This work is intended to teach the technic and art of playing the Boehm system Flute with graded exercises and studies to form a gradual advancement that will not appear tiresome or monotonous to the student.
Flute Studies Contents
- Rudiments of Music
- Chart of fingering
- Trills
- Holding the flute
- Placing and forming the position of the lips
- Elementary exercises
- Easy exercises on the tie or slur
- Easy duets
- Simple exercises in single tonguing
- Exercises for gradual advancement
- Graded exercises in single tonguing
- Exercises for flexibility of lips and correct intonation
- Exercises in minor keys
- Exercises for flexibility and intonation in difficult intervals
- Exercises of moderate difficulty
- Photograph of modern Boehm System Flute
- Exercises on articulation
- Duets
- Advanced exercises in articulation
- Progressive exercises in major keys
- "Grace notes, explanation and exercises"
- Exercises in extreme keys
- "The trill, explanation and exercises"
- Varied exercises in key of Gb Major
- Trills and grace notes
- "The mordent, explanation and exercises"
- "Advanced exercises, introducing examples of previous studies"
- "The gruppetto, explanation and exercises"
- "Exercises introducing grace notes, trills, articulation"
- Nuances
- Difficult exercises in keys of Eb Minor and D# Minor
- "The turn, explanation and exercises"
- "Grace notes, trills and turns"
- Exercises on trills and turns in key of Ab Minor
- Different styles of single tonguing
- Two Sonatas arranged as duets
- "PART II: Auxiliary fingerings, sensitive fingerings, harmonics"
- "Scales, thirds, arpeggios, etc."
- "Double tonguing, explanation and exercises"
- "Scales, thirds, arpeggios, etc."
- Double tonguing exercises
- "Scales, thirds, arpeggios, etc."
- Double tonguing with varied articulation
- "Scales, thirds, arpeggios, etc."
- Triple tonguing
- Scales
- Advanced triple tonguing
- Scales
- Triple tonguing with varied articulation
- Lesson 29-32
- "Scales, thirds, arpeggios"
- "Tonguing exercises, difficult combinations"
- "Scales, thirds, arpeggios"
- Advanced lessons on tone
- Study for flexibility of lips
- Chromatic scales
- "Study in trills, mordents, etc."
- Difficult study for technic
- "Staccato Etude-- on the theme Perpetual Motion by Paganini, arranged by V. Safranow"
- "Expression, breathing and style"
- "Andante by W. A. Mozart, Op. 86--arrangement by Boehm-Medicus"
- "Romance-- Ch. M. Widor, Op. 34, No. 3"
- Cadenza playing
- Solo playing
- Minuet and Badinerie from Suite in B Minor by J. S. Bach
- Grand Studies by A. B. Furstenau
- Daily Studies by James Pappoutsakis
- Andante Pastorale et Scherzettino by Paul Taffanel
- Suggested Orchestral Studies by James Pappoutsakis and closing remarks
- Musical terms