Practice Corner

Dr. John's publications
Excerpts
Flute secrets
History
Intonation
Memorization
Music Dictionaries online
Multiphonics, etc.
Online scores
Practicing & teaching resources
Program notes
Theory
Writing cadenzas

Excerpts

American Federation of Musicians' list of taped excerpts for flute
Tod Brody's list of Flute and Piccolo excerpts
Considering a Career in Music?
International Music Score Library Project: a virtual library containing all public domain musical scores, as well as scores from composers who are willing to share their music with the world without charge
Orchestral Musicians' CD-ROM Library: Complete orchestral parts on CD
Practicing excerpts: by Patricia George. Here is a page for Peter & the Wolf fingerings from Jennifer Cluff.
Dr. Edwin Lacy's tips for taking orchestral auditions
Peter Lloyd's Recommended Repertoire
Volière or Aviary by Saint-Saëns: Practice suggestions from Jennifer Cluff
Tevor Wye's Top of the Pops Orchestral Excerpts

History

Dolmetsch online: Scroll down the page past the theory links to get to discussions of music from the 16th to the 20th century

Intonation

Difference Tones: by John Rosen
How to check your flute scale: from Trevor Wye
Interval calculator: Computer program that produces tones to tune against
Intonation: Sir James Galway
Intonation and intuitive learning: Wissam Boustany
The Intonation of the Modern Flute: by Trevor Wye
Korg tuners: Google list
Tuning and Intonation: from flutehistory.com
Tuning software: http://los.dtcurrie.net/projects/ - for Mac users (free)
Using a tuner to help with intonation: by Andrea La Rose

Memorization

How I memorize music: from Zara Lawler
On Memorizing: by Jamey Andreas, guitarist
Wissam Boustany on Memorization
Sir James Galway's suggstions on memorization
Memorizing your piece More memorization tips

Music Dictionaries Online

British vs. American Musical Terms
Dolmetsch Online Music Dictionary
Essentials of Music, Glossary: from W. W. Norton
Glossary: from Naxos Digital Services
Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary

Multiphonics, etc.

ABCs of Extended Techniques: Susan Maclagan offers an overview of an NFA masterclass
Extended techniques: Repertoire List compiled by Phyllis Louke
Extended Techniques Resource Page: conceived and developed by: Robin Mason Horne
Multiphonics: by Robert Dick
New Sounds for flute: Glissandi, Micro intervals, Multiphonics and more
Ignaz Pleyel Early Editions: From the University of Iowa -- including chamber works with flute, strings, etc.
The Virtual Boehm Flute: Click on any combination of keys and see what sounds you can make

Online scores

Andersen Etudes Online: Download your free copy of Andersen Etudes
Fagotizm: Russian site with free bassoon & woodwind quintet scores
Flute duets - by Scarlatti, among others: Thanks to Matthew Taylor
Free-scores.com: Some by brand-name composers
Werner Icking Music Archive: ontains ready-to-print sheet music, most in the form of .pdf files
International Music Score Library Project: a virtual library containing all public domain musical scores, as well as scores from composers who are willing to share their music with the world without charge.; Bach Gesellschaft ausgabe; Public domain nonets; Public domain quartets; Public domain quintets; Public domain septets; Public domain sextets
The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music: Over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. A search for flute returned 300+ entries.
The Maine Music Box: a flagship music access site, created through a collaboration of the Bagaduce Music Lending Library, Blue Hill, Bangor Public Library, and the University of Maine’s Fogler Library
The Musick Cabinet: A great collection of works arranged mostly for flute duet.
Orchestral parts
Public Domain Flute Works
Schirmer partial perusal scores: "SchirmerOnDemand allows anyone to view scores from its vast catalog of works by some of the 20th and 21st centuries' greatest
composers...allows users, with one-time free registration, to instantly view the scores online and in most cases print them out for perusal." -- "500 scores are currently ready to view"
Sibley Music Library - search by composer name: Eastman School of Music
Sousa parts: From the Library of Congress. Make sure to read the copyright link at <http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/home/copyright.html>. That page also has a couple interesting articles to read.

