Flute embouchure 1 close your mouth so that your lips are together and make a line. Arranged by raymichael kauffman a do ray me flute studio. Getting started playing alto, bass, and contrabass flutes. It has great exercises, etudes, and fingering including alternate fingering charts. Sort this list by work type, instrumentation, composer, and more. The sound of the alto flute is wellknown from such pieces as the rite of spring, daphnis and chloe, and the planets.
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This includes works originally scored for solo flute. Have fun playing the popular work for flute or alto flute solo by georg philipp telemann. Coldplay amsterdam for alto flute piano pdf music sheet. Meeting the level of intermediate or intermediate advanced players, offers pdf sheet music files with audio midi and mp3 files. Woodwind altobass flute solo sheet music 72 altobass flute solo sheet music.
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It is warm and somewhat haunting, especially in the lower register. The alto flute is an instrument in the western concert flute family, the secondhighest member below the standard c flute after the uncommon flute damour in b. This is a great idea, with peg holes for a regular c flute andor piccolo as well as the large center peg for alto flute. Play some simple flute etudes in an appropriate range to get comfortable with differences in embouchure placement.
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Flautists train and become proficient on c flute first, and then extend out to the piccolo or alto flute when the literature requires it they dont switch completely. Amy marcy cheney was born in henniker, new hampshire in 1867 and began composing music at the age of four. The symbol at the left end of the staff is called a treble clef. We provide over 16,000 products including instruments, sheet music, cds and accessories. Charlie puth 1644642 on flute see you again wiz khalifa feat.
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