Method for the One-Keyed Flute

This indispensable manual for present-day players of the one-keyed flute is the first complete method written in modern times. Janice Dockendorff Boland has compiled a manual that can serve as a self-guiding tutor or as a text for a student working with a teacher. Referencing important eighteenth-century sources while also incorporating modern experience, the book includes nearly 100 pages of music drawn from early treatises along with solo flute literature and instructional text and fingering charts. Boland also addresses topics ranging from the basics of choosing a flute and assembling it to more advanced concepts such as tone color and eighteenth-century articulation patterns.

Table of Contents:
PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS CHAPTER I ABOUT THE ONE-KEYED FLUTE On the Flute A bit of history Names Materials used Range Concerning the highest notes On the Parts of the Flute Three-piece flute Four-piece flute The tenon The cork The screw cap The foot register On Pitch Modern replicas Corps de rechange On Choosing a Flute Pitch Style Woods Used flutes On Care Checklist Oiling the flute CHAPTER II LEARNING TO PLAY THE ONE-KEYED FLUTE On Getting Started How to proceed Assembly On Holding the Flute Physical problems Left hand Right hand Checklist An interesting side line On Tone Checklist Embouchure Amusing side line CHAPTER III On Homogeneity of Sound (Tone Color Tendencies) Strong notes Weak notes Changes at century's end On Key (Tonality) On Vibrato The flattement How is the flattement executed? How is the flattement used? The flattement with the messa di voce Notation Are we certain that breath vibrato was not used? Recommended readings On Intonation How to tune Playing "in tune" Enharmonic notes Practical application Practicing good intonation Adjusting for intonation On Playing Forte and Piano Using the screw cap On Rhythmic Hierarchy "Good" notes, "bad" notes Practical application Quick notes Beating time Recommended readings On Articulation Articulation silences Unslurred notes Eighteenth-century patterns for quick notes Double tonguing Recommended readings On Further Readings CHAPTER III FINGERINGS FOR THE ONE-KEYED FLUTE On Fingerings Why so many choices? Lowering the pitch Use of the key Extending the range Alternate f sharp How many fingerings? On Trills Wide Trills Execution Recommended readings Explanation of the Charts Basic Fingering Chart Complete Fingering Chart Table of Trills Flattement Chart CHAPTER IV EXERCISES AND TUNES TO PLAY About the Music Duet playing Exercises and Tunes (Eighteenth-Century Sources) D Major G Major e mmor A Major CHAPTER V MODERN STUDIES FOR ONE-KEYED FLUTE Introduction to Modern Studies Practice Routine Modern Exercises Major sequences for the one-keyed flute Broken chord studies in the major keys Broken chord studies in minor keys APPENDIX A THE "TOP 13" EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FLUTE TUTORS APPENDIX B ON REPERTOIRE FOR THE BEGINNING ONE-KEYED FLUTIST Easy solos Collections Studies Easy Duets ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY: BEFORE 1853 AFTER 1853

About the Author :
Janice Dockendorff Boland is a concert artist specializing in performances of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century music on historical flutes. Her compact disk recordings with the Boland-Dowdall Flute and Guitar Duo appear on the Fleur de Son Classics, Koch International Classics, and Titanic Record labels. She is a recipient of an NEA Fellowship and translator of Jean-Louis Tulou's A Method for the Flute. She lives in Marion, Iowa.

Review :
"A good, clearly written and practical modern method and text for learning to play the one-keyed flute. . . . Overtime this modern method surely will take its place in flute history alongside those distinguished predecessors."--"The Flute Network