Useful Resources for Learning Flute

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Subject: Flute
Last updated: 28/11/2011
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Flute

Here's a small collection of the possible materials/information for learning the flute, based on my personal experience (for students from intermediate to advanced level):

 

Tonal Studies:

Marcel Moyse, De La Sonorite (Alphonse Leduc-Paris)

Marcel Moyse, 24 Little Melodic Studies (Alphonse Leduc-Paris)

Marcel Moyse, Tone Development Through Interpretation (McGinnis & Marx)

 

Technical Exercises:

Taffanel & Gaubert, 17 Daily Exercises (Alphonse Leduc-Paris)

Marcel Moyse, Exercices Journaliers (Alphonse Leduc-Paris)

Marcel Moyse, 480 Exercises for Flute - Scales and Arpeggios (Alphonse Leduc-Paris)

Geoffrey Gilbert, Sequences (Southern Music Company)

 

Orchestral Excerpts:

Trevor Wye & Patricia Morris, The Orchestral Flute Practice Book 1 & 2 (Novello)

Jeanne Baxtresser, Orchestral Excerpts for Flute (Theodore Presser Company)

Jeanne Baxtresser & Renée Siebert, Great Flute Duos from the Orchestral Repertoire (Theodore Presser Company)

Michael Parloff, Opera Excerpts for Flute (Theodore Presser Company)

 

Piccolo Studies & Orchestral Excerpts:

Patricia Morris, The Piccolo Study Book (Novello)

Trevor Wye & Patricia Morris, Practice Book for the Piccolo (Novello)

 

Websites:

Any fingerings you may possibily need on flute and piccolo - http://www.wfg.woodwind.org/flute/ 

Lots of information about flute and flautists - http://www.larrykrantz.com/

Info about my teacher, William Bennett, including his articles, publications, discography and his yearly International Summer School - http://www.williambennettflute.com/

 

Flute Shops:

Just Flutes - http://www.justflutes.com/

All Flutes Plus - http://www.allflutesplus.co.uk/

Top Wind - http://www.topwind.com/

An US based flute shop - http://www.fluteworld.com/

 


Michael Liu MA (RAM) Flute Teacher (West London)

About The Author

Experienced orchestral, chamber music and solo flautist. Recent graduate from RAM. Have teaching experience from young beginners, adult amateur players to music college undergrad students in the US.



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