La prononciation [CF:524-09045]

Articulation – pronunciation – is an essential element of flute playing. Mastering articulation helps bring one’s performance alive by adding variety, color and clearly defined intentions to the musical discourse. Articulation on the flute occurs when the flutist’s tongue stops the note, similarly to a singer’s words interrupting a melodic line. Explore the many possibilities of expressionthrough two series of major and minor scalesas well as several exercises and orchestral excerpts. The book is divided in six chapters: -Chapter 1addresses good coordination between breath, tongue and fingers whilst playing major and minor scales in simple meter, followed by wider-ranging major scales in compound meter (Level 1); -Chapter 2focuses on correct tongue placement. Exercises derived from the repertoire exemplify the study of the “Frenchdétaché” technique; -Chapter 3explores the full range of articulations on another series of wide-ranging scales (Level 2) -Chapter 4aims at improving the speed of double and triple tonguing; -Chapter 5deals with the attack of notes; -Chapter 6highlights essential orchestral excerpts, plus one additional study with focusing on difficult articulations.