Free & Helpful Flutey pdfs

 

Dear Flutelovers,

I thought it might be helpful for new readers to know about my free flute pdfs in a single blogpost, so here are all the links below. They've been created over the years, and can be printed out for your practise pleasure. Enjoy! Best, Jen

Free pdfs for your flute practice:

Jen's Easy to Read Flute Fingering Chart (pdf - 2 pages)

All free fingering charts and trill charts

The Top Ten Secrets of Great Fluteplaying

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Free printable Longtone Exercises in pdf!

Low Longtone Warmups (pdf from this blog's previous post)

Middle & High Register Longtone Warmups (pdf)

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Free Scale Booklets:

Part 1 - Morning Scale Class (free pdf - I - Chromatics, Whole Tone, Major, Harmonic Minor Scales.)

Part 2 - Morning Scale Class (free pdf - II - Chords of all kinds)

Part 3 - Morning Scale Class (free pdf - III - Scales in Thirds)

Part 4 - Creative scale practice - samples of variations for scales

Jazz Modes & Seventh Chords (free pdf):

Extended Major Scales, their Modes, and all jazzy 7th chords pdf.

How do I get fast fingers? (24 pages pdf free flute exercises)
Exercises in trills for fun; chromatic scales for finger evenness.

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Free pdf exercises with mp3 backing tracks:

Major and Minor Scale Pattern with Harp Harmonies

Expanding Intervals Warmup

"The ScaleGame" with mp3 backing track (Taffanel & Gaubert E.J. 4)

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Free pdfs at these flute blogposts also:

Ornaments, Grace Notes etc. and how to play them.

What do Articulation markings mean in sheetmusic?

Musical Line Explained: part 1, part 2, part 3 including Tartini Concerto pdfs.

Why work on the standard Bb fingering? part 1

All three Bb fingerings are needed (includes pdfs). part 2

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And finally:

Flute Orchestral Repertoire

Free piccolo & flute substitute (easier) parts for Prokofiev's Classical Symphony.

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Etudes by Katyflute

 Dear Flutelovers,

I'm really enjoying the long-running Flute Vlog of Katie Althen-Velázquez . She is a recent graduate of the Juilliard, now free-lancing and making realistic videos about her life as a flutist. See all her vlog videos here. 

I enjoyed her honest talk about taking auditions as well as how she feels when "down in the dumps". So honest, so real, and such a good reality check! Yes, I feel exactly like that when I'm in the dumps about my playing too!

But here's a new twist! Katie is playing a set of Advanced-Intermediate etudes that I've never heard before, and playing them beautifully, and giving tips! You can download the pdf of the etudes for free at IMSLP: Kummer op 110

And here are the first three videos so far (Kummer Etude youtube playlist).

Kummer Op. 110; Etude no. 1 (video)

Kummer op. 110;  Etude no 2 (video)

Kummer Op. 110;  Etude no 3 (video)

And if these particular Kummer etudes are just a little too advanced, there are plenty of Intermediate etudes on Katie's Playlist; An Etude a Day, which may be more familiar to you.

Enjoy! These are lovely!

Best, Jen

Celebrating Wibb

Dear Flutelovers,

I spent a lovely rainy Saturday afternoon having my day brightened by the gorgeous sound of the flute playing of William Bennett, the funny stories about his life, and the exquisite playing of Wibb's students. Can't wait to hear part two today in the fog and rain too. Following the concert there is a very interesting interview with Lorna McGhee about studying with Wibb. See below.  Enjoy! Jen

Celebrating Wibb! The William Bennett Memorial Concert

Part 1 (video)

Introduction - Edward Blakeman 

Bach Concerto in G minor - Largo  - William Bennett (Flute)

Dvorak Songs My Mother Taught Me (arr Wibb) - Alena Walentin (Flute), Pavel Timofejevsky (Piano)

Mozart Andante - Lorna McGhee ( Flute ), Rodrigo Ojeda ( Piano )

Tribute - Roger Birnstingle   

Le Thiere  L’Oiseau du Bois - William Bennett (Piccolo)

