26 easy pieces for flute-Many of the short pieces in Funtime Favourites will sound familiar to pupils. All 26 tunes are fun to learn and the contemporary accompaniment provided on the CD will keep them from sounding dull. The CD features a demo and a play-along version of each tune so the pupil will feel as if there's a whole backing band supporting them - great for motivation!

Piccolo Alto and Bass Flute / Piccolo Alt- und Bassflöte-A comprehensive and systematic presentation of all relevant techniques for playing contemporary music. Following on the great success of the first volume this second book systematically explains the full technical and timbral potential of the piccolo also and bass flutes. The techniques are presented with instructive examples from the modern flute repertoire that also serve to illustrate peculiarities of notation. Useful tips for practising are presented as an aid to performance.The CD allows you to compare your playing with recordings by Carin Levine. The volume is an indispensable and practical tool for composers performers andteachers.Features:Comprehensive and systematic presentation of all relevant techniques for playing contemporary music on the piccolo alto and bass flutesClear explanations of timbral peculiaritiesHelpful suggestions for experimentationCD with recorded examplesIllustrative musical examples with excerpts from contemporary worksPreviously tested on all standard models of piccolo alto and bass flutesGerman and English text

Spruce up your performances concerts and cantatas with these fabulous Christmas classics for two Flutes. What better way to herald the holiday season than with what is possibly The Best Christmas Flute Duet BookEver! With this Christmas Flute sheet music the lovely sound of the Flute can be made twice as sweet with Christmas songs like Away In A Manger Jingle Bells and SilentNight. You can warm up the winter evenings with this wonderful selection of favourites for the festive period. The great thing about this Christmas sheet music is the mix of old and new. Whereas one minute you and yourpartner can be playing traditional carols like O Come All Ye Faithful or Deck The Halls then you can bring in the contemporary pop songs like All I Want For Christmas Is You and Stop TheCavalry. The Best Christmas Flute Duet Book Ever contains an exciting and varied array of tunes arranged specifically for Grades 1 to 3 but will be lovely as a general Yuletideaddition to your repertoire. These familiar tunes are all enjoyable to play and are definitely going to delight anyone within earshot bringing in the Christmas spirit with the lovely sound of the Flute. The arrangements areall suitably happy and upbeat and the joy of this book is that each Flute shares the melody so to hear a pair of duelling Flutes play from this Christmas song book really is a joy. Each and every festivefavourite within this collection is flawless for the Flute and they're fun to play and to hear. So pick up The Best Christmas Flute Duet Book Ever learn the tunes and perform them for all to hear bringingin a touch of the Christmas spirit this year.

Bresnick's award-winning Conspiracies is an exploration of the flute's broad capacity for music-making, using spatial concepts and contemporary techniques. Written for solo flute and "four other flutes," it can be presented by five live performers or by a solo flute and pre-recorded tracks. Conspiracies has been recorded by Robert Dick (1982) and more recently by Patti Monson (2000), a one-time student of Dick's.

The GCSE Performance Pieces series provides exciting contemporary repertoire levelled specifically for GCSE performance examinations accompanied by expert commentary to help your students prepare and achieve their potential with material they really want to play. Each book has been compiled by an experienced instrumental teacher/examiner and overseen by our Series Editor Andrew Coxon who is a senior GCSE examiner and an experienced classroom teacher. The songs have been carefully chosen to provide students with the best opportunity to show off their instrument and skills with a broad range of artists and styles to choose from. This book forFlute: is suitable for all exam boards contains ten songs with a range of difficulty appropriate for GCSE level is accompanied by a CD of professionally recorded backing tracks It includes songs by: Adele The Beatles The Mission Impossible theme Gershwin David Bowie Christina Perri Miles Davis Gerry Rafferty Pixie Lott Duke Ellington A YouTube playlist has been created containing all the songs in the book along with additional suggested listening such as interesting cover versions or other songs for cultural context allowing the student to explore ideas for their own interpretation.

