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1 Flute Technique Packet Flute Clinic Fingering Chart Major Scales Long Tones Tuning Chords Technique No. Technique No. 2 Technique No. Technique NO. Articulation No. Articulation No. 2 Articulation No. Amazing Grace (Phantom Regiment 992) Canon (Phantom Regiment 200) Adagio for Strings (Santa Clara Vanguard 20)

2 The United States Army Field Band The Musical Ambassadors of the Army Washington, DC Flute Clinic by Staff Sergeant Kendra Boettcher Staff Sergeant Jennifer Nitchman Staff Sergeant Dana Tan The United States Army Field Band 2 Field Band Drive Fort Meade, Maryland Phone: (0) Fax: (0) fldband@emh.ftmeade.army.mil Website:.army.mil/fieldband

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4 The U.S. Army Field Band Flute Clinic Flute Clinic by Staff Sergeant Kendra Boettcher Staff Sergeant Jennifer Nitchman Staff Sergeant Dana Tan PREFACE These comments about flute playing are intended to help high school age musicians derive the most from their practice time. This advice is by no means intended to be definitive. It is ritten ith the intent of helping high school flute players and their band directors improve skills and conquer many flute problems. PRACTICING Think about the folloing points, made by the internationally renoned flutist and teacher, Trevor Wye: ) Practice the flute only because you ant to; if you don t ant to don t! It is almost useless to spend your allocated practice time ishing that you eren t practicing. 2) Having decided to practice, make it difficult. Like a pest inspector, examine every corner of your tone and technique for flas and practice to remove them. Only by this method ill you improve quickly. Try to invent ne ays to cure old problems. ) Alays try to practice hat you can t play. Don t indulge in too much self-flattery by playing through hat you can already do ell. ) Because practice can be tiring, alays make sure your posture and hand position are correct. It is important to consult a good teacher on all of these points. TONE In the study of tone, as in any other aspect of flute playing, a good private teacher should be your best guide. Listen carefully all of the time and do not be distracted by surrounding events. If your flute tone is rudimentary, ork in the lo register and build from there. The best ay to improve tone quality is to play long, slo notes. This gives the player the opportunity to examine tone in close detail. Beare, though, because long notes played carelessly or ithout thought ill not achieve any positive result. Example (page ) shos a very basic long tone exercise. Many flutists start their long tone exercises on B or C in the middle register, but students should ultimately begin the exercise on a note that they feel very comfortable playing, and one they feel has a good sound. In general, long tones can be practiced over the entire range of the flute. It is most beneficial to the sound and least stressful on the lips to play long tones in a descending pattern toards the lo register, then ascending into the high register. Long tones should be practiced each day for at least five minutes of a thirty-minute practice session. TECHNIQUE In many ays, certain aspects of flute technique (for instance, finger dexterity and multipletonguing) can be some of the easiest things to learn. Hoever, the fundamental aspect of coordination is one of the biggest problems for many young students. The question of What do I do hen? is often enough to frustrate many young students to the point of not anting to continue playing their instruments. In the case of the flute, the coordination, once learned so ell that it becomes second nature, is really quite simple. Remember the folloing order: ) Prepare the fingers to play the note. 2) Set the embouchure for the note. ) Begin moving the air. ) Use the tongue to articulate over the air stream.

