Flute Technique

Name: Flute Technique
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ISBN: 9780193184329

ISBN-10: 019318432X

ISBN-13: 9780193184329

Edition: 1991

Authors: Gareth Morris

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This book by the former Professor of Flute at the Royal Academy of Music (1945-1985) and Principal Flute of the Philharmonia Orchestra (1949-1972) is designed for professional and amateur alike. It contains detailed instructions for sound production, breath control, intonation, tonguing, and dynamics and offers sound advice on phrasing, tone, vibrato, and orchestral playing. There are annotated fingering charts showing normal fingerings, alternative fingerings, and trill fingerings, and a concise account of the history of the instrument. There is a useful repertory list and an appendix by Sebastian Bell (Principal Flute of the London Sinfonietta and current Professor of Flute at the RAM)…

Book details

List price: $51.00
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/13/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 76
Size: 4.92" wide x 7.28" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Introduction



The History of the Flute



The Old Flute



The Development of the Baroque Instrument



The Flute in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries



The New Flute: Theobald Boehm



His Experiments and First Improvements



The Final 1847 Model



Later Modifications and Additions



The Technique of Playing the Flute



The Acoustics of the Instrument



First Principles



Assembling the Parts of the Flute



Fingering and Sound Production of the First Register



Fingering and Sound Production of the Second and Third Registers



Breath Control



Intonation



Embouchure Control



The Cork in the Headjoint



The Tongue



Dynamics



Annotated Fingering Charts



Preferred Fingerings



Allowed Alternatives



Trills



Positions of the Embouchure in the Three Registers and in the Two Breaks



Style



Phrasing: the Means of Controlling it



Tone



Variety of Nuance and the Influence of Music upon it



Vibrato



The Practice of Scales. Arpeggios, and Exercises



For the Embouchure



For the Fingers and Tongue



The Technique of Orchestral Playing



Repertoire



Solo Music



Chamber Music



Studies



Avant-garde Techniques--Sebastian Bell


Bibliography