Get Set! Flute Tutor Book 1

Get Set! Flute is a fun and creative flute course by Hattie Jolly

and Ali Steynor, written specially to inspire young flautists.

Get Set! Flute Tutor Book 1 engages, entertains,

and builds confidence from the start, establishing a sound technique whilst enabling children to progress quickly. Designed to take pupils from their very first lesson through to Prep Test level, it teaches key concepts through: • clear fingering diagrams for new notes • full colour illustrations to spark imagination • quizzes and activities • handy tips on technique and music notation • CD with playalong performances of all the pieces • simple and stylistic piano accompaniments included as PDFs on the CD • over 75 fantastic pieces in a range of styles, including brand new pieces by the authors, favourites such as Au clair de la lune and Yankee doodle, and popular classical melodies by composers including Beethoven and Dvořák

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‘Get Set! Flute is an attractively presented and well-structured tutor book for younger beginner flautists.’

Malcolm Pollock, Head of Gloucestershire Music Service and author of Abracadabra Flute and Abracadabra Flute Technique

Get set!

Get Set! Flute Pieces Book 1 is a great repertoire book providing plenty of material for reinforcement of learning and lots more fun!

ISBN: 9781472909091

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Cover illustration: Julia Patton

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Putting your flute together • Gently hold your flute by the smooth tube and not the keys – these can bend easily!

• Line up the embouchure hole of the headjoint with the keys on the body.

• Line up the rod of the footjoint with the centre of the keys on the body.

• You can put some stickers on your flute to help you remember where to position the different parts.

Headjoint

Body

Body

Rods

Footjoint

Rods

Holding your flute

• Hold your flute vertically in front of you and use this rhyme to help you to put your hands in the correct place:

Left hand above Right hand below Lift me to the right Get set, go!

Cleaning your flute • When you have finished playing, gently take your flute apart in the same way that you put it together.

• Thread your cleaning cloth through your cleaning rod and push it through the flute to clean it.

• Don’t keep anything else in the case with your flute.

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Balance and posture • Practise balancing your flute. It rests in three places: - on your chin - against the knuckle of your left hand pointing finger - on your right hand thumb • Your teacher will help you to balance your flute correctly.

• Make sure you are standing comfortably, and ready to play.

Flute parallel to your music stand

Stand tall – lift from the top of your head Chin up Shoulders down

Music stand at eye level

Feet in the 2 o’clock position

Feet hip width apart • Try balancing your flute steadily without placing your fingers on the keys, and play these three tunes.

You can play them as duets with each other or even with the tunes on page 7.

Treetop tango

HJ

Tadpoles

Tiny frogs

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Au clair de la lune

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• Clap the rhythm of Au clair de la lune first, counting out loud, and then play it.

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Bumblebee boogie

• When we tongue notes on the flute, we need to keep blowing as we move between the notes.

• This is called legato tonguing. Legato means smooth.

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Fishy scales

• Keeping a steady pulse, say the rhythm of Fishy scales using the sound ‘too’ for each note.

• Now finger the notes while saying them out loud.

• Can you play Fishy scales without looking at the music?

Get Set! Flute Pie ces Book 1, page 3:

Stepping stones

• Cream tea

• Make up your own tune, using Bs, As and Gs, called Stepping stones.

• Can you write something down to help you remember it? You could draw a picture or write it on the stave below.

• Your teacher will be able to help you if necessary.

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Dynamics

• Dynamics are the volume of a sound or note. Let’s try to add some.

Francesca Forte (she’s very loud):

Patrick Piano (he’s very quiet):

• Forte, or f, means loud

• Piano, or p, means quiet

• Take a big breath and blow strongly

• Squeeze your tummy muscles tightly and blow softly

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Tango for two

Get Set! Flute Pie ce s Book 1, page 3: • Underwater adventu re

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Mary had a jazzy little lamb

• Write some piano (quiet) and forte (loud) signs in Au clair de la lune (page 14) and Music is such fun! (page 12).

• Now try playing the pieces again with the dynamics you have added. How does this change the sound?

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Flute gym • To play the flute, you need to control your breathing and your blowing.

• You also need to keep your fingers light.

• The more you practise, the better your playing will get.

Long note marathon • Remember to breathe into your tummy as if you were filling up a balloon!

• Make sure that you play each note below for a full four counts.

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Flute salad

• Moderato means play at a moderate speed (not too fast, not too slow).

• Make sure your right hand fingers are not resting on the rods.

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Ants in my pants!

• Allegro means play at a lively and fast speed.

• Keep your fingers close to the keys when you lift them up.

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F Sharp

mD Low D

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New note: middle D

• Make sure that you lift the first finger of your left hand off the key when you play middle D.

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Champagne flute

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• Middle D workout • Litt le bird • Blow the man do wn

• Keep your embouchure hole small and blow strongly.

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Twinkle twinkle

• The key signature of this piece is F major. This means that all of the Bs in this piece are B flats.

• Which B flat fingering will you use?

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