How to Love Your Flute | A Guide to Flutes and Flute Playing

Mark Shepard

ISBN 10: 1620355299 / ISBN 13: 9781620355299

Verlag: Simple Productions, 2018

How to Love Your Flute | A Guide to Flutes and Flute Playing | Mark Shepard | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2018 | Simple Productions | EAN 9781620355299 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 113475656

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A complete guide for anyone who plays the flute or ever wanted to. Use it along with flute lessons or even to teach yourself! This book covers everything you need and more -- selection and care, flute technique, fingering, playing by ear, reading music, flute history, flutes around the world, and modern folk flutes. "How to Love Your Flute" will appeal to all flutists, from beginning to advanced. ///////////////////////////////////////////////// Mark Shepard has played flute professionally in a folk trio, as a modern dance accompanist, and as a theater musician. He has also designed, made, and sold a variety of folk flutes. ///////////////////////////////////////////////// "Direct, complete, informative on every aspect, and -- most important -- comes from the standpoint of pure love and respect for the instrument . . . A model for our times." -- Paul Horn, from the Preface "Shepard's soul-felt passion for the flute resonates through his book like music. It's a comprehensive guide, with something for everyone from novice to professional, and so well written that it's a pleasure just to browse through it . . . This book inspires." -- Diana Barich, "The Next Whole Earth Catalog" "Comprehensive and concise . . . A highly readable and inspirational guide for flutists of every age and ability." -- Jeanne Baxtresser, first flute, Toronto Symphony Orchestra "It's an affirmation to continue playing, encouragement to resume, [or] a good compass for beginning your musical journey." -- Linda Dailey Paulson, Dirty Linen, Oct./Nov. 2000 ///////////////////////////////////////////////// CONTENTS Preface, by Paul Horn Introduction Part 1 - FLUTE LORE The World Family of Flutes The Story of the Western Flute Part 2 - SELECTION AND CARE Finding Your Flute Caring for Your Flute Part 3 - FLUTE TECHNIQUE Embouchure and Breath Posture Playing Notes More About Embouchure and Breath Fingering Technique Tuning Advanced Techniques Special Effects Part 4 - MAKING MUSIC Scales and Chords Playing by Ear Reading Music Living Music Part 5 - MODERN FOLK FLUTES Finding a Folk Flute Caring for a Folk Flute Playing a Folk Flute APPENDIX How the Flute Works Miscellaneous Fingering Charts Reading List

Bibliografische Details

Titel: How to Love Your Flute | A Guide to Flutes ...
Verlag: Simple Productions
Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
Einband: Taschenbuch
Illustrator: Subercaseaux, Anne
Zustand: Neu