Flute technique / Gareth Morris

Includes bibliographical references (page [69])

Contents Introduction 1 The History of the Flute A The Old Flute (i) The Development of the Baroque Instrument (ii) The Flute in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries B The New Flute: Theobald Boehm (i) His Experiments and First Improvements (ii) The Final 1847 Model (iii) Later Modifications and Additions 2 The Technique of Playing the Flute A The Acoustics of the Instrument B First Principles (i) Assembling the Parts of the Flute (ii) Fingering and Sound Production of the First Register (iii) Fingering and Sound Production of the Second and Third Registers C Breach Control D Intonation (i) Embouchure Control (ii) The Cork in the Headjoint E The Tongue F Dynamics 3 Annotated Fingering Charts A Preferred Fingerings B Allowed Alternatives C Trills D Positions of the Embouchure in the Three Registers and in the Two Breaks 4 Style A Phrasing: the Means of Controlling it B Tone (i) Variety of Nuance and the Influence of Music upon it (ii) Vibrato 5 The Practice of Scales, Arpeggios, and Exercises (i) For the Embouchure (ii) For the Fingers and Tongue 6 The Technique of Orchestral Playing 7 Repertoire A Solo Music B Chamber Music C Studies Appendix. Avant-garde Techniques--Sebastian Bell Bibliography