Grade 1 Flute Pieces allows you to learn a diverse range of popular solo works that have all been carefully chosen with the specifications of the major exam boards in mind. This particular book is perfect forGrade 1 flautists including some classic tunes and contemporary pop hits. The included download card also gives you instant online access to full backing tracks for every song. This fantasticsongbook includes valuable supplementary repertoire for beginning Grade 1 flautists of any age. These particular Flute Pieces will aid with your technique and theoretical skills while alsoallowing you to play some incredible tunes that will help to enhance your musicality. Including such contemporary pop classics as Taylor Swift's 22 One Direction's Best Song Ever Adele's Make You Feel MyLove and Coldplay's Sky Full Of Stars  these familiar tunes will be fun to play for any flautist. Not only this but a big collection of timeless pop tunes are included such as TheBeatles' Yesterday Frank Sinatra's My Way and Elvis Presley's All Shook Up such familiar favourites allowing everyone to enjoy Grade 1 Flute! Each of the tunes features songbackground notes and brief performance guidance while at the beginning of the songbook is an introductory section featuring an invaluable fingering chart. With a fantastically diverse collection of oldand new pop songs some beautifully crisp engraving and helpful performance tips for each song this is the perfect songbook for Grade 1 flautists. It will help hone the techniques necessary for major exam boards while enabling you to develop a versatile repertoire and have fun playing some familiar songs.

The Guest Spot: Big Film Hits song book allows you to step out of your living room and into the spotlight by playing along with ten top-line arrangements of the most popular contemporary film hits. With theunique download card you'll also be able to listen to specially recorded versions of the tunes before playing along to them yourself. Some of the best of contemporary cinema theme tunes are included here assheet music such as Do You Want To Build A Snowman? from 'Frozen ' Happy from 'Despicable Me 2 ' Everything Is AWESOME!!! from 'The Lego Movie' and Skyfall. With this brilliant bookand download card of film theme sheet music you can recreate those amazing cinematic moments in your own home while also reliving the incredible soundtrack songs that enhanced the thrills and the laughs of your favouriteblockbusters. The innovative Download Card included with the book allows you to hear the tracks exactly as they're meant to be played with professionally-recorded demonstration audio.Not only this but the same song can be listened to again this time with the Flute part removed so that you can slot right in and play as if you were leading a full band. This great feature will ensure that you can play thesongs precisely as they're played in the films giving you an unprecedented level of accuracy and immersion when performing or practising.  The theme tunes from films like 'The Hunger Games: CatchingFire ' 'The Fault In Our Stars' and 'The Hobbit' will bring a touch of Hollywood shine to your playing with the fantastic sound of the Flute taking these recognisable melody lines out of mere film fantasy. Alsoincluded is a Flute fingering chart ensuring you get these film themes off the page and through your fingers with ease. The Guest Spot: Big Film Hits is the ultimate in up-to-date film theme sheet music for

Grade 2 Flute Pieces allows you to learn a diverse range of popular solo works that have all been carefully chosen with the specifications of the major exam boards in mind. This particular book is perfect forGrade 2 flautists including some classic tunes and contemporary pop hits. The included download card also gives you instant online access to full backing tracks for every song. This fantasticsongbook includes valuable supplementary repertoire for Grade 2 flautists of any age. These particular Flute Pieces will aid with your technique and theoretical skills while also allowingyou to play some incredible tunes that will help to enhance your musicality. Including such contemporary pop classics as Miley Cyrus' Wrecking Ball One Direction's What Makes You Beautiful and some fantasticfilm songs like Atlas from 'The Hunger Games' and 'Frozen's Let It Go  these familiar tunes will be fun to play for any flautist. Not only this but a big collection of timeless poptunes are included such as The Beatles' Yellow Submarine Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah and Simon & Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water such familiar favourites allowing everyone to enjoyGrade 2 Flute! Each of the tunes features song background notes and brief performance guidance while at the beginning of the songbook is an introductory section featuring an invaluable fingeringchart. With a fantastically diverse collection of old and new pop songs some beautifully crisp engraving and helpful performance tips for each song this is the perfect songbook for Grade 2flautists. It will help hone the techniques necessary for major exam boards while enabling you to develop a versatile repertoire and have fun playing some familiar songs.

