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Scatadoodledoo for Solo Flute

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  • Staff Pick

Staff Pick

“A vocal style that really works on the flute!”

Chris Hankin Just Flutes staff member - [email protected]
Scat singing is a way that jazz singers doodle-improvise and translating this vocal style on to the flute really works. This book is progressive so starting out on this journey is very user-friendly, with conventional notation, simple keys and familiar dynamic markings. The range extends gently as the pieces become more difficult and by Scatter Brain flutter tonguing and singing and playing add to the fun. This is a book to dip into and develop your skills at your own pace. If you need something a bit different this is it!

From the Publisher

A great little book that is progressive and introduces the concepts of scatting, singing and playing as well as improvisation. You too can beat box!

Composer's Notes

"The story behind Scatadoodledoo:

"One day when I was at home practising my flute for a Jazz gig, I had a particularly hard chart with lots of key changes and I just couldn't get into the flow of it. I was thinking logically and thinking of the chord symbols and just thinking, thinking, thinking which anyone who improvises knows is a sure way to stop you being "in the flow". Being a Jazz singer, I love to scat sing and so I soon found myself putting my flute down and scat singing through the chart instead. I wasn't thinking, I was just scatting around with my "do-be-doos" and I was really getting into it and enjoying myself, feeling so free in comparison to when I was improvising on the flute. That's when I had the idea to sing and play on my flute at the same time… I figured that all I needed to do was practice playing on my flute what I was singing at the same time and I'd be sorted with this hard chart in front of me. I started off simply at first, but the more I practised, the more I found my voice and fingers working together until it literally felt like they were "one" and I was "singing my flute". Then when I took my voice out of it and all that remained was the sound of my flute, that feeling of "singing" still remained and I felt a freedom in my flute improvising that had been missing before. This discovery completely changed my jazz flute playing and to this day it is still my favourite way of practising improvising.

"Scatadoodledoo" is to encourage all jazz flautists to start thinking of their flute as the voice they are scat singing with. The pieces range from grade one through to grade eight. Although the more advanced pieces like "scatastrophy" and "scatterbrain" have sections where the flautist has a chance to actually play and sing at the same time, it is never too early to practice this method whether it be with scales or with beginner pieces like "Scat Walker".

I hope you enjoy playing these as much as I enjoyed writing them." - Alicia Hart

Difficulty guide: 3-7
Difficulty level, roughly compared to ABRSM exam grades. 0 is total beginner, 9 is advanced (beyond grade 8).

Approved Exam Music

Recommended for the following exam grade(s):

Trinity College London Trinity College London Flute (2017 to 2022)
Grades: Jazz 2, Jazz 3, Jazz 4, Jazz 5, Jazz 6, Jazz 7, Jazz 8

Contents

  1. Scat Walker
  2. Swaying Scat
  3. Scatter
  4. Scat Me Dwon
  5. Scats
  6. Scatastrophy
  7. Scat Train
  8. Scatter Brain

Item Details

Instrumentation

  • Part 1: Flute
Category: Solo Flute Repertoire
Publisher: Camden Music
Publisher's reference: CM273
Our Stock Code: 1335255
Media Type: Paperback (8 pages [score])