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SUGGESTED TECHNICAL EXERCISES
Dr. Constance G. Lane, Professor of Music - flute
Technical exercises generally have little musical value. These are repetitious exercises specifically designed for finger and tongue work and which may encompass scale, chord, or chromatic formats, as well as those finger combinations that are particularly awkward for the instrument. Etudes generally do have musical value and demand expression and interpretation similar to that required in solo pieces. An etude may also combine a number of different technical problems.
TECHNICAL EXERCISES Moyse -- Etudes and Exercises Techniques (Leduc) - some of the most awkward combinations of repetitive passages for flute - usable for more advanced high school students Robison -- Flute Warmups Book (EAM) - lots of good scale study patterns - high school and some middle school flutists Taffanel and Gaubert -- 17 Daily Exercises (Leduc) - the “Bible” of technical studies for many teachers and flutists, using scales, chords, and chromatics - middle and high school flutists can use selectively Wye -- Practice Book, Vol.2:: Technique and Practice Book, Vol. 3: Articulation (Novello)-scale and chord studies similar to the T & G above, with witty, pithy annotations and instructions - middle and high school
ETUDES Andersen -- 24 Etudes, op. 21 (Int. or Southern) - longer studies appropriate for high school or advanced middle schoolers who wish to extend their technical and reading abilities Flute Exercises and Etudes, p. 2 Andersen -- 24 Progressive Studies, op. 33 (Southern or Int.) - studies requiring more advanced musicianship, suitable for college auditions which call for an etude - advanced high school Berbiguier -- 18 Studies (Southern) - studies which fall somewhere between etudes and technical exercises, again might be suitable for college auditions requiring an etude - high school level Cavally -- Melodious and Progressive Studies, 4 vols. (Southern) - the first two vols. might be more suitable for middle school flutists, with the last two usable by high schoolers, however high schoolers might benefit from the first two as well. Dick -- Flying Lessons, 2 Vols. (Multiple Breath Mus.) - progressive studies using contemporary extended techniques. High school students can use the cassette tape which accompanies these to help develop such techniques as harmonics, multiphonics, air sounds, key pops, etc. Gariboldi -- 30 Easy and Progressive Studies (Little Piper or Galaxy) - one of the best books of supplemental etudes for middle school flutists Wagner -- Foundations to Flute Playing (C. Fischer) - this is an old “complete” method, but the short studies in various keys are some of the best for middle school flutists, and could be used as exam material by school band directors
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