Fauré  Fantaisie (1st movement) arr Wibb – Kiyoka Ohara (Flute), Roderick Seed (Flute)

Taffanel  Sicilienne-Etude - Denis Bouriakov (Flute), Emmanuel Ceysson (Harp)

Gaubert  Nocturne et Allegro Scherzando - Mathilde Calderini (Flute), Pavel Timofejevsky (Piano)

Poulenc  Hommage à Edith Piaf

Villa Lobos Canção Do Amor  (arr Wibb)  - Lukas Jordan (Flute), Fabrizio Matos (Guitar)

Tribute - Trevor Wye  

Drouet Home Sweet Home - Theme - William Bennett (Flute)

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Part 2 (video) 

Introduction - Edward Blakeman 

Handel Sonata in B minor (Largo/Allegro) - William Bennett (Flute)

Dvorak (arr Wibb) Slavonic Dance Op.17/2 - Wissam Boustany (Flute), Hitomi Furukawa (Flute & Piccolo), Sue Thomas (Alto Flute)

Bach Cello Suite No.2, Prelude (arr Viazovskaya) Back to Bach - Zoia Viazovskaya  (Flute), The Black Square Quartet

Tribute - James Galway 

Elgar (arr. Wibb) La Capricciosa - Anna Kondrashina (Flute) , Pavel Timofejevsky (Piano)

Mel Bonis Sonata 1st movement - Emily Beynon (Flute), Mariken Zandvliet (Piano)

Tribute & Bach Cello Suite No.3 Bourrées - Steven Isserlis ( Cello )

Clifford Benson  A Song for Wibb - Joel Tse (Flute),  Pavel Timofejevsky (Piano)

Mendelssohn  Spring Song - William Bennett (Flute)

Saint-Saëns (arr Wibb) Softly Awakes My Heart (from Samson et Dalilah) 

Blessing - Revd. Tessa Bosworth

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Lorna McGhee interview on Flute Unscripted (video)

Quintessenz

 Dear Flutelovers,

Happy Ho-ho-hos to all near and far on this festive day! And Healthy thriving New Year too! There has been much discussion and happy new discovery on one of the flute groups this week about the marvellous group Quintessenz.

If you only listen to one performance make it this flute quintet version of Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks by R. Strauss: (video)

Quintessenz has been around since 1996 and I was the happy recipient of some of their earliest scores from piccoloist/arranger Gudrun Hinz. She's a kind and wonderful soul. I see she's not currently performing with the group, so I hope all is well.

 See more of their stuff here:

Newest Videos

Older albums

Purchase scores/parts

Enjoy the happy season, 

Best, Jen

November flutey things

 Dear Flutelovers,

Four things of interest to see online this month:

1. All issues of Flutetalk online are now free to read. There's no search or index function but holy cow there are tons and tons of topics covered from 2008 to now. Wowza.

2. A wonderfully in-tune flutist, Barry Griffiths, with terrific dynamics and soulful interp. has begun recording all the flute quartet repertoire.

You can use his recordings to pre-rehearse before your quartet rehearsals by playing along. When I was preparing students for quartet, I only wish I'd had these recordings of the quartet repertoire for prep. and time-saving with so few reherasals! For example, this is so in tune for bass flute unison with C-flute; wowza!

A Gaelic Offering by McMichael - Lake Solace (video)

Hear all of Griffith's multiple-flute videos here.

3. This interview with teacher Terri Sanchez was super interesting. And here are Terri's technical know-how flute videos.

4. And this ribs and flutist's shoulder-blades article was super interesting too. I'm hoping there will be more on this topic, as this is where my primary flute injury is: the left scapula. I'm now working it out with trigger point massage therapy. Will update when more news.

Enjoy your upcoming holidays with all this great flute stuff.

Best, Jen

Geneva Flute Competition

Dear Flutelovers, If you've been watching the 77th Concours de Genève online some of the flute recital presentations are really compelling! 

Update: Nov. 5/23; Winner: Elizaveta Ivanova.

Final Round: (video)

First Round (video playlist) was an online recital. See repertoire lists below.

As of today's date we are mid-way through the Semi-final Round (video playlist).

