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The Flute Book; A Complete Guide for Students and Performers
ISBN: 9780195105025 | 0195105028
Edition: 2ndFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 9/5/1996
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Teachers and flutists at all levels will welcome the return of Nancy Toff's unique one-stop guide to the flute and its music. Organized into four main parts--The Instrument, Performance, The Music, and Repertoire Catalog--the book begins with a description of the instrument and its making,offers information on choosing and caring for a flute, sketches a history of the flute, and discusses differences between members of the flute family. In the Performance section, readers learn about breathing, tone, vibrato, articulation, technique, style, per... MORE
| Figures | p. x |
| Plates | p. xi |
| Terminology Used in This Book | p. xiii |
| Preface to the Second Edition | p. xvi |
| Preface | p. xvii |
| Acknowledgments | p. xix |
| The Instrument | |
| The Flute Today | p. 3 |
| What Is a Flute? | |
| Manufacturing: The State of the Art | |
| How to Choose an Instrument | p. 14 |
| To Rent or To Buy | |
| Setting Priorities | |
| Materials | |
| Open or Closed Holes | |
| C or B Footjoint | |
| Mechanical Options | |
| Testing an Instrument | |
| Care and Maintenance of the Flute | p. 31 |
| Preventive Maintenance: Assembling the Instrument | |
| Daily Cleaning | |
| Storage | |
| Polishing | |
| Replating | |
| Lubrication | |
| The Headjoint Cork | |
| Mechanical Problems | |
| A Brief History of the Flute | p. 42 |
| Old System Flutes | |
| The Boehm Flute | |
| Other Nineteenth Century Flutes | |
| Minor Modifications to the Boehm System | |
| The Flute Family | p. 63 |
| The Piccolo | |
| The Alto Flute | |
| The Bass Flute | |
| The Flute Choir | |
| Performance | |
| Breathing | p. 81 |
| Posture | |
| Inhalation | |
| Suspension | |
| Exhalation | |
| The Diaphragm | |
| Exercises | |
| Breathing and Phrasing | |
| Circular Breathing | |
| Tone | p. 89 |
| The Acoustical Basis | |
| Tone Production | |
| Focus and Projection | |
| Homogeneity of Sound | |
| Interpretation through Tone Development | |
| Intonation | |
| National Styles of Flute Playing | |
| Vibrato | p. 106 |
| What Is Vibrato? | |
| The History of Vibrato | |
| The Uses of Vibrato | |
| Articulation | p. 116 |
| The Bowing Analogy | |
| Single-Tonguing | |
| Double-Tonguing | |
| Triple-Tonguing | |
| Flutter-Tonguing | |
| Tongueless Attack | |
| Legato | |
| Note Endings | |
| Practice | |
| Technique | p. 124 |
| Position | |
| Practice | |
| Fingering | |
| Harmonics | |
| The Bb Thumb Key | |
| Three Fingering Tricks | |
| Style | p. 142 |
| Virtuosity and Interpretation | |
| The Theoretical Background: Basic Musicianship | |
| Analysis | |
| Phrasing | |
| Performance Practice | |
| The Early Music Movement and Questions of Authenticity | |
| Performance | p. 161 |
| Opportunities for Performance | |
| Planning a Recital Program | |
| Accompanists and Assisting Artists | |
| Choosing a Recital Hall | |
| The Printed Program | |
| Publicity | |
| Preparation and Rehearsal | |
| Stage Protocol | |
| The Entrance | |
| Playing the Program | |
| Memorization | |
| Breaks between Pieces | |
| Encores | |
| Recordings | p. 178 |
| Building a Recording Collection | |
| How to Listen | |
| Playing Along | |
| Making Your Own Recordings | |
| The Music | |
| The Baroque Era | p. 187 |
| Flute Versus Recorder | |
| Musical Forms | |
| France | |
| Italy | |
| England | |
| Germany | |
| The Classic Era | p. 216 |
| Musical Forms | |
| Paris | |
| Germany | |
| Spain | |
| England | |
| Vienna | |
| The Romantic Era | p. 241 |
| Music by Nonflutists | |
| Music by Flutists | |
| The Modern Era | p. 255 |
| France | |
| Great Britain | |
| Elsewhere in Western Europe | |
| Eastern Europe | |
| The United States | |
| The Avant-Garde | |
| The Flute and Electronics | |
| Repertoire Catalog | |
| Introduction | p. 285 |
| The Baroque Era | p. 289 |
| The Classic Era | p. 327 |
| The Romantic Era | p. 354 |
| The Modern Era | p. 375 |
| Study Materials | p. 433 |
| Appendices | |
| Fingering Chart for the Boehm Flute | p. 445 |
| Flute Manufacturers | p. 452 |
| Repair Shops | p. 457 |
| Sources for Music and Books | p. 460 |
| Useful Periodicals | p. 462 |
| Flute Clubs and Related Organizations | p. 464 |
| Selected Bibliography | p. 471 |
| Index | p. 481 |
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Nancy Toff is the author of The Development of the Modern Flute and Georges Barrere and the Flute in America. Highly respected as a writer, researcher, and lecturer, she has been a consultant to the Dayton C. Miller Flute Collection in the Library of Congress and the Department of Musical Instruments of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A former president of the New York Flute Club, she studied flute with Arthur Lora and James Pappoutsakis.
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