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FLUTE 101: MASTERING
THE BASICS is a beginning flute method that provides
a comprehensive scope and sequence of skills, as well as ample practice of new concepts. One of the cornerstones
of this method is the extensive use of duets to practice and review concepts. The
curriculum of this book is based primarily on three areas of concentration: 1. Learning to play the flute: air, articulation, technique, sound 2.
Learning to read and understand music notation 3. Learning to play musically
Further important features are:
· An innovative approach to teaching beginners ·
A logical sequence of skills
and cohesive program for student and teacher ·
A balanced approach that addresses aural, digital, and intellectual skills · A variety of activities that address different learning styles · Warm-ups, skill
practice, and enrichment, based on learning theory research · Many well-known
public domain melodies in a variety of styles ·
An extensive use of duets to practice concepts and promote aural skills · Supplemental Christmas and Hanukah duets · This book may be used as a phrasing workbook by flutists of any
level of advancement.
· Perfect for use in the private studio, university studio and woodwinds methods classes. |
THE FLUTE SCALE BOOK: A PATH TO ARTISTRY,
written by Patricia George and Phyllis Avidan Louke, includes the teacher's and performer's
"dream list" of scale studies. Besides the scales, there is a chapter on "what to do with
the notes" once you have learned them. Also
included are Practice Guides with hundreds of rhythms and articulation patterns to practice any group of six or eight notes
and Sample Practice Plans that provide an organized curriculum with weekly practice suggestions. THE FLUTE
SCALE BOOK is designed for a lifetime of use with embouchure development and scale exercises perfect for younger players,
and more advanced exercises including audition scales, phrasing studies, major and minor scales, thirds, arpeggios, seventh
chords, modal scales, chromatic intervals, tonguing exercises and more, extended to D4 and beyond, to satisfy the needs of
professional players.
The 132 page book includes:
- Chapter 1, One Octave Whole Note Scales. These scales, thirds and arpeggios are perfect
for the younger player, but also serve as tone color and intonation exercises for the advanced player.
- Chapter
2, Phrasing Gestures, focuses on what to do with the notes once you have learned them.
- Chapter 3, Embouchure Development, contains exercises for embouchure development
and technical fluency in the third octave.
- Chapter
4, Audition Scales, features all major and minor scales, thirds and arpeggios for the auditioning student.
A practice guide suggests phrasing and articulation patterns for audition success.
- Chapter 5, Scales for a Lifetime, presents the essential materials needed
to develop a fluid technique. These include five note patterns, tone color scales, modal scales in thirds
and sixths, Kuhlau Bass, pedal point arpeggios and seventh chords. Most scales are written full range from
C1 to D4 with a few higher surprises along the way.
- Chapter
6, A Bouquet of Scales, includes two octave modal scales in 4s, 6s and 8s. Chromatic scales are
written in two and three octave versions as well as in Major seconds, Major and minor thirds, Perfect Fourths and Fifths.
Also included in this scale workout are Octatonic, Whole-tone, Blues and Major and Minor Pentatonic.
- Practice Patterns for Groups of 8 notes and Practice Patterns
for Groups of 6 notes provide an organized list of hundreds of ways to practice scales that include rhythm, articulation,
phrasing and vibrato.
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