Eight flutists were selected for the semi-final round of the competition and the top three names went on to the Finals: 

1st - Elizaveta Ivanova, 26 years old 

 2nd - Mario Bruno, 25 years old 

2nd - Yuan Yu, 21 years old 

 Rafael Adobas Bayog, 25 years old

Heewon Han, 21 years old 

Sooah Jeon, 15 years old (video 2nd round)

Judy Lee, 18 years old 

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Repertoire list:

 Round One - ONLINE RECITAL (45 min) 

 F. Martin : Ballade for flute and piano (7’)

One sonata for flute and piano from the following list: 

J.F. Barnett: Grand Sonata in G minor, Op.41 (19’) 

M. Bonis: Sonata (15’) 

P. Boulez: Sonatine (12’) 

M. Olbersleben: Fantaisie Sonata op.17 (21’) 

S. Prokofiev: Sonata (25’) 

C. Reinecke: Sonata Undine (25’) 

E. Schulhoff: Sonata (13’) 

C.M. Widor: Suite Op. 34 (19’) 

One contemporary work for flute solo from the following list: 

B. Furrer: Melodia (2020) (6’) 

M. Jarrell: Le point est la source de tout (2020) 

L. Lim: Bioluminescence (2019) (7’) 

P. Manoury: Soubresauts (2020) (7’) 

M. Pintscher: Beyond (2013) (12’) 

J. Widmann: Petite Suite (2016) (6’) 

 Rest of the programme as free choice.

NB: The recital should not exceed 45 minutes including entrances/exits to the stage and eventual pauses.

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 SEMI-FINAL ROUND IN 3 PARTS maximum 8 candidates 

 I. Solo Recital (50-60 min): 45% of the evaluation 

 Free programme: The repertoire of the Solo Recital is at the free choice of the candidate. It must be constructed as a concert and explained using programme notes. The repertoire can include solo pieces and pieces with piano. 

 NB: The Solo Recital should not exceed 60 minutes including the entrances/exits of the stage and the possible pauses. 

 II. Semi-Final: Chamber Music (approx. 45 min): 35% of the evaluation 

 One baroque sonata with harpsichord from the following list: 

J. S. Bach: Sonata in E minor, BWV 1034 (14’) 

J. S. Bach: Sonata in E Major, BWV 1035 (12’) 

C. P. E. Bach: Sonata in E Major, H 506, Wq 84 (14’) 

C. P. E. Bach: Sonata in D Major, H 505, Wq 83 (13’) 

W. F. Bach: Sonata in E minor, FK 32 (11’) 

M. Blavet: « La Vibray » Sonata n°2 in D minor, Op.2 (11’) 

M. Blavet: « La Lumagne » Sonata n°4 in G Major, Op.2 (12’) 

J. M. Leclair: Sonata n°2 in E minor, Op.9 (15’) 

J. M. Leclair: Sonata n°7 in G Major, Op.9 (11’) 

G. B. Platti: Sonata n°6 in G Major, Op.3 (11’) 

 A. Jolivet: Chant de Linos for flute, string trio and harp (11’) 

 K. Juillerat: Work commissioned by the Competition for flute, clarinet and piano (15-20’) 

III. Semi-Final: Personal Artistic Project: 20% of the evaluation Presentation and defense of a personal artistic project 

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 FINAL ROUND WITH ORCHESTRA 

 W. A. Mozart: Andante in C Major, K. 315 

as well as:

 One concerto from the following list: 

M. A. Dalbavie: Flute concerto 

J. Ibert: Flute concerto 

C. Nielsen: Flute concerto 

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Enjoy the competition. Winners updated as announced. Nov. 5th 2023.

Best, Jen

Bouriakov performs Ballade by Gaubert

 Hello flute-lovers,

Just came across this lovely flute and piano work which I had not realized has free sheetmusic too!

Denis Bouriakov performs Philippe Gaubert's Ballade (video):

And here's the free sheetmusic in pdf at IMSLP: Ballade by Gaubert in pdf

Lovely to find music that's new to me and so in character for the instrument!

Enjoy,

best, Jen