Practice Plan Week 5

Key of A Major!

Warmup: Long notes in A Major, 2 octaves, looking for the most resonant and beautiful tone for each note.

Tuning: Major triads along the A Major scale, with your tuner providing a drone on the tonic of each chord. My favorite all-purpose temperament is currently 1/6 comma meantone. Valotti also work, and equalt temperament if you don't have other options.

Etude: Hotteterre, L’Art de Preluder Op. 7, p. 8 (at the bottom)-9. Warning: this is in French violin clef!

Here is a link: http://imslp.org/wiki/L'art_de_pr%C3%A9luder,_Op.7_(Hotteterre,_Jacques)

Music:

Benda Concerto in A Major, First movement: http://imslp.org/wiki/Flute_Concerto_in_A_major,_L2.15_(Benda,_Franz)

Bach: Sonata in A Major, BWV 1032, 3rd movement, Allegro: http://imslp.org/wiki/Flute_Sonata_in_A_major,_BWV_1032_(Bach,_Johann_Sebastian)

score: http://ks.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/b/ba/IMSLP221094-WIMA.1ac8-BWV1032_3.pdf

Part: http://javanese.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/6/6d/IMSLP221095-WIMA.2579-BWV1032_Fl_3.pdf

Practice Plan Week 3

The key of the week is G Major!

Long notes in G Major, 2 octaves, looking for the most resonant and beautiful tone for each note, all the way to the high G. The high G appears occasionally in the literature, nd while high, it is not impossible... besides, if you practice playing up to the G, the notes above high D are not that scary anymore...

Tuning: Major triads along the G Major scale, with your tuner providing a drone on the tonic of each chord. My favorite all-purpose temperament is currently 1/6 comma meantone. Valotti also work, and equal temperament if you don't have other options.

Etude: Quantz Capriccio: http://petrucci.mus.auth.gr/imglnks/usimg/a/a9/IMSLP407661-PMLP192003-capricio_4.pdf

or:

Dothel, G Major, p. 10 on the facsimilie here: http://imslp.org/wiki/Flute_Studies_(D%C3%B4thel,_Niccol%C3%B2)

Music: 

Kirnberger, Sonata in G Major, the fourth one in this set: http://imslp.org/wiki/4_Flute_Sonatas_(Kirnberger,_Johann_Philipp)

Telemann, Fantasia No 11 (a good piece to practice the did'l articulation.)

Vivaldi: Concerto in G Major: http://imslp.org/wiki/Flute_Concerto_in_G_major,_RV_435_(Vivaldi,_Antonio) 

(Vivaldi had strong connections with the court of Count Morzin in Bohemia, to whom he dedicated his Op. 8 which includes "The Four Seasons")

Practice Plan Week 2

Week 2: Key of E minor

*Add this to your e-minor week: http://ks.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/d/d2/IMSLP407659-PMLP192003-capricio_2.pdf *

Warmup: Long notes in E minor (melodic up, natural down) 2 octaves, looking for the most resonant and beautiful tone for each note.

Tuning: Major triads along the E minor (natural) scale, with your tuner providing a drone on the tonic of each chord. My favorite all-purpose temperament is currently 1/6 comma meantone. Valotti also work, and equalt temperament if you don't have other options.

Etude: Frederick the Great, 100 Daily Exercises: No. 17, 20. This book is available in many libraries, or you can order from Flute world (search the title) or Amazon, search under "das flötenbuch". Von Huene carries it sometimes too.

Music: 

Handel E minor sonata, Op 1a, the first one here: http://ks.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/4/4d/IMSLP05632-Handel_19_Sonatas_For_Various_Instruments.pdf

Wagenseil, Sonata in E minor: http://imslp.org/wiki/Special:ImagefromIndex/93471

and, for something French, just for fun:

Hotteterre: Suite no. 4, p. 31 http://conquest.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/a/ae/IMSLP61713-PMLP126071-hotteterre_suites.pdf

Some chamber music, maybe?

Telemann: Paris quartet in E minor http://petrucci.mus.auth.gr/imglnks/usimg/5/58/IMSLP305834-PMLP376689-PMLP376689-telemann_paris2_1738no6_all-parts.pdf

Practice Plan Week 1

Six weeks till the Amherst workshop!  Less than eight till IBIL! Here is a weekly plan to get in shape! 

Disclaimer: please note that at Amherst, I will be teaching the Central Program and not giving a masterclass (Sandy Miller will be teaching the masterclass), so these are not official guidelines, just my suggestions.... At IBIL I will be teaching a masterclass, but you don't have to choose from the repertory on this blog, again, these are just suggestions!

Week 1: Key of D Major

Warmup: Long notes in D Major, 2 octaves, looking for the most resonant and beautiful tone for each note.

Tuning: Major triads along the D Major scale, with your tuner providing a drone on the tonic of each chord. My favorite all-purpose temperament is currently 1/6 comma meantone. Valotti also work, and equalt temperament if you don't have other options.

Etude: Frederick the Great, 100 Daily Exercises: No. 28, 34. This book is available in many libraries, or you can order from Flute world (search the title) or Amazon, search under "das flötenbuch". Von Huene carries it sometimes too.

Music: Telemann Fantasia in D Major

Benda sonata in D Major from this collection: http://imslp.org/wiki/4_Flute_Sonatas_(Benda,_Franz)

Note about the music choice: the theme for Amherst is German music. For IBIL, Bohemian music. The suggested repertory will be chosen mostly from these repertories, but not exclusively.