Practise
Studying harmonics on the flute is useful for:
– Embouchure control
– Air control and support
– Aural skills
Picc/alto/bass
This technique can be used on all flutes.
Composers
Level:
General: | Becomes a bit more difficult: | |
It is easy to realize the first and second harmonic. | Higher harmonics |
Notes:
- Intonation of most harmonics is flatter than the regular fingerings.
- Harmonic range:
The last two notes are very difficult for most flutists. You can transpose this range. Not on every note the whole range can be produced.
Repertoire
Composer: | Title: | Album: | Publisher: | Other techniques: | |||
Berio, Luciano | 1925- 2003 | Sequenza I | 3 | Flute solo | Universal Edition (UE 19957) | Whistletones, Multiphonics, Keyclicks, Flatterzunge | |
Boulez, Pierre | *1925 | eux extraits du “Marteau sans Maitre” | 3 | Altoflute solo | Universal Edition (UE 33 404) | Flatterzunge | |
Boulez, Pierre | *1925 | Sonatine | 1 | Flute, piano | Amphion Editions Musicales | Flatterzunge | |
Brown, Elisabeth | *1953 | Augury | 2 | Flute, guitar | Available from composer www.elisabethbrowncomposer.com | Microtones | |
Cutler, Davis | *1971 | First snow | Postcards | 1 | Flute solo | Universal Edition (UE 33661) | |
Cutler, Davis | *1971 | Leipzigian nights | Postcards | 3 | Flute solo | Universal Editions (UE 33661) | Sing & play, Keyclicks, Flatterzunge, Gissando/tonebending |
Cutler, Davis | *1971 | Pinstriped Tomatoes | Postcards | 3 | Flute solo | Universal Editions (UE 22661) | Windtones, Sing & play, Flatterzunge, Glissando/tonebending |
Denissow, Edison | 1929- 1996 | Solo für Flöte (1972) | 3 | Flute solo | Deutscher Verlag für Musik (DvfM 8044) | Multiphonics, Keyclicks, Flatterzunge, Glissando/tonebending, Quartertones | |
Dick, Robert | *1950 | Flying lessons I | 3 | Flute solo | Multiple Breath Music Company | Multiphonics, Sing & play, Keyclicks, Glissando/tonebending, Quartertones, Residutones | |
Dick, Robert | *1950 | Lookout | 3 | Flute solo | Multiple Breath Music Company | Multiphonics, Sing & play, Keyclick, Quartertones | |
Doppler, Albert-Franz | 1821- 1883 | Fantaisie Pastorale Hongroise | 1 | Flute, piano | Schott (FTR 91) | ||
Fukushima, Kazuo | *1930 | Mei (1962) | 3 | Flute solo | Edizioni Suvini Zerboni – Milano | Keyclicks, Glissando/tonebending | |
Fukushima, Kazuo | *1930 | Requiem (1957) | 3 | Flute solo | Edizioni Suvini Zerboni – Milano | Flatterzunge | |
Genzmer, Harald | 1909- 2007 | Konzert | 1 | Flute, piano (red.) | Schott (FTR 115) | ||
Gergely, Ittzés | *1969 | ‘Mr. Dick is thinking in terms of a blues-pattern’ | 3 | Flute solo | www.ittzesgergely.hu | Multiphonics, Sing & play, Slap tongue, Trumpet embouchure | |
Gottsche-Niessner, Friedgund | *1954 | Der Traum von Eiskunstlaufen | Eine kleine Tiersuite | 3 | 3 Flutes | Zimmermann (ZM 32370) | |
Gottsche-Niessner, Friedgund | *1954 | Die Schmetterlinge | Eine kleine Tiersuite | 3 | 3 Flutes | Zimmermann (ZM 32360) | |
Gottsche-Niessner, Friedgund | *1954 | Nachtfaltergedanken | 3 | Flute solo | Zimmermann (ZM 34960) | Bamboetones, Windtones, Slap tongue | |
Heider, Werner | *1930 | 70 Tonen zum Millenium | Bei Gelegheid | 3 | Flute solo | Heinrichshofen (2589) | Flatterzunge |
Heider, Werner | *1930 | Auf-Trumpf | Bei Gelegheid | 3 | Flute solo | Heinrichshofen (2589) | Flatterzunge |
Holliger, Heinz | *1939 | (é)cri(t) | 3 | Flute solo | Schott (FTR 197) | Whispertones, Flatterzunge | |
Holliger, Heinz | *1939 | Sonate (in)solit(air)e | 3 | Flute solo | Schott (FTR 175) | Whispertones, Multiphonics, Sing & play, Glissando/tonebending, Slap tongue, Quartertones, Trumpetembouchure | |
Honegger, Arthur | 1892- 1955 | Danse de la chèvre | 1 | Flute solo | Salabert Editions | ||