5 Flute Clinic Of course, all this is easier said than done, as the student needs to learn ho to do all four of these steps in a split second of actual time. Example 2 (page ) may be used to practice doing these four elements in correct order in very slo motion. In beteen each note of the exercise, make sure the fingers are all ready to play the next note before starting to blo. Then, make sure the embouchure is ready again, before the air starts moving. Finally, as the air starts to move (it ill sound like the articulation hooo ) add a doo or too, only after the note had begun to sound. The resulting notes in the exercise ill sound like Whoo-doo, hoo-doo, hoo-doo. Yes, it ill seem unmusical at first, but as this coordination is mastered, gradually compress each element closer and closer together until all four steps are occurring so rapidly that they no longer sound separate. ARTICULATION Donald Peck, principal flutist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, once said in an intervie, There is too much tongue in tonguing. It sounds like a funny thing to say, but especially for the flute player, it is very true. Often, hen one thinks of articulation, it is equated ith tonguing. Hoever, articulation in music is much the same as articulation in speech. If e refer to someone as being articulate, e generally mean they are easy to understand and adept at getting their points across to other people. Articulation in music is really the same thing. Consequently, use of the tongue plays a part, but so does slurring, phrasing, and timing. So Peck s statement, There is too much tongue in tonguing, actually makes sense. To be articulate on the flute, one must learn ho to produce the highest quality sound in the shortest amount of time. This becomes particularly important hen employing double- and tripletonguing. Because multiple-tonguing is so often required of flutists, many young flutists ask, What can I practice to improve my double- (or triple-) tonguing? The anser is to practice single-tonguing! Example (page ) is an excellent singletonguing study that should be practiced in all keys. First, practice it ith no tongue at all, using only breath attacks (as if saying, ha, ha, ha, ha ). After becoming reasonably good at this hich may take several eeks because it requires a great deal of stamina start adding a slight amount of tongue to the beginning of each note, all the hile remembering the order learned hen practicing Example 2. INTONATION AND VIBRATO Although intonation can be very precarious on the flute, it does not have to be. If the instrument is blon correctly, almost all intonation problems become minimal. A very easy ay to check hether or not one is bloing into the flute in a fundamentally correct manner is to play a middle D (make sure the left hand index finger is raised), then play a lo register D (hich means loering the left hand index finger). Ideally, the player should be able to alternate beteen these to notes ithout any change in embouchure. In this instance, the raising and loering of the left hand index finger orks much like an octave key ould on the oboe or saxophone. One should be able to alternate fairly rapidly beteen these to notes, slurring one octave intervals. If unable to do this, flute players are probably relying too much on their faces (or embouchures) and too little on air support. Several common problems may result: the tone may sound over-focused and eak, the pitch may be quite lo, and the high register may sound pinched and extremely sharp. Example (page 5) is a variation of Example 2 that may be used to encourage the use of more air and less face. Example 5 may be used for similar purposes, but the octaves also offer an excellent opportunity to study intonation at the same time. Ideally, both exercises ill be practiced using an electronic tuner to check the intonation at various points. Matching pitch ith a tuner can be very beneficial. Hoever, one of the best ays to benefit from practice ith a tuner is to set it to play a pitch (much like the drone of a bagpipe), then play scales or melodies over the top of that pitch. For instance, if one is going to practice a scale of G major, set the tuner to G and play the scale over the top of the drone pitch. This encourages listening to the intonation of all notes not just unisons and octaves, but other intervals as ell. Vibrato is too complex a subject to try to address in a handout. Our best advice is to encourage private study. Every flute teacher has his or her on approach to the teaching and use of vibrato. It really all comes don to a matter of personal taste. The only thing that can be said for certainty is that, if a flutist already has a beautiful sound, a nice vibrato can enhance it. If the sound isn t good to start, 2

6 The U.S. Army Field Band Flute Clinic no amount of vibrato good, bad, or otherise is going to make it any better. BREATHING AND SCALES Because the flute player uses more air than any other ind player, it is important that the basic fundamentals of breathing are learned correctly. The most common mistake many students make is to raise their shoulders hen taking a breath. This tightens the throat, hich often leads to a bleating, goat-like vibrato, and may develop into grunts or vocal chord noises hile playing. An easy ay to illustrate correct breathing is to for players to put their hands on their abdomens and notice that, hen breathing in, the abdomen moves out and hen breathing out, the abdomen moves in. Players should be thinner hen breathing out and fatter hen breathing in. They must understand that correct breathing makes them ider instead of taller. By raising the shoulders, one actually makes the abdomen thinner hen inhaling, creating tension and decreasing the amount of space for air intake. Breathing ill present feer problems hen the player continues the forard flo of the musical phrase. An excellent ay to practice this idea is to learn to experience the movement of a beautiful tone throughout the entire range of the instrument. One ay to practice this is to play scales and arpeggios in as expressive a manner as possible. Try to match the tone color to the key being played. Increase the intensity of the tone hen ascending, and return to the same starting note hen descending. Experiment ith the use of tone color to highlight change of key. Let each to bar phrase lead naturally to the next to. Example 6 (page 6) shos a scale pattern that may be played in this manner, preferably transposed to all keys (see Scale Supplement). RECOMMENDED RESOURCES A Beginner s Book for the Flute, Part and 2... Trevor Wye (Novello) This book is available ith piano accompaniment book or accompaniment cassette A Practice Book for the Flute, Volumes 6... Trevor Wye (Novello) Seven Daily Exercises, op M. A. Reichert (Cundy-Bettoney) De la Sonorité... Marcel Moyse (Leduc) Tone Development Through Interpretation... Marcel Moyse (Leduc) Exercices Journaliers (Daily Exercises)... Taffanel-Gaubert (Leduc)