Practicing & Teaching Resources

101 Uses for Scales: by Mary C.J. Byrne, Ph.D., Victoria (Canada) Conservatory of Music
Accompaniments for Taffanel & Gaubert excercise #4 (mp3 format): available at mm. at 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, and 120 in 16ths. Thanks to Matthew Taylor who says, "There is also one at 160bpm if your an absolute show off smarty bum."
Alternate flute fingerings: Fourth octave
Alternate piccolo fingerings: Christina Beard; John Krell
Altès's alternate fingerings for fast passages
Alto and Bass Flute Repertoire Catalogue: from Chris Potter, D.M.A.
Amazing Slow-downer: for MAC computers. "Allows you to slow down any music without changing the pitch."
Andersen Etudes, opus 15: English translations of the Italian expressive subtitles from Barbara Hopkins
Andersen oeuvre online: all in .pdf format!
Andersen sequence: Kincaid's sequence for studying Andersen's etudes
Annotated Bibliography of Double Wind Quintet Music: Created and maintained by Catherine Gerhart
Articulation links: provided by Jen Cluff; From Andrea Rose
Backing tracks: Midi versions of the accompaniment of commonly studied pieces like Faure's Pavane, Gluck's Blessed Spirits, etc.
Baroque style: Thoughts from Rachel Brown & Daniel Pyle
Jeanne Baxtresser's lessons learned: Notes from a masterclass taken by Susan Maclagan
Blackbird sound clip: For Messaien's Merle Noir
Helen Bledsoe's blog: Everything from acoustics to yoga
C# trill uses
Celtic Music for Flute: compiled by Jennifer Cluff
Characteristics of Musical Keys: The article "contains a selection of information from the Internet about the emotion or mood associated with musical keys. It is not complete nor does it include information found only in print sources."
Circle of fifths graphic
Density 21.5: "Varèse's Explication of Debussy's Syrinx in Density 21.5 and An Analysis of Varèse's Composition: A Secret Model Revealed," The Music Review 43/2 (1982): 121-134. - by Carol Brown. Search for "Density" for the link; Density 21.5 by Varèse - by Robert Dick
Diaphragm to throat vibrato: by Richard D. Billington
Robert Dick videos: Sliding life blues - with his glissando headjoint; 10,000 hours - an interview with Robert Dick. From the website: "Robert Dick and James Ilgenfritz discuss Dick’s early development as an innovative performer on the flute"
Ear Training Software
Embouchure flexibility exerciese with a bottle: Youtube video
Errata in Trevor Wye's practice books
Extended Techniques: Susan Maclagan offers an overview of an NFA masterclass
Finger position corrector: From Expanded Musical Concepts - they also publish obbligati for hymns and carols and transcriptions of works by Dvorak, Cui and others
Fish are jumpin' cadenza tips: by Robert Dick
Flute and Piccolo Fingerings: Basic flute fingering chart, Fingerings above C4, Alternate flute fingerings and more.
Flute book from scratch - by Andrea La Rose: Begins with how to get a good sound from just your headjoint.
Flute Books: A list from Victoria Jicha (Wheaton College Conservatory) and Larry Krantz
Flute Fingerings for old-style flutes: Fingering for the (tenor) renaissance flute, one-key flutes, trill chart for one-key flutes, Altès' chart of fingerings to facilitate execution and alter pitch (notes sensible) on the Boehm flute, and more.
Flute fingerings on the web: Graphic images of flute fingerings courtesy of Google
Flute flash cards: with note names, fingerings and notation from Matthew Taylor.
Flute Miking Techniques
Flute Spa with Patricia George: FLUTE list posting by Susan Maclagan (used with permission)
FLUTE listserv pages: Thank you, Larry Krantz
Flute Secrets: FLUTE list postings on articulation, hand position, etc. that I've collected over the years
Flute Teaching Tips: from Larry Krantz — More Than... 101 Uses for Scales, by Mary C.J. Byrne ; Changing Flute Embouchures by Patricia George; Scale Practice Routine by James Galway and more.
Flute Techniques: From Peter Lloyd: stance, breathing, articulation and more.
Flute tunes: Tunes & midi files for beginner & intermediate flutists
Free online tunes to print out: http://www.musicaviva.com/tunebook/; www.8notes.com; Jennifer Cluff's collection of free music sites; Werner Icking Music Archive - The Sheet Music Archive contains free, ready-to-print sheet music, most in .pdf format.; Giovanni Lees - Italian language site of this pianist/composer with midi & pdf files available of his compositions for flute(s) and piano; Mark Perry's New Flute Music - PDF format available free for downloading; Online music scores - These links include only sites with scores that may be downloaded free ofcharge.; The Royal Library - Copenhagen, Denmark - amazing collection of .pdf files, all free for the downloading
Galway videos: General videos - everything from performances with singer Cleo Laine to discussions of embouchure to vibrato.; Taffanel - Grand Fantasy on themes from Mignon; Widor - Suite for flute and piano, op. 34, no. 1
Patricia George: Getting to the second octave
Harmonic Roll: a video demonstrating Bill McBirnie's tone exercise. The exercise itself is available here.
Hindemith Flute Sonata: by Katherine Hoover
How to be(come) a good teacher
The Ideas Network of Wiconsin Public Radio: The ideas network of Wisconsin has compiled a tremendous resource for music (and other teachers). The music section contains 214 entries on many aspects of music instruction.
