La Technique d'Embouchure (Technique of the Embouchure) for Flute

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In "La technique d'embouchure", flutist Philippe Bernold, professor at the Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique, presents a collection of exercises focusing respectively on energy and breath intensity in order to "place" the tone, like a singer would "place" the voice (see Vocalises and Intervals), and on embouchure with specific exercises designed to improve lip flexibility and strength for better control of the airflow and a more nuanced playing (see Sons filés). The final chapter deals with another embouchure issue: the sound attack.

Good control over air column, air stream and lip aperture allows for a full, rich, modulated tone. Such is the purpose of these exercises!

Contents

• Introduction: Breathing and Vibrato

1. Vocalises
2. Intervals
3. 'Sons Fils'
   • Medium and low registers
   • Medium and higher registers
   • focusing on each note
   • on two slurred notes
   • on two detache octaves
   • two 'sons fils' on two slurred ntoes
   • on slurred octaves
   • decreasing the sound on a descending arpeggio
4. Attack
   • Preparatory exercises: 'Puffed' sounds and 'Bubble' sounds
   • Switching dynamics from one note to the next
   • Well-articulated notes on different rhythm patterns and in various registers
   • Repertoire Excerpts

Item Details

Instrumentation

• Part 1: Flute