ISBN 9781491133606. 9 x 12 inches. English.
Spark musical joy by adding fun to your daily warm-ups! This delightful collection of well-known tunes and excerpts combines 12 melodic tone studies with 12 articulation exercises to start your practice sessions with favorites from Debussy, FaurA(c), and more. This warm-up resource by Joan Sparks and Daniel Dorff originally appeared as monthly online installments, and returns now as an expanded book by popular demand. A* Each tone study provides a familiar theme in all 12 transpositions covering the instrumentas full range, keeping you limber (mentally and physically!) while playing familiar melodies outside your comfort zone. Written-out transpositions allow you to work on any number of variants each day. A* Each articulation study is drawn from actual flute repertoire, presenting technique-building exercises for skills that are eventually required of every flutist. A* Choose any long-tone study from Part I, and any articulation exercise from Part II, to refresh your warm-up routine daily, weekly, or at any pace you wish. With 12 of each to pair up, 24 MELODIOUS WARM-UPS provides over 100 combinations. A* Offering great flexibility for designing your own practice routine, it is a perfect resource for students, hobbyists, and professionals at every level, either with a teacheras supervision, or for self-guided work.
A collection of flute technique exercises drawn from the flutistas repertoire: This volume of 24 warm-ups based on real flute repertoire is one of a kind. We have built this book from pieces every flutist should know and play well. Each section has a distinct purpose. PART I: Tone Warm-Ups with Transposition Exercises offers 12 interesting and beautiful melodies that are enjoyable to practice. PART II: Articulation Warm-Ups presents technique-building exercises for skills that are eventually required of every flutist. Memorizing in the original keys is recommended both for thorough learning, and for when you are asked point blank, aplay something for me.a We suggest you focus on one exercise from each part, every day for a week. Intentionally pairing an exercise from Part I with one from Part II is recommended as well. And each time you cycle through the book, make different pairings. For instance, one week you might warm up the sound with Londonderry Air, followed by warming up the technique from Paganini or Andersen. One fun and obvious pairing could be the William Tell melody from Part I, followed by the William Tell obbligato in Part II. We all know long tones are necessary, but flutists sometimes express frustration that they are boring, uninspiring, and dull. Not anymore! This collection of well-known themes cuts through the drudgery and lets us play our hearts out as we enjoy a beautiful melody, conjure up a scene, or play through heartbreak. Enjoyment tone building = a great use of practice time. We suggest you play one of the exercises from each section every day, for one week, and cycle through the whole book. The 12 exercises will take 3 months, and then repeat the process with different combinations. * * * A warm thank you to Daniel Dorff who eagerly and brilliantly contributed to the first iteration of this idea to release free downloads of Long Tones of the Month and Articulation of the Month on the Flute Pro Shop website. Special thanks to him for shepherding this second iteration into a published collection. Itas been a pleasure to collaborate on these projects. |
