Extended techniques for flute
This warming up will help you start you studies with a smile. Can’t stop the feeling and can’t stop playing. The techniques used in this exercise are good for everything: articulation, sound, coordination, dynamics, support en technique.
Händel wrote this piece for the royal fire works. We added a little bit of flute fire works to it. Jetwhistle is not only a really nice technique it also helps you improving you support. Let the fire works start!
Jingle bells, flutter tongue, pizzicato and tone bending. This combined with the very energetic Glee version is perfect to use as a warming up exercise. Work on sound, co-ordination between the tongue, fingers and abdomen while playing this famous christmas song.
Practise extended techniques with friends. This arrangement of Schubert’s Rosamunde can be played with flute choir (4 C-flutes, alto flute and bass). You can work on wind sounds, singing & playing, tongue stops and jet whistle. A good workout for activating the abdomen, flexible embouchure and a lot more.
This piece is indeed electric with all the added extended techniques! Ones you play this tune it will stay in your head for a while. Find yourself four more players and have fun!
A Flute Colors arrangement of the Irish traditional in two versions! One for 4 C-flutes and one for 2 C-flutes, alto flute and bass flute. Have fun with tone bending, wind sounds, pizzicato and jetwhistles. A nice addition if you want to play with more colors, work on your sound, support and co-ordination of tongue and abdomen.
Add some extra colors to this song. Even if you just started to play the flute you can play this piece with friends. The tongue stops, pizzicato and jet whistle help you to develop the co-ordination between the tongue and abdomen. The wind sounds make your embouchure very flexible and that way you can improve your sound.
Once you start singing this round the energy level increases and you can’t stop singing it. And now you can play it as well the Flute Colors way! The wind sounds make your embouchure very flexible, singing and playing is very good for a lot of things and practising flutter tongue helps you to relax your tongue.
Practise extended techniques while playing along with this famous song by The Rembrandts. Very useful and fun as warming up exercise!
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