Flute Technique

This is a book for both professional and amateur flute players. It contains instructions in sound production, breath control, intonation, tonguing, and dynamics; and it offers advice on phrasing, tone, vibrato, and orchestral playing. There are annotated fingering charts showing normalfingerings, and trill fingerings, and a concise account of the flute's history. There is also a useful repertory list, and an appendix by Sebastian Bell describing avant-garde techniques.

Gareth Morris was formerly Professor of the Flute at the Royal Academy of Music, and was principal flautist of the Philharmonia Orchestra.

Introduction

vii

The History of the Flute

1

(8)

The Old Flute

1

(4)

The Development of the Baroque Instrument

1

(2)

The Flute in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries

3

(2)

The New Flute: Theobald Boehm

5

(4)

His Experiments and First Improvements

5

(1)

The Final 1847 Model

6

(1)

Later Modifications and Additions

7

(2)

The Technique of Playing the Flute

9

(26)

The Acoustics of the Instrument

9

(2)

First Principles

11

(10)

Assembling the Parts of the Flute

11

(1)

Fingering and Sound Production of the First Register

11

(6)

Fingering and Sound Production of the Second and Third Registers

17

(4)

Breath Control

21

(1)

Intonation

22

(7)

Embouchure Control

22

(3)

The Cork in the Headjoint

25

(4)

The Tongue

29

(2)

Dynamics

31

(4)

Annotated Fingering Charts

35

(11)

Preferred Fingerings

35

(1)

Allowed Alternatives

35

(4)

Trills

39

(1)

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

39

(7)

Style

46

(3)

Phrasing: the Means of Controlling it

46

(1)

Tone

47

(2)

Variety of Nuance and the Influence of Music upon it

47

(1)

Vibrato

48

(1)

The Practice of Scales, Arpeggios, and Exercises

49

(3)

For the Embouchure

49

(1)

For the Fingers and Tongue

50

(2)

The Technique of Orchestral Playing

52

(3)

Repertoire

55

(8)

Solo Music

56

(4)

Chamber Music

60

(2)

Studies

62

(1)

Appendix. Avant-garde Techniques---Sebastian Bell

63

(6)

Bibliography

69

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