How to love your flute : a guide to flutes and flute playing / by Mark Shepard ; illustrated by Anne Subercaseaux.
| Author/creator | Shepard, Mark, 1950- |
| Other author | Horn, Paul, 1930-2014 writer of preface. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Berkeley : Panjandrum Books, ©1980. |
| Description | viii, 97 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Preface / by Paul Horn -- Introductions. My love affair with the flute ; About this book ; Common questions about beginners ; How to love your flute -- Part I: Flute lore. The world family of flutes. South America ; North America ; Africa ; The Middle East ; Eastern Europe ; Western Europe ; India ; China ; Oceania ; Japan -- The story of the western flute. The Baroque flute ; The Boehm flute ; Since Boehm ; Materials and manufacture ; Looking ahead -- Part II. Selection and care. Finding your flute. Buying name brands ; Metal flutes, the flute hierarchy ; Wooden flutes ; Flute quality, general ; Plateau model, French model ; Other options and variations ; Features to look for ; Checking out a used flute ; Other sizes of flutes ; Electronic amplification -- Caring for your flute. Assembly, playing, disassembly ; Minor maintenance. Cleaning ; Tenons ; Oiling ; Head joint cork. Placement ; Removal ; Loose and tight corks ; Repairs. Tight and loose tenons ; Noises ; Sticking keys ; Springs ; Regulation and "leaky" pads ; Professional servicing and overhaul -- Part III. Flute technique. Embouchure and breath. Getting a sound: basic embouchure ; Basic breathing -- Posture. Flute assembly and hand position ; Head and arms ; Torso and legs ; Other aspects. Relaxation ; Health ; Practicing posture ; Posture checklist -- Playing notes. Fingering and blowing principles. First octave ; Second octave ; Third octave -- Fingerings ; Articulation -- More about embouchure and breath. Taking breaths ; Intonation ; Volume adjustments ; Developing tone ; Exercises. Long tones ; Louder, softer ; Octave jumps -- Fingering technique. Difficult combinations ; Runs -- Tuning. Concert pitch ; Tuning with others -- Advanced techniques. Vibrato ; Tonal variation ; Alternative fingerings, trills, tremolos ; Multiple-tonguing -- Special effects. Acoustic effects. Consonants ; Flutter tonguing ; Fade-out ; Note-bending ; Quarter-tones and micro-tones ; Multiphonics ; Singing into the flute ; Blowing through the octaves ; Underblowing ("whistle stops") ; Key "clicks" -- Electronic effects. General ; Reverb ; Tape-loop ; Octave divider ; Synthesizer -- Part IV. Making music. Scales and chords. Scales ; Chords -- Playing by ear. Copying ; Improvisation ; Help for the tone-deaf. Developing tone recognition ; Chord deafness -- Reading music. Learning how ; Staff and clef ; Timing ; Key signature and accidentals ; Rests ; Repeats ; Volume and dynamics ; Tempo and expression ; Miscellaneous symbols ; Transposition ; Learning a piece of music ; Interpretation ; Nonclassical music -- Living music. Expressive techniques ; Beyond technique: playing from within -- Part V. Modern folk flutes. Finding a folk flute. Why a folk flute? ; Where to find folk flutes ; Side-blown flutes ; Shakuhachi ; Other end-blown flutes -- Caring for a folk flute. Bamboo ; Other materials. Wood ; Ceramic ; Metal and plastic ; Corks -- Playing a folk flute. Side-blown flutes. Getting a sound ; Hand and body position ; Playing the notes ; Other instructions -- Shakuhachi ; Other end-blown flutes. Kena ; Panpipes ; Nay -- Appendix. How the flute works. A tube with holes ; Harmonics ; Octaves -- Miscellaneous fingering charts. Baroque flute, one key ; Eight-key flute ; Modern flute with open G-sharp key -- Reading list. General ; Flute technique ; Other flutes ; Miscellaneous. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliography (pages 96-97). |
| LCCN | 79009147 |
| ISBN | 0915572362 : |