Flute technique / Gareth Morris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morris, Gareth.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Flute--Instruction and study.

Flute.

Physical Description:

vi, 68 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.

Summary:

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) describing avant-garde techniques.

Contents:

1 The History of the Flute 1

A The Old Flute 1

(i) The Development of the Baroque Instrument 1

(ii) The Flute in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries 3

B The New Flute: Theobald Boehm 5

(i) His Experiments and First Improvements 5

(ii) The Final 1847 Model 6

(iii) Later Modifications and Additions 7

2 The Technique of Playing the Flute 9

A The Acoustics of the Instrument 9

B First Principles 11

(i) Assembling the Parts of the Flute 11

(ii) Fingering and Sound Production of the First Register 11

(iii) Fingering and Sound Production of the Second and Third Registers 17

C Breath Control 21

D Intonation 22

(i) Embouchure Control 22

(ii) The Cork in the Headjoint 25

E The Tongue 29

F Dynamics 31

3 Annotated Fingering Charts 35

A Preferred Fingerings 35

B Allowed Alternatives 35

C Trills 39

D Positions of the Embouchure in the Three Registers and in the Two Breaks 39

4 Style 46

A Phrasing: the Means of Controlling it 46

B Tone 47

(i) Variety of Nuance and the Influence of Music upon it 47

(ii) Vibrato 48

5 The Practice of Scales. Arpeggios, and Exercises 49

(i) For the Embouchure 49

(ii) For the Fingers and Tongue 50

6 The Technique of Orchestral Playing 52

7 Repertoire 55

A Solo Music 56

B Chamber Music 60

C Studies 62

Appendix Avant-garde Techniques

Sebastian Bell 63.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

019318432X :

OCLC:

23081670