FLUTE
LESSON FOCUS
- 3/11/26 – Selected Duets
- 2/25/26 > 12 MAJOR SCALES (high school version) > PDF
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- Play difficult scales as whole, half, quarter then honor band
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- 3/4/26 > Pares Scales: Pages 8 & 9. Tempo = 92 bpm
COLINA BAND / Miss Davis
LONG TONES with the PARES SCALES book (9/24)
- Go to any major scale page and find the 1st exercise of each.
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- Described at “Long Tones to Strengthen Lips”.
- Set your metronome for 70bpm.
- Cresend for 8 beats, then decresend for 8 beats.
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- Then play a few exercises corresponding with the the key at 66-70 bpm = the 8th note (not quarter)
12 Major Scales. Prep for HS audition
- LINK to all scales
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- Two-octave scales completed: C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab
- Think of the names of the notes + the correct fingering.
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CVYO / LOYO YOUTH BAND
- James Bond > YouTube
- (10/13) Farandole > YouTube
- 1812 Overture (cued to 5:51) > set to 90% > YouTube > PDF
- Clapping Polka > mp3
PRACTICAL STUDIES
- Page 8, Exercise #6
- Page 8, Ex #7 – sightreading 2 lines at a time. 30 seconds preview
HONOR BAND 2025/26
- Scales: Ab & G major + Chromatic < please memorize
- Siciliana & Giga > YouTube
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- 5/28/25 – All of the second movement
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COLINA AUDITION
- SONGS TO LEARN
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- Antz
- Tik, Tik, Tik Ya
- Fanfare for the 16th Empire > PDF
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- Double tongue the fast notes — tu-ku-tu-ku-tuuu.
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- Engines of Resistance > TEMPO = 130-138 > PDF
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- Page 1 – work on speed
- Page 2 – work on notes. Accurate counting & entrances!
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- Whispers in the Wind
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MAJOR SCALES
- Grand Master Scales
- MAJOR SCALE ARPEGGIOS > LINK
- 12 Major Scales (2-3 octaves, high school) > LINK
- METRONOME ONLINE > LINK
FLUTE SOLO WORK
- SDA – Away in the Manger >
- SPIRIT DANCE (Gluck) – Flute solo
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- SET VIDEO TO 1.25% FAST!!!!! > YouTube
- Practice with a metronome set to 80bpm > PDF
- Planning ahead >> Next solo > 2nd Menuet (Bizet) > PDF
- Piano Backing Track > https://youtu.be/_YHtB9_7gko
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- LOVE ONE ANOTHER PERFORMANCE (Los Robles Children’s Choir): November 17th
CHRISTMAS SONGS
- CHRISTMAS SONGS FOR FLUTE > PDF