Selected and edited by Emma Coulthard.A great collection of flute duets in every style from folk spiritual baroque classical pop shows and contemporary for players between grades 1-3.

A Method for The Intermediate Flutist with Piano Accompaniment-Flute 102: Mastering the Basics continues the technical creative and musical development of intermediate flautists by integrating etudes solo repertoire orchestral excerpts duets and contemporary techniques into an innovative curriculum. Lesson plans present in a clear and logical sequence activities to develop tone vibrato technique and musicianship. The phrasing guides practice suggestions and prelude activities expand on the pedagogical approach used in Flute 101 making Flute 102 a must-have staple - perfect for use in the private or university studio. Flute 102: Mastering the Basics features: Daily Warm-up Major and minor scale studies arpeggios and more Technical studies: articulation dynamics tone and vibrato Over 40 etudes Recital repertoire: 15 accompanied Flute solos and 2 unaccompanied solos Creating your own preludes to develop musicianship Idea to follow Flute 101 or any other introductory Flute method

An introduction to modern flute techniqueswith workbook and DVDThis workbook and DVD will galvanize anyone into action who wants to learn and apply contemporary flute techniques. Everything from beatboxing on the flute to high speed trills is included. Tilmann Dehnhard's confidence-building approach and helpful practical advice will ensure good progress in this exciting genre and kindle the self-assurance to improvise and experiment. Each chapter is complete in itself and working through the book from the beginning is not required. Specific skills can be worked on in any order - just as you please. All of the exercises in the book are demonstrated on the DVD whichis invaluable - bringing to life the techniques explained in the book.Highly recommended Pan Magazine 6/2013New popular flute techniques such as Flute-Beatboxing Sing & Play and many moreImprovisational approach to new sounds - play experiment and exploreAll exercises are demonstrated on the DVD by Tilmann Dehnhard bringing to life the techniques explained in the bookUseful material for practising playing and teachingIndividual chapters are independent of each other and can be worked on in any orderAdditional material for printing out is provided on the DVD

With its ability to reach extremely high registers the Flute’s and especially the Piccolo’s jingle is always clearly audible over other instruments in the Orchestra. However in classical music teaching more emphasis is put on solo practice than the specific know-hows of orchestral playing. With The Orchestral Flute Practice (Book 2) Trevor Wye and Patricia Morris set out to change this habit.This volume looks at issues common to flutists in an Orchestra such as the middle and upper registers cadenzas orchestral duets and trios the Austro-German School and contemporary orchestral writing. Extracts from popular orchestral workswith Flute solos (by composers N-Z) are introduced and regular practice encouraged. The authors’ extensive orchestral experience showing in the notes practical information hints and comments included throughout the book make The Orchestral Flute Practice Book invaluable to students and professionals alike.Book 1 covers composers A-P. Book 2 covers composers R-Z.

Contemporary Japanese composer Yuko Uebayashi moved to Paris in 1998. Uebayashi's works have been met with much success in both Japan and France Au Delà Du Temps for 2 Flutes and Piano being no exception. Flautist Jean Ferrandis described Uebayashi's music as 'gems that although they are so different they yet belong to the same world a world of vivacity dreams tenderness humour and one that is subtly contradicted by vehemence virtuosity melancholy and sorrow.' Au Delà Du Temps contains four movements; 1) The distant light of the night 2) Thedancing light 3) The white light and 4) The rotating light in the dream. Au Delà Du Temps is modern in style exploiting tonality rhythm and the ensemble. A typical performance lasts about 18 minutes. Uebayashi's Au Delà Du Temps for 2 Flutes and Piano is a sublime addition to the ensemble repertoire.