Edition Zero – March 2021 – The Babel Flute

Headjoints: Mystery vs. Mastery

March 20, 2021

| Edition Zero - March 2021, Flute Making and Repair, North America

Making a headjoint draws on rigorous training in the mechanics of sound and surgical skills in measuring and cutting. But to produce a quality head, a flute maker also needs the ability to dream, hear, and intuit.

Секреты эффективных занятий (Часть 1)

March 20, 2021

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| Edition Zero - March 2021, Flute Technique, Russia

Бывало ли у вас так, что начинаешь заниматься/работать, и у вас такое колличество различных задач и столько всего нужно сделать, что становится страшно даже приступить, не знаешь за что схватиться, с чего начать и сколько это займет времени?

Флейта в творчестве трёх поколений Моцартов / Flute In The Works Of Three Generations of Mozarts

March 20, 2021

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| Edition Zero - March 2021, Editors' Choice, Europe, Flute History, Russia

«Вечный солнечный свет в музыке – имя тебе Моцарт!» – так сказал Антон Рубинштейн о великом австрийском композиторе, чьё имя стало синонимом гениальности. Но родись Вольфганг Амадей Моцарт в семье, скажем, мясника или лесника, узнал бы мир о нём? Верится с трудом…

Thoughts on phrasing

March 20, 2021

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| Analysis & Interpretation, Edition Zero - March 2021, North America

by Sergio Pallottelli The issue of phrasing is a difficult matter as it is mostly personal and unique to every musician. What makes the difference between what we call a “well phrased” performance versus the opposite? It is difficult to put one’s finger on specific issues, but when the phrasing is right we all notice it and appreciate it…

The Structure of Music Language

March 20, 2021

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| Analysis & Interpretation, Edition Zero - March 2021, Editors' Choice, Europe

Excerpt from Onorio Zaralli’s book “Playing with the soul” ©2017 In the dictionary, under the term “structure” we read: a ” constructed from several parts” entity, or even, “the arrangement of and relations between the parts or elements of something complex.” The musical language is seen therefore, as “the set of structural elements placed in relation to each other.”…

Common Posture Mistakes

March 20, 2021

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| Edition Zero - March 2021, Physiology

Holding the instrument With a length of about 67/70 Centimeters, the flute has an average weight of 300/350 grams. The wooden flutes have a higher weight due to the thickness of the tube which, in this case, is between 3 and 4 mm, against 0.4 to 0.5 mm thickness of metal tubes. A weight and a size are not…

Editors’ Choice

March 20, 2021

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| Edition Zero - March 2021

In this category we will publish articles that are chosen by the editors from any category of The Babel Flute or those that do not fit into the existing categories.

Velocity

March 20, 2021

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| Edition Zero - March 2021, Flute Technique

“Speed” or “Velocity” is the dream of every flutist or player, because speed is a dazzling skill with a great appeal on listeners.“Speed” depends – mostly – on the mechanical action of our fingers. So, at first, we must exactly know what “fingers action” means. On the flute, the fingers do two different, contrary actions: • closing action; •…

“Suonare con l’anima”: il sogno di ogni musicista!

March 20, 2021

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| Edition Zero - March 2021, Italy, Playing In Concert

Ma possiamo realizzarlo, seguendo un itinerario adeguato. Consideriamo questi tre livelli di performanc esecuzione;interpretazione;rivelazione. Il primo livello è rappresentato dall’esecuzione. Per arrivarci, occorrono quelle abilità che fanno del musicista un “virtuoso”, capace di esprimere al massimo grado tutte le possibilità del proprio strumento.Ascoltare un virtuoso in concerto si prova un senso di meraviglia, si resta, come si usa dire,…

Multimedia

March 20, 2021

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| Edition Zero - March 2021

In this category we will publish articles that are related to flute in all kinds of multimedia. Multimedia is an interactive media and provides multiple ways to represent information to the user in a powerful manner.