold over one million copies and proved invaluable to players at every grade. Each book explores individual aspects of flute technique in concise detail. This revised edition features updated diagrams, clearer musical notation and improved overall design. This omnibus edition of all six books in the Practice Book series is invaluable for both amateur and would-be professional players. Together these books form a complete reference guide for players who are looking to overcome technical difficulties, and who are seeking advice on how best to practice.




Practical Studies for Flute, Book 1


Book Description

The exercises and studies in this book are written to supplement and augment the numerous elementary method books available. The preliminary exercises stress the fundamentals of scales, chords, and intervals in the various keys. The importance of these fundamental exercises must be recognized as the foundation of fine playing. The etudes develop style, tone, and interpretation. Some of these studies are designed to be played by a group, or in a sectional rehearsal, if desired. Careful attention to correct fingerings, rhythms, and phrasing in these and other studies will result in musically satisfying performance. This book will be found to be useful for individual and class instruction.




Blocki Flute Method Book 2


Book Description

The award-winning Book 2 has been carefully designed to be versatile, so that it can be used after any beginning band method book. Each of the six key-based units (beginning with B-flat major) opens with a foundation page to be used throughout the unit, which includes scales, arpeggios, finger exercises, a flexibility exercise, and trills. Next, a new rhythm pattern is introduced using our "fill in the note value" approach to ensure correct understanding and execution. This method of teaching has been highly successful, especially with students who have had difficulty learning new rhythms. Each unit provides much systematic review so that the students can master the new rhythms and techniques. Often students learn to play a rhythm pattern in a piece, but cannot sight read that same rhythm in a new piece. This is like teaching students by rote to read "The Cat in the Hat" and then having to start all over when they pick up "Are You My Mother?" Our goal is that the students will quickly become excellent sight readers. Other features in this 97-page book include an abundance of duets and rounds, theory projects, transposition exercises, and composition pages. One of the most unique features of this method is the inclusion of the many composition projects which allow the students to be creative and "think outside the box" but, at the same time, to teach the basic concepts of music theory. Parameters are given as guidelines, and then "the sky's the limit!" After two years of sorting through thousands of melodies, only those that would both systematically help students to master new techniques and make students excited about practicing made it into the book.




Beginner's Book for the Flute


Book Description

(Music Sales America). The "Beginner's Book" series by Trevor Wye encourages the enjoyment of playing and music-making and is ideal for group or individual instruction. Part Two expands your range of notes and looks at new rhythms and time signatures.




A Dictionary for the Modern Flutist


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The second edition of Susan J. Maclagan’s A Dictionary for the Modern Flutist presents clear and concise definitions of more than 1,600 common flute-related terms that a player of the Boehm-system or Baroque flute may encounter. Fully illustrated with more than 150 images, the entries describe flute types, flute parts; playing techniques; acoustics; articulations; intonation; common ornaments; flute-making and repairs; flute history; flute music books, and many more topics. Unique to the second edition are entries on beatbox techniques and muscles of the face and throat. Entries now also feature bibliographic cross-references for further research. Carefully labeled illustrations for many flute types, parts, mechanisms, and accessories help make definitions easier to visualize. Appendixes provide further information on such subjects as flute classifications, types of flutes and their parts, key and tone hole names, head joint options, orchestra and opera audition excerpts, and biographies of people mentioned in the definitions. Contributed articles include “An Easy Guide to Checking Your Flute Tuning and Scale” by Trevor Wye; “Flute Clutches” by David Shorey; "Early Music on Modern Flute” by Barthold Kuijken; and “Crowns and Stoppers” and “Boehm Flute Scales from 1847 to the Present:The Short Story” by Gary Lewis. Maclagan’s A Dictionary for the Modern Flutist, second edition is an essential reference volume for flutists of all levels and for libraries supporting student, professional, and amateur musicians.




Flute Basics (Pupil's Book)


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This is the full eBook version of Flute Basics (Pupil's Book) in fixed-layout format. Sally Adams's Flute Basics series is widely regarded as the leading method for beginner flautists and their teachers. This new edition of Flute Basics (Pupils Book) with accompanying online audio offers a fresh design, clear technical drawings, fun illustrations, new activities, fingering chart and of course all of the great tunes featured in the original Flute Basics. Starting at absolute beginner level and progressing to about Grade 2, it contains a wide range of repertoire, including original pieces and well-loved favourites from every genre, warm ups and fun original exercises, invaluable fact files, quizzes and technical advice covering notation, general musicianship and care of the instrument, helpful fingering diagrams and rhythm boxes duets throughout. Also includes online audio containing piano and flute accompaniments to play along with. Contents: A Head Start: Twinkle Twinkle Little Sputnik; Head Joint Harlequin; Pavane (Faure); Head-Joint Hobo; Stage 1: Goose And Gander, Bread And Butter; Girls And Boys And Grandma; Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Mozart); Aria; Stage 2: A Musical Box; Hebrew Melody; Midnight Tango; Icacato; Compact Chorale; Stage 3: Mysterious Madrigal; March Of The Marsupials; Au Clair De La Lune; Celtic Lament; Stage 4: Warm-Up; When The Saints Go Marching In; Blue Boogie; Under A-Rest; Jingle Bells. Stage 5: There s No Escape; Wallie s Waltz; Lotus Flower; Stage 6: Figaro s Tune (Mozart); Play It Again Bob!; Arabian Nights; Stage 7: Warm-Up; Spooks; Suo-Gan; A Tuna Day; Strangers In The Night; Stage 8: This Way And That; Crooked Calypso; The Song Of The Volga Boatmen; Harem Dance; Stage 9: Seedy Blues; All Tied Up; Daisy Bell; Chinese Lanterns; Stage 10: I Like Bread And Butter; Blue Riff; The Roamin Gnomes; Clown Dance; Stage 11: Warm-Up; The First Nowell; Concert Pieces: Awake My Love (Brahms); Strawberries And Cream (Harris); Cowdrey: A Road To Somewhere; Free As A Bird (Wedgwood); Stage 12: Easy Does It; Shortnin Bread; From Neasden With Love; Stage 13: Feelin Funky; Feelin Fine; Great F ort Required; Quelle Est C est Odeur Agreeable?; Rest Assured; The Can Can (Offenbach); Jazzmin s Waltz; Stage 14: Gorgeous George; Groovin Grannies; Gymnastic Gerbils; Slane; Minuet From Alcina (Handel); Wistful Waltz; Stage 15: The Earwig Etude; Spooky Moment; All Through The Night; Morley: You Rang-A-Tango; Stage 16: The Energetic Eccentric; The Elegant Elephant; The Envious Envelope; Scarborough Fair; King Tut s Tap-Dancing Team; Fur Elise (Beethoven); Stage 17: The Adventurous Acrobat; The Animated Apeman; The Angelic Apricot; Rondo From Horn Concerto No.4 (Mozart); Stage 18: Rumpty Tumpty; Theme From The Archers (Wood); Gymnopedie; When Alan Met Sally; Stage 19: Gout: Playtime Rag; Emily s Half-Term Blues. Stage 20: Greensleeves; Theme From Blackadder (Goodall); Jack's Maggot; Concert Pieces: Spanish Lullaby (Cowdrey); Menuett; No3. From Four Irish Dances; La Foret Argentee.