The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike other woodwind instruments, a flute produces its sound from the flow of air against an edge, instead of using a reed. A musician who plays the flute is generally referred to as either a flautist or a flutist.
Flute tones are sweet in character and blend well with other instruments. The flute’s pitch, and various aspects of its timbre are flexible, allowing a very high degree of instantaneous expressive control.
Prepare them all slurred and all tongued in sixteenth notes at quarter note = 88, a minimum of two octaves, three when possible. Scales should be performed ascending and descending.
Chromatic: full range of the instrument
Major Scales: C G D A E F Bb Eb Ab
Melodic Minor Scales: a e b f# c# d g c f
Books: Advanced Method for Flute, Volume II – Voxman/Rubank Publication
Selected Studies for Flute – Voxman/Rubank Publication
| Set I | Advanced Method | p. 6 | #6 slurred |
| p. 17 | #61 slurred, groups of 4 | ||
| p. 51 | #4 | ||
| p. 56 | #18 | ||
| Selected Studies | p. 8 | all | |
| p. 14 | only | ||
| Set II | Advanced Method | p. 9 | #20 slurred |
| p.16 | #55 slurred | ||
| p. 52 | #9 | ||
| p. 55 | #16 | ||
| Selected Studies | p. 23 | all | |
| p. 38-39 | Ab Major, Andante | ||
| Set III | Advanced Method | p. 10 | #27 slurred, groups of 4 |
| p. 17 | #60 slur 1st line, tongue 2nd | ||
| p. 50 | #3 | ||
| p. 56 | #20 | ||
| Selected Studies | p. 10 | all | |
| p. 27 | Vivace | ||
| Set IV | Advanced Method | p. 12 | #34 slurred |
| p. 16 | #54 slurred, groups of 4 | ||
| p. 54 | #14 | ||
| p. 57 | #22 | ||
| Selected Studies | p. 17 | all | |
| pg.40 | all |
Etude information reprinted from http://www.missouribandmasters.org; All-State Band audition list.
