Il registro acuto nel flauto traverso

di Marco Gaudino Il passaggio corretto dai suoni medio-alti a quelli acuti nel flauto non deve avvenire con tensioni esclusive focalizzate sulle labbra. Esso deve avvenire attraverso il sapiente uso del muscolo vocale detto “cricotiroideo”. Questo allunga le corde vocali, aumentando la velocità del flusso aereo in uscita dai polmoni e transitante per la glottide. Per glottide si definisce…

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Portrait of Eva Amsler

by Stefan Keller Curiosity – Versatility – Authenticity The Swiss professor for flute, traverso, expert in didactics, specialist for dynamic integration (Dynintegra) Eva Amsler lives a fulfilled life as a musician in many facets for and with the flute: old music on modern instruments; new music with electronics; mental training and stage fright; music and art in a broader…

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Coastline Project

Tracing a flutist’s unfolding practices and transitions  By Dr Jean Penny Winding down through the Otway Ranges in southern Victoria, Australia, through steep hills and lush rainforest, the first glimpse of the sea, whether azure blue, green or purple grey, is always stunningly beautiful. It entices one immediately into the littoral zone, to the convergences of land and sea,…

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The Origin Of Oja Flute

By Ebele The Flutist The Oja is as old as the Igbo people. The culture of the Igbo people is an ancient civilization, and their art of music is as old as the culture itself. You can’t relate age to folk art, and like most African societies, what we can call art today was part of a whole institutionalized…

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Флейта – просто о сложном: вибрато

Автор – Илья Дворецкий Читайте в предыдущих статьях: Основы игры на флейте. Часть 1. Постановка Основы игры на флейте. Часть 2. Дыхание. Основы игры на флейте. Часть 3. Постановка губ. Основы игры на флейте. Часть 4. Горло, полость рта и язык. Следующая часть из цикла уроков «Флейта – просто о сложном», расскажет об одном из самых важных и выразительных…

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La musica della mia terra

di Onorio Zaralli Ognuno nasce in un determinato territorio, fatto di storia, di natura, di tradizioni… Anche quando i casi della vita ci portano lontano dai luoghi di origine, rimane sempre qualcosa dentro di noi: un segno particolare, un ricordo lontano e profondo, il tratto distintivo della nostra identità, il colore e il calore di una personale emotività. Se…

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VIII Edition

Dear flutists, The new VIII Edition of The Babel Flute marks the two year anniversary of The Babel Flute since we announced a new platform and project on March 20, 2021. The global flute community immediately supported it! Thank you so much to all our contributors, readers, and followers! In a sense, this has become a powerful unifying and…

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The Quarter Tone Concert Flute

invented by Eva Kingma with the collaboration of Bickford Brannen By Stefan Keller – What is so special about the quarter-tone flute? – Do I have to relearn everything to play this instrument? – What are the advantages of this instrument? The quarter tone flute, invented by Eva Kingma, developed and built in collaboration with Bickford Brannen & Brannen…

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Myth-Conceptions about Breathing

By Lea Pearson, DMA As a flute teacher and singer, I’ve heard many descriptions about the processes of breathing.  When people come to me for help with pain or tension, they often have strange ideas about breathing that have no basis in the reality of actual anatomical structures and movements. I’ ve met: It’s a confusing and frustrating playing…

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