International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP): IMSLP attempts to create a virtual library containing all public domain musical scores, as well as scores from composers who are willing to share their music with the world without charge. Scores in .pdf format.
Jump Right In: The Instrumental Series: Builds in carrying a tune and keepibg a steady beat concurrently with traditional "executive skills" such as embochure, posture, hand position, and articulation with the aid of a student take-home CD. JR note - It does have the "Band book" drawback of having only flat keys (at least in the flute books).
Karg-Elert Caprices: By Patricia George
Klezmer vs. Sephardic music: by Adrianne Greenbaum
Improving Technique with T&G and Hugues (a.k.a. chunking): By Patricia George
Keeping Those Kids Practicing!: Kathy Engell
Learning Berio's Sequenza: by Robert Dick
Manuscript paper: .pdf file Adobe Acrobat Reader required (there's a link on the page to get it).
Moyse Tone Development Through Interpretation sound files
Museum of the Humanities: Music Conservatory: links, to quote the website, that will enable the reader to "[i]mprove your performance, both in the classroom and the practice room, with links to current research on music history, composition and theory, or get the facts on your favorite composers from classical music's household names to the current electronica trend-setters."
Musical symbols (and their interpretation): From Dolmetsch.com
MusicStaff.com: Enables parents, students and musicians to find music teachers, music schools and music lessons anywhere in the United States by zip code.
Music Dictionary - downloadable to PDA: Absoluteworld.com; Pocketgear.com
Music Dictionary Online: "explains words and terms found in musical scores, in books and on web sites, in notes on CDs or concert programmes."
My accompanist: Download accompaniments played by Melody Lord. "A very high quality professional & musical accompaniment that can be used for a variety of performing situations, or for at home learning."
"Of the Standard of Taste": originally published in 1757 by David Hume (1711-1776), one of the most important of the British empiricists, philosophers.
Online Metronome: For those of you looking for a free metronome & having a computer hookup in your practice room.; Here's another one from fluteland.com
Online music scores: These links include only sites with scores that may be downloaded free of charge.
Opera tunes for flute: mp3 files
Playing with "Pop": Nina Perlove's take on diaphram kicks in articulation
Piccolo: Auxiliary piccolo fingerings - from John Krell; Piccolo intonation exercises
Le Grand Répertoire de la flûte de B. Pierreuse: "Indispensable" catalog of flute chamber works. Link is to MAC CD, but print & Windows CD available.
PIPES: from Steven Peters
Playing with recordings: Variable pitch CD player from Music minus one; Transcribe - an assistant for working out a piece of music from a recording, including the ability to slow down the music without changing its pitch
Positive Reinforcement: A self-instructional exercise: teaches the concept of positive reinforcement
The Practicespot.com: An excellent resource including a "Scales Board Game" and more
The Practice Notebook: a blog by Zara Lawler
Practice components: by flutist/composer Peter J. Bacchus, flute professor at the Barcelona Conservatory
Practice religiously or parish (pun intended?): Leonard Garrison
Practice time: by Trishia Craig (GBFA Gazette article)
Practicing above C4: by Shelley Collins
Practicing scales & arpeggios: by Wissam Boustany
Practicing Tips and Stuff: Angela's Flute Page - the main page is hard to read but the practicing page is good.
REAL FLUTE video project: a comprehensive online resource by flutist Nina Perlove
The Repertoire Catalogue for Piccolo, Alto Flute and Bass Flute: Compiled by Peter van Munster, the Royal Conservatory in The Hague.
Repertoire suggestions from Jen Cluff: Everything from Baroque to extended techniques.
Rhythm Help
Rockstro online: In the 19th century Richard Rockstro devised an alternative way of holding the flute. Here are two links to online versions of part of his book A treatise on the flute; Rockstro on holding the flute; Rockstro on tone
Scale routine: Five note pattern from Sir James Galway
Schubert's Trockne Blumen translation
Sheet music available for free: modern editions of a lot of music from the 17th and 18th century, in .pdf format from Johan Tufvesson.
Sightreading: http://www.practicesightreading.com/; Sight reading by Betty Stone
S.M.A.R.T. practicing
Summer Practicing: from Jennifer Cluff
Taffanel & Gaubert - John Wion's approach to practicing
Teaching Beginners
Teaching the Adult Student
Teaching copyright: Helping us all understand it
Teaching trills: by Nathan Zalman
Technique help!: by Robert J. Billington
Tension in the hands: a wholistic approach: by Jonathan Brahms
Tips for flute: from Diane Boyd Schultz, Associate Professor at Stephen F. Austin State University: The "Art" in articulation, Piccolo FAQ, and more.
Tips for the Preparation of Contemporary Flute Music: by Helen Bledsoe (available in English and German)
Tone Development by Singing While Playing: by Nicola Mazzanti
Tone development through listening (printed).: Sir James Galway - see his discussion of them in Intonation.html, Part Two
A tuner to run on your computer
Trill fingerings: 1st through 4th octaves for flute and piccolo
Vibrato: From John Wion
The Woodwind Fingering Guide: Recorder, Charanga, Shakuhachi, and more
Youtube videos of flute pieces: Paul Taffanel "Francesca da Rimini" Fantasie - Juergen Franz, flute, Thomas Haberlah, piano

