Advanced Flute Practice Technique
"To be a professional musician is to be a professional practicer." - Alberto Almarza
In other words, you must enjoy the process of preparation or you won't succeed in performance, and more importantly, you won't enjoy your tenure as a musician. My personal philosophy is that anything can be made easy. That's why I wrote "Applied Flute Practice Technique" - to provide creative and thoughtful solutions to one of the most major obstacles to learning music: the how. Using the "Scherzo" from Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream as a template, my book bridges the gap between theory and execution by introducing warmups and practice techniques in a step-by-step, "learn by doing" format appropriate for flutists intermediate and above.
Artwork: Study of Titania and Bottom, J.A. Fitzgerald
Cover Layout and Design: Alex Finis
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History & Context
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Inspiration from Master Teachers
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Recommended Warmups
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Practice Techniques in a Step-by-Step Learning Format
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Supplemental Resources including sheet music & recommended recordings
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
"Whispered-Ah Etudes," a series of original Alexander Technique inspired breathing warmups, which teach you to breathe deeply and quickly without tensing your neck or shoulders.
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"Rhythmic Deconstruction," a step-by-step method for learning technical passages with ease, as taught by CMU professor Alberto Almarza.
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Low Register 101, including how to set up your embouchure for a resonant low register AND a daily warmup for crisp low register articulation, taught by New York Philharmonic Principal Flutist Robert Langevin.