Ibert, Jacques | 1890- 1962 | Concerto | 1 | Flute, piano (red.) | Alphonso Leduc (A.L. 18761) | ||
Jolivet, André | 1890- 1962 | Cinq Incantations | 3 | Flute solo | Boosey & Hawkes (B. & H. 19381) | Flatterzunge | |
Jolivet, André | 1905- 1974 | Sonata | 1 | Flute, piano | Heugel et Cie (H.E. 31713) | Flatterzunge | |
Keulen, Geert van | *1943 | Twelve studies for flute solo | 2 | Flute solo | Broekmans & Van Poppel (1606) | Flatterzunge | |
Keuris, Tristan | 1946- 1996 | Fantasia | 3 | Flute solo | Donemus (DON 0022) | Flatterzunge | |
Mower, Mike | *1958 | Triligence | 2 | Flute, piano | Mike Mowers Itchy fingers publications (IFP02) | ||
Moyse, Louis | 1912- 2007 | Variations on three Japanese songs | 1 | Flute, piano | Zen-on music | ||
Najfar, Reza | *1960 | From the other stars | Flute update | 3 | Flute solo | Walter Wretschitsch & Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien | Windtones, Keyclick, Faltterzunge |
Najfar, Reza | *1960 | The fire of Mars | Flute update | 3 | Flute solo | Walter Wretschitsch & Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien | Keyclicks, Flatterzunge |
Najfar, Reza | *1960 | Valse Harmonique | Flute update | 3 | Flute solo | Walter Wretschitsch & Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien | |
Offermans, Wil | *1957 | Drigo’s dream | 3 | Flute, piano | Zimmermann (ZM 34510) | Multiphonics, Bamboetones, Windtones, Sing & play, Keyclicks, Glissando/tonebending | |
Offermans, Wil | *1957 | Just a short version | 3 | 2 flutes, piccolo, altoflute | Zimmermann (ZM 2988) | Multiphonics, Bamboetones, Windtones, Flatterzunge, Glissando/tonebending | |
Offermans, Wil | *1957 | Kagome Kagome | Made in Japan | 3 | Flute, CD | Zimmermann (ZM 34950) | Sing & play |
Offermans, Wil | *1957 | Studie no. 2: Harmonics | For the contemporary flutist | 3 | Flute solo | Zimmermann (ZM 27900) | |
Offermans, Wil | *1957 | Studie no. 5: Multiphonics | For the contemporary flutist | 3 | Flute solo | Zimmermann (ZM 27900) | Multiphonics, Windtones, Flatterzunge |
Offermans, Wil | *1957 | Tsuru-no-Sugomori | 3 | Flute solo | Zimmermann (ZM 33720) | Multiphonics, Flatterzunge, Glissando/tonebending | |
Offermans, Wil | *1957 | Workingsong 2 | Flute update | 3 | Flute, woodsaw | Walter Wretschitsch & Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien | Bamboetones, Sing & play |
Pijper, Willem | 1894- 1947 | Sonata | 1 | Flute, piano | Donemus (Don100) | Flatterzunge | |
Roussel, Albert | 1869- 1937 | Joueurs de flûte | 1 | Flute, piano | Broekmans & Van Poppel (1573) | ||
Steen, Pip van Derks, Wil | *1955 * | Euro suite | 2 | Flute, guitar | Broekmans & Van Poppel (1716) | ||
Takemitsu, Toru | *1930 | Air | 3 | Flute solo | Schott (SJ 1096) | Flatterzunge | |
Wagendristel, Alexander | *1965 | Three dances | Flute update | 3 | Flute solo | Walter Wretschitsch & Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien | Multiphonics, Windtones, Jetwhistle, Keyclicks, Flatterzunge, Slap tongue |
Wullur, Sinta | *1958 | Promenade | Images | 3 | Flute solo | Donemus (DON 320) | Glissando/tonebending |
Books
Author: | Title: | Publisher: | Oter techniques: |
Dick, Robert | Tone Development Through Extended Techniques | Multiple Breath Music Company | Whistletones, Multiphincs, Bamboetones, Sing & play |
Levine, Carin & Mitropoulos-Bott, Christina | The techniques of flute playing | Bärenreiter | Whistletones, Multiphinics, Windtones, Sing & play, Jetwhistle, Keyclicks, Flatterzunge, Glissando/tonebending, Slap tongue, Quartertones, Trumpet embouchure |
Pellerite, James J. | A modern guide to fingerings for the flute | Zalo Publications | Multiphonics, Quatertones |