Program notes

For Dr. John's program notes, see my recital page: notes in .pdf format, which requires Adobe Acrobat reader
Composer of the Month: Nebraska Pubilc Radio - see esp. Bach)
The Concert Programmes Project Online Database: from the International Association of Music Libraries
Dramonline.org: Used the advanced search function to find liner notes.
Immaculata Symphony: Orchestral literature
Music Program Notes for Band and Wind Ensemble Music: "ordered by composer, of the program notes and biographies generated for use in programs for performances of the Foothill College Symphonic Wind Ensemble," Los Altos Hills, CA
Musicsack.com: If you're having a hard time tracking down info, this site not only gives birth & death dates where available, but also lists reference works (sometimes with page numbers!) where informtion can be found. I find that searching for last name only helps.
Sierra Chamber Society: Program notes by Joseph Way

Theory

Dolmetsch online: A comprehensive list ot topics from Staff, Cleff & Pitch Notation to Counterpoint
Duke Journal of Music Theory
Gary Ewer's Easy Music Theory: From clefs to secondary dominants. You'll need to scroll down past the sales pitch to get to the free lessons
Musictheory.net: Macromedia Flash Player 6.0r65 or higher is required to view the content. Lessons from staves to neopolitan chords, quizzes (Ricci calls them trainers) on identifiying notes, keys, intervals, etc., and "utilities" like chord calculators (you pick the key & the root & it displays the chord on a keyboard)
Popular Music Analysis bibliography: If you are interested in the theoretical analyis of popular music. Link on the page is to a word processing document.
Quick fact sheet: A .pdf file from The Texas Music Project. Their main page has links to a Tips for Flute page, courtesy of Dr. Christina Guenther, among other things.
Society of Music Theory: a very helpful listserv
Theory books for youngsters: recommended by Jen Cluff

Writing cadenzas

Fish are Jumpin' cadenza tips: This FLUTE listserv posting specifically about the FAJ cadenza also includes general tips for cadenza creation
Lars Asbjørnsen: Also has examples of his own cadenzas
Peter Lloyd

johnranck.net

Practice Corner

Excerpts

History

Intonation

Memorization

Music Dictionaries Online

Multiphonics, etc.

Online scores

Practicing & Teaching Resources

Program notes

Theory

Writing cadenzas