Front | Back |
List the "Check List" for sound production.
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1-Set-up
2-Support 3-Speed 4-Direction |
What simple gesture can you use for a student to feel where the muscles are for support?
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Coughing
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Give two good ways to have a student feel how to support
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Finger in mouth, hang loose
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Two-word definition for support
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Pressure and resistance
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The four physical attributes
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Body Size, Bite, Teeth, Lips
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In the low register what is the main thing that students tend to do?
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Pull their head down
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Describe a tear drop embouchure, and what are two ways to correct it?
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When the center of the upper lip hangs down to create two air columns.
Either close one hole of move the embouchure hole to one side. |
List the check list for articulation
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1. Set-Up
2. Support 3. Open "More" 4. Focus "More" |
List the syllable choices for single tongue articulation, list the syllables that you should avoid and why.
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Doo- Best for beginners because it's less explosive, Too- Best for advanced students; it has a more opinted articulation.
Ta, Da- They cause chomping |
List the syllable choices for double tongue articulation.
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Doo, Goo
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What are the two important reference books?
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A Modern Guide To Fingerings for the Flute- Pellerite
A Handbook of Literature for the Flute- Pellerite |
What is vibrato? What are its two aspects?
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Air fluctuation
Speed and Amplitude |
What syllable choice is used for Vibrato?
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Haw-aw-aw
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What is the good mechanical exercise given in class to help learn vibrato?
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Play a G Major scale (it's best to start in the middle octave) using increasing vibrato rhythmic pulses.
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Name the four common members of the flute family and the keys in which they are written
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Piccolo- C (8va)
Flute- C Alto Flute- G Bass Flute- C (8vb) |