Flute - Beginner Woodwinds
Tone: trying to get a more relaxed embouchure. For the middle register aim your air toward your elbow. For the low register aim toward the opposite edge of the embouchure hole, pretend you are holding
Things to try:
https://www.jennifercluff.com/lineup.htm
https://www.jennifercluff.com/secretsbw.pdf
Things to try:
- Try allowing air into your cheeks.
- Try singing/humming and playing at the same time.
- Remember that our brains can only process about 1 inch of information at a time. So if you want to avoid getting frustrated, practice 1 inch of music (on the difficult parts) until it flows well.
- For 2 notes that are difficult for you to play (like in m. 51 of Tambourine) try to create a short exercise to just practice those 2 notes. We did "D-E" and it improved a lot.
- Try applying different groupings, started with groups of 2: first long short, then short long. Then groups of 3 - 123, 123. Then groups of 3 starting on the 2nd note. And finally 1 group of 2 followed by groups of 3: 12-123-123.
https://www.jennifercluff.com/lineup.htm
https://www.jennifercluff.com/secretsbw.pdf
Warm-up For FluteLong tones and harmonics: www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~leonardg/fundamentals.pdf
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Études: StudiesGariboldi 20 etudes: s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/f/f9/IMSLP261754-PMLP424480-G_Gariboldi_-_20_Studies_for_Flute_Op_132.pdf
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Solos
We are working on Tambourin by Gossec and Allegretto by Godard. You can find these pieces on www.flutetunes.com.
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Other videos and links to help you with learning the flute:
Fingering Charts: www.wfg.woodwind.org/flute/fl_bas_3.html
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The Three Bbs:
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This is a cool performance by Jasmine Choi of "The Great Train Race" by Ian Clark
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