Indispensable Scales, Exercises, and Etudes for the Developing Flutist
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Book Description
Technical exercises applicable to intermediate literature. Sets the foundation for more difficult daily study routines. Practice of these scale exercises helps one acquire agility and evenness in playing. A reliable technique develops when the fingers are exercises in all key patterns. Includes major and minor scales (all forms), arpeggios, scales in thirds, triplet scales, extended scales, and chromatic exercise in each key.
About the Author
Mizzy McCaskill received her Bachelor of Music degree from Ithaca College and her Master's and Doctorate in Music Education from the University of Kentucky, Lexington. She is a specialist in curriculum design and has written numerous publications concerning folk flutes, the modern Boehm flute, and flute pedagogy. She performs and records as both a flutist and vocalist in folk and classical genres.
Flutist and composer Dona Gilliam received her Bachelor of Music degree from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA and her masters in Music Composition from the University of Kentucky, Lexington where she also received her Juris Doctorate of Law degree. Dona performs and composes in both folk and classical genres. She is currently Assistant Professor of Music at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA. With Mizzy McCaskill, she has co-authored more than two dozen Mel Bay books addressing the flute, tinwhistle, fife, and clarinet.
Indispensable Scales, Exercises, and Etudes for the Developing Flutist,Mizzy McCaskill & Dona Gilliam,Mel Bay Publications,0786600381,General,Music
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