The Flute Scale Book: A Path to Artistry by Patricia George and Phyllis Avidan Louke (Theodore Presser
Company)
Now published by Theodore Presser, this book 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”
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, blues scales and more, extended to D4 and beyond to satisfy the needs of professional
players. This newly published edition retains the same studies plus 14 additional pages of scale studies. Spiral
bound. 144 pages.
THE FLUTE SCALE BOOK
is ideal for every flutist from student to professional. Its comprehensive and flexible set of study plans includes:
•
Major, Natural, Harmonic and Melodic Minor Scales
• Scale Studies (Neighboring Tone, Gruppetto, and Rips)
•
Modal, Chromatic, Octatonic, Whole Tone, Blues and Pentatonic Scales
• Major and Minor Thirds and Sixths
•
Major, Minor, Diminished and Augmented Arpeggios
• Chromatic Diminished Triads and Chromatic Diminished Seventh
Chords
• Dominant Seventh and Major Seventh Chords
• Warm-ups and Embouchure Development Exercises
• Phrasing Guides and Practice Patterns for Groups of 6 or 8 notes
• Third and Fourth Octave Exercises and
Fingering Charts
For sample pages and other resources, see below.