Flute Fundamentals

Flute Fundamentals offers expert advice for the first-year beginner, the band director, and the serious college student. The video covers the topics of embouchure, breathing, tone production, finger dexterity, articulation, advanced techniques, the practice routine, ensemble playing, instrument maintenance. A history of the flute is also included, and the members of the flute section perform solos, excerpts, and ensemble works throughout each chapter.

CHAPTERS

• 00:00 VIDEO START
• 01:05 HISTORY OF THE FLUTE
• 09:50 BEGINNING FUNDAMENTALS: Embouchure & Making a Sound
• 14:27 BEGINNING FUNDAMENTALS: Assembly, Disassembly, and Maintenance
• 17:33 BEGINNING FUNDAMENTALS: Posture and Hand Position
• 19:20 INTERMEDIATE FUNDAMENTALS: Tone Production
• 21:13 INTERMEDIATE FUNDAMENTALS: Breath Control & Capacity
• 29:39 INTERMEDIATE FUNDAMENTALS: Intonation
• 32:15 INTERMEDIATE FUNDAMENTALS: Basic Articulation
• 37:03 INTERMEDIATE FUNDAMENTALS: Technical Development & Dexterity
• 41:39 INTERMEDIATE FUNDAMENTALS: Practicing & Daily Routine
• 47:34 ADVANCED FUNDAMENTALS: Advanced Articulations: Forward Tonguing
• 53:08 ADVANCED FUNDAMENTALS: Expressive Playing-Tone Colors
• 55:34 ADVANCED FUNDAMENTALS: Expressive Playing-Dynamics
• 57:24 ADVANCED FUNDAMENTALS: Expressive Playing-Combing Your Tools
• 59:16 ADVANCED FUNDAMENTALS: Alternate Fingerings & Harmonics
• 1:01:45 EXTRA CREDIT: Extended Techniques
• 1:09:02 EXTRA CREDIT: Flute In Performance-Ensemble Playing and Etiquette
• 1:14:15 ETIQUETTE: Choosing an Instrument
• 1:17:04 ETIQUETTE: Piccolo Fundamentals
• 1:23:01 FINALE