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Technical Exercises

Okay ... If anyone is interested I will put some exercises here from time to time.

Here's a pattern for the day. Not too high, just up to F, and in the key of C. If you want a challenge, try to use this pattern in other keys. But just for fun, get your fingers moving and try both tonguing and slurring as fast as you can.


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Permalink Reply by Ronald Miller on July 16, 2010 at 1:21pm
Okay, I haven't practiced or measured my articulation lately. Here's a bit of music, a flute part from the 1st movement of the 2nd Brandenburg Concerto by JS Bach. Articulate the whole three lines. Use a metronome and start speeding it up. It is alright to use the thumb Bb. Coordinating even this simple scale-like piece between finger and tongue starts getting interesting at about 100 beats per minute. Try this for a week and see how fast you can get. On the last line, start the trill with an F grace note which starts on the up beat (it starts on the half note time, not before it, since it is Baroque).

Permalink Reply by Ashwini Varaghur on December 19, 2010 at 11:42pm

hey, thanks so much ...do post more of these.

Permalink Reply by Janet K Bordeaux on January 19, 2011 at 9:58pm

Here's one I wrote for practicing the chromatic scale through the full range of the instrument.

Permalink Reply by Ashwini Varaghur on January 24, 2011 at 11:51pm

thanks so much excellent piece to practise. I am playing this now.

 

Permalink Reply by Janet K Bordeaux on January 29, 2011 at 12:01am

Yay! Glad you are enjoying it.

 

I'll post the whole tone study some time next week. These studies are designed to go along with the Moyse exercises.

Permalink Reply by Gunn M B Hill on May 25, 2012 at 2:02pm

Love it! I have to work on this, it is fun and useful,

Permalink Reply by Katie Shesko on April 24, 2011 at 6:06pm
Any more to follow?? These are great!!
Permalink Reply by Ronald Miller on April 24, 2011 at 6:19pm
here is an exercise on the c scale and C Major chord.
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Permalink Reply by Ronald Miller on May 11, 2011 at 9:08am
Here is a five page .pdf file of major chord exercises.  It goes through all 12 keys.  If it is too much, at least learn it in the first key of C.
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Permalink Reply by Anthony Anusionwu on June 15, 2012 at 1:05pm

pls i need written down guidelines for me i need to inprove myself.   my email is  anusionwuanthony@yahoo.com

Permalink Reply by Janet K Bordeaux on June 15, 2012 at 3:59pm
What type of written guidelines are you looking for?

I have a couple of articles on my website about using/ practicing scales. Check these out and see if they help:
http://www.flutesolomusic.com/solo-flute-music/scales-for-solo-exce...
http://www.flutesolomusic.com/flutist/three-ways-we-use-a-scale

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