7 Flute Clinic FLUTE EXAMPLES Example Sloly 2. # U.. # n U U U.. #.. # n.. # U. F f F f F f F f F f. # n U U U U U U.... b.. b..... F f F f F f F ḟ Ḟ b b ḟ F f Example 2 Ascending 2 J # J n J J n J # J n J J n J # J (continue up to high C) n J n J etc... J Descending n J J b J J J J b J J J (continue don to lo C) J n J etc... Example Freely Ú b after Reichert b

8 The U.S. Army Field Band Flute Clinic Example 6 8 Ascending # n # n # n # (continue up to high C) # etc... Descending n b b b b (continue don to lo C) b n etc. Example 5.. C minor b b C major b C diminished b b b.. b b b b b. b b b b b b b b b b b b b C# major # # # # # # # C# minor.. # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # n # # n # # # n # # n # # C# diminished # n # # n # # n # # n.. # n n # n n n. # n n # n n # n n # n n # n n # n Repeat pattern beginning on each note of the chromatic scale. 5

9 Flute Clinic Example 6 F major b c f b b b # b D minor b n # # b π b n # b # n simile n simile # n # n # n b b b # n n n # n b b n # # b n # n b 6

10 The U.S. Army Field Band Scale Supplement Scale Supplement The fifteen major and minor scales make up our musical ABCs. Just as a person ishing to read learns the alphabet first, a musician cannot expect to master an instrument ithout first learning the basic set of scales. By diligently practicing the major scales and all three forms of the minor scales, they ill become automatic, just like reading the alphabet. This ill make playing, especially sight reading, much easier so that the musician can concentrate toards the ultimate goal making music! Each scale belo should be played sloly at first, ensuring that each note is played correctly. Gradually ork for speed, but do not rush. Use a metronome henever possible to guarantee evenness and a steady tempo. The player should practice difficult scales tice as often as easy ones to develop competence in all keys. As skills increase, change rhythmic patterns and increase tempos. Advanced players can still use scales to ork on intonation, technique, range, and dynamics. Use the folloing patterns one at a time or in combination to get even more benefit from scale practice: A D B E C F π ƒ π C Major A natural minor A harmonic minor # # # # A melodic minor # # # # n n n n S

11 Scale Supplement G Major # # E harmonic minor # # E natural minor # # E melodic minor # # # # # n n n n F Major b D harmonic minor b # # D natural minor # # D melodic minor b n n # # n b n b S 2

12 The U.S. Army Field Band Scale Supplement D Major # # B natural minor B harmonic minor # # # # # # B melodic minor # # # # # # n n n n Bb Major b b G natural minor G harmonic minor b b # # # # G melodic minor b b n # n # n n b b S

13 Scale Supplement A Major # # # F# natural minor F# harmonic minor # # # # # # # F# melodic minor # # # # # # # n n n n Eb Major b b b C natural minor C harmonic minor b b b n n n n C melodic minor b b b n n n n b b b b S

14 The U.S. Army Field Band Scale Supplement E Major # # # # C# natural minor C# harmonic minor # # # # # # # # C# melodic minor # # # # # # # # n n n n Ab Major b b b b b b b b F harmonic minor n n F natural minor n n b b b b n n F melodic minor n n b b b b S 5

15 Scale Supplement B Major # # # # # G# natural minor G# harmonic minor # # # # # G# melodic minor # # # # # # # # # n n Db Major b b b b b Bb natural minor Bb harmonic minor b b b b b n n n n Bb melodic minor b b b b b n n n n b b b b S 6

16 The U.S. Army Field Band Scale Supplement S 7 # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # n n D# melodic minor F# Major D# natural minor D# harmonic minor b b b b b b b b b b b b n n n n b b b b b b n n n n b b b b Gb Major Eb natural minor Eb harmonic minor Eb melodic minor

17 Scale Supplement C# Major # # # # # # # A# natural minor A# harmonic minor # # # # # # # A# melodic minor # # # # # # # # # # # Cb Major b b b b b b b Ab natural minor Ab harmonic minor b b b b b b b n n n n Ab melodic minor b b b b b b b n n n n b b b b S 8

