Did you know Google has scanned and put public domain books on the web? Did you know that Theobald Böhm’s An Essay on the Construction of Flutes is available here? Check it out.
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Joachim Andersen Etudes On The Web
This is great www find if I do say so.
Joachim Andersen Works for free. Including his excellent 24 etudes book. Now, they are scans, and not as good as the print version (I own the 24 Etudes book), but…the price is right.
Check it out
Ring Flute
I came across this tonight. Wow. Very interesting flute there. Anyone ever tried one?
Seems they also make wooden ones as well.
The One Carat Flute
Sadly, you can’t embed this video. So, here is the link. Everyone should get a kick out of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyAI3EHULRs
Tony Snow – Jazz Flutist
I did not know that former Fox News person, and former White House spokesperson was a flute play. You go Tony!
NFA Convention
There was a National Flute Association Convention (so I hear). A couple of people on the Flute list cross posted on the Galway List. Here are some interesting ones.
- NFA Convention 2007 Workshop: How to Practice with Immanual Davis
- NFA Convention Panel Discussion: Louis Lot, the Stradivarius of the Flute
- Lecture Presentation: Why good often beats best……with Robert Bigio
- NFA Convention: Old Wine in New Bottles and How to get Good Fast with Trevor Wye
- NFA Convention: The Memory Map
- NFA Convention Master Class with Jed Wentz
- NFA CONVENTION 2007: Sound and Phrasing with Peter Lloyd (I’ve seen a Peter Lloyd masterclass, and it was mind blowing)
- Pre-convention Master Class with Trevor Wye – Part 1
- Pre-convention class with Trevor Wye – addendum to PART 1
- Pre-convention Master Class with Trevor Wye – Part 2
- Pre-convention Master Class with Trevor Wye: PART 3
- Pre-convention master class with Trevor Wye – PART 4
- Master Class with Trevor Wye – Part 2//My thoughts on Trevor’s (Sir James Galways thoughts)
I haven’t seen the actual Trevor Wye class notes posted yet. Hopefully soon.
Life Of Georges Barrere
Did you know that this book is available, to read, for free via Google? It is only PART of the book. About half, but still. Is that cool or what?
What Flute Would You Buy?
So, I get asked this question a lot from students or other musicians. If you had say, $1000 to spend on a Flute, what would you get? Or if you had $2000? Or $4000? or $5000?
Me, I’d get a used flute. A Haynes perhaps, or a Powell. I lucked out on getting a used Closed hole Haynes from $700 about 8 years ago. A repad job later it plays great.
James Galway 16 Flute Video
James Galway recently did a video where he played 16 of his flutes. He took out the color so there was no cheating as to what material the flute being played was made out of. I thought they all sounded great.
Here are the details of which flute was which.
- Lois Lot silver 10032
- Muramatsu silver EX 53320. / Muramatsu Pads
- A.K. Cooper 164 silver with a Haynes Head / Pads unknown
- Muramatsu all silver 14657 / Muramatsu Pads
- Muramatsu Platinum 44755 / C# trill Muramatsu Pads
- J.Brogger. 18k gold 555 with a Nagahara head. c# trill key and Straubinger Pads
- Muramatsu 18k gold 61700 / C# trill Muramatsu Pads
- A. K. Cooper 14k gold 188 (Berlin Phil flute) Left hand low C# key Pads Unknown
- Emanuel 18k gold 150 C# Trill key Pads unknown
- A.K.Cooper. 14k gold 197 Straubinger Pads
- Kanichi Nagahara 20k gold 550 C# Platinum riser
- Muramatsu 9k gold 64200 / C# trill Muramatsu Pads
- Muramatsu 14k 38220 Muramatsu Pads
- Kanichi Nagahara 18k gold 518 C# Trill key and Platinum riser
- Muramatsu 24k gold 60100 / C# trill key Muramatsu Pads
- Muramatsu 24k gold 55555 / Switchable split E and Muramatsu pads.
I’m curious as to why Sir James does not have a Powell nor a Haynes in his collection? Or even a Yamaha?
Period Recordings Of Marcel Moyse
Title pretty much says it all. They are old recordings (1930s), but man, the tone is amazing. I can only wonder what he’d sound like using modern equipment. I believe they used to make these straight to disc. Disc, meaning waxed disc. You can learn a little about the technology here and here (take Wikipedia with a grain of salt though).
The recordings are housed here:
http://www60.tok2.com/home/sonore/