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Flute
Scale Information
Quote
from Angelita Floyd from pg.123 of 'The Gilbert Legacy'
According to
Gilbert's teaching there is a definite distinction between
facility (ease of playing) and "technique"; facility
being the ability to move just the fingers quickly, wheras
technique includes quick fingers in combination with proper
sound and musical expression. Consequently, when practicing for
scales and arpeggio facility, flutists should concentrate on the
technique of sound and musicality as well. In Flutetalk
articles, Gilbert explained:
"Almost
every student aspires to be a virtuoso but they don't have
virtuostic technique. Too often students try and learn the flute
by just playing pieces. If they would spend more time acquiring
technique by playing articulated scales in all possible forms
and arpeggios BEFORE they come to a piece, it would save them
hours of time. Then ranther than wasting extra time learning a
difficult passage, they could spend more time on improving tone
and intonation."
Or:
Question:'Help, I've never really understood or practiced my
flute scales. What do I need to know about majors and minors,
and where can I find them for flute, online?
Flute
Scale Kit:
Fingering
charts:
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How
to practice flute, article by Hahn:
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How
to practice scales for intermediate flutists:
How
to practice scales for novice flute students
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Free
downloads of flute scales available online
All
two octave major and melodic minor scales for all flute students
in PDF
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Teaching
Flute Scales for beginners or novices:
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Flute
scale books worth purchasing
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Free
flute scales from H. Lindholm. One octave and two octave [PDF
files from his flute basics manual]
Free
flute technique book by H. Lindholm
More
Scale Links:
Flute
scales that are written out for intermediate flutists. Free
download:
Free
Flute 2-octave scales (descending form recommended by Galway)
for intermediate flutists. Scoll down to red scale
buttons at bottom of page
All
two octave major and melodic minor scales for all flute students
Harmonic
Minor scales:
Melodic
Minor Scales:
Free
flute scales from H. Lindolm. One octave and two octave
Flute
scale books worth purchasing
[easiest books
listed first]
Intermediate
Flutist's Scale Books:
Mel Bay: Indispensible
Scales, Exercises and Etudes by Mizzy McCaskill
Omibus Edition:
Trevor Wye ~ Practice Books for the Flute. Volumes 1~5
Progress Press:
The Flutist's Vade Mecum Walfrid Kujala
Cundy-Bettoney:
Brooke's Complete Flute Method: Alfred Brooke
Alphonse Leduc:
Exercises Journaliers; Marcel Moyse
Alphonse Leduc:
17 Daily Exercises; Taffanel-Gaubert
International: Flute
Workout; Robert Stallman
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To learn more
about HOW to practice technique see: Angelita Floyd's book: The
Gilbert Legacy
All the above
books can be found at www.fluteworld.com
or ordered through your local music store.
For
Novice to Intermediate/Advanced flute players; Herbert
Lindholm's complete manual for free:
Herbert Lindholm's
full bookof exercises, warmups, fingerings, scales, trills and
technical practice ideas are in his FLUTE BASICS manual. This
is the rectangle second from the bottom when you scroll down on
his "free flute sheetmusic" webpage.
Go to:
http://www.kuopionkonservatorio.fi/henkilokunta/hlindhol/
Lindholms manual is in
four parts. The first has one octave and two octave scales,
Blues scale, chromatic scale etc. Part two has patterns to use
as daily scale exercises (uses your brain and trains your
fingers!) lip flexibility exercises, and Parts three has tone
exercises, octave and third patterns, tonguing, multiple
tonguing and vibrato. Part four has both trill and basic
fingering charts. All four parts print out as 41 pages that can
be hole punched and put in a binder. Help yourself: Lindholm is
a smart flute teacher and very generous. :>)
Part
One ~ Part
Two ~ Part
Three ~ Part
Four
More
Scale Links:
for
those who are bored with playing scales alone :>)
FABULOUS
SCALE PLAYALONGS (free!)
Easy pace flute scale backing tracks
for fun practise
Intermediate flute scales
with harp accompaniment
The "Scale Game"
sheetmusic and playalong backing tracks:
More
scale stuff:
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101
Uses for flute scales:
What
can be done while learning flute scales?
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Music
books of flute scales/technique/etudes/daily exercises to buy:
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Books
of more advanced flute technique including
scales/technique/daily exercises etc.:
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Music
Theory articles with musical samples:
What are the major and minor and specialty scales and how are
they constructed?
Beginner
lesson in creating minor scales
Articles
for beginner flutists or re-beginner flutists with techniques to
learn prior to learning scales (tone, breathing...)
NOTE:
Remember that musicality and phrasing are all part of beautiful
scales, and you can't learn that without hearing it live from an
expert flute performer. So....
How
to find a flute teacher
who will teach you all about scales because honestly, you *do*
have to hear them performed by a scale expert and find out how
to use them in music:
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Why
do you need a flute teacher?
Why would lessons help me play better, faster?
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