18 BASIC FINGERING CHART FLUTE PICCOLO.conn-selmer.com

19 T R ILL C H AR T T H R E E O C T AV E S unitedmusical.com F I R S T O C T A V E T H I R D O C T A V E C-D C -D D-E D-E D -E E -F (D -E ) or E-F E-F F-G (E -F ) F-G F -G F -G G-A G-A G -A G -A (A -B ) or A-B or A-B A -B (B -C ) or B -C or B-C B-C C-D (B -C ) C-D C -D C -D (D -E ) D-E (D-D ) D-E D -E E -F (D -E ) E-F E-F F-G (E -F ) F-G F -G F -G (G -A ) G-A G-A or G -A G -A (A -B ) A-B A-B A -B B -C B-C C-C or LEFT HAND RIGHT HAND LEFT HAND RIGHT HAND T 2 LEFT HAND for use on flutes ith lo-b T 2 T 2 T T T T T T T 2 T 2 T 2 T 2 T T T T 2 2 T T 2 T T L RIGHT HAND 2 Tr Tr 2 Tr Tr 2 Tr! Tr 2 Tr Tr 2 Tr 2 Tr Tr 2 Tr Tr2 2 Tr 2 Tr 2 S E C O N D O C T A V E T C-D C -D C -D (D -E ) D-E D-E D -E (E -E) E -F (D -E ) E-F E-F F-G (E -F ) F-G F -G F -G G -A G-A G-A G -A (A -B ) or A-B or A-B A -B (B -C ) or B -C or B-C B-C C-D (B -C ) 80B F l u t e U N I T E D M U S I C A L I N S T R U M E N T S U. S. A., I N C. T T 2 T 2 T 2 T 2 T 2 T T T T T T Tr Tr 2 Tr !!!!!!!! L!! Tr! N O T E : T R ILL ALL C IR C LE D F IG U R E S % 0 0 % R I G H T H A N D T T X-K600T 9/00 2 L E F T H A N D L Tr 2 2 Tr 2

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21 Flute Long Tones b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b 20

22 Flute b F Tuning Tuning Chords University Band b b b 7 bbb-flat Tuning

23 Flute/Piccolo Technique No. University Band b.... b b.... b b #.... # # b.... b bb b.... b b b # b.... b bb b.... b b b #.... # # b.... b b.... b b 25

24 Flute/Piccolo Technique No. 2 University Band bn # # # # b bnbn bnbnn b #. # # # # nbnbn bnbn. b 5 n #..#. # # # n 9 b bn bnbn bn # #..# # # # nbn bnbn bnb n #..#. # # # n 7 b bn bnbn bn # #. # # # # nbnbn bnbn. b 2 n bn # # # # b bnbn bnbnn 25 b

25 b b Technique No. University Band b b b b b b b b 7 b b b b b 2 25 b b b b b

26 Technique No. University Band b b b b 5 # # # # 9 b b b b b b b b # 7 b b b b b b b b 2 # # # # 25 b b b b

27 Flute/Piccolo Articulation No. University Band b... bj - Œ b... bj - Œ b b b bj - Œ... j Œ j - Œ j - Œ 5 bb... j b - Œ 9 bb... j b - Œ bb b b b j b - Œ... j Œ j - Œ j - Œ bb... j b - Œ 7 bb... j b - Œ bb b b... j b b - Œ nn... j n - Œ j - Œ j - Œ 2 25 b... bj - Œ b... bj - Œ b b... b bj - Œ

28 Flute/Piccolo Articulation No. 2 University Band b b b b b b Œ # # Œ b b. b b b bb b b b Œ Œ b b b b bb b b. b b Œ n.. - n # # n Œ 2 25 b b... b b b b Œ

29 Flute/Piccolo Articulation No. University Band b b b. b # n b b # n b..... b 5 # # #. n # # # # n# # # # 5 b b b. b n b b n b..... b 9 # # #. n # # # n # # # 29 b b b. b n b b n b..... b # # #. n # # # # n# # # #

30 2 Flute/Piccolo b b b. b..... # n 6 b. b # n b b

31 Flute Amazing Grace Phantom Regiment Andante b b b b 6 Œ A Œ - Œ - Œ - Œ - Œ - Œ - p 2 bb b b Œ - Œ j j Œ Œ b b b b 8 B Œ b b J ff b b Ó J J J bb 50 C bb Ó j p

32 Flute q = 95 b b 9 A bb 7 B b b 2 b b 28 bb p mf Ó mp Canon From "Harmonic Journey" (200) C ff Johann Pachelbel arr. J. D. Sha fff

33 Flute b b U U U U b b 5 ff Adagio for Strings Santa Clara Vanguard 20 U bb b n b fp Samuel Barber

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