The avant-garde flute : a handbook for composers and flutists / Thomas Howell.
| Author/creator | Howell, Thomas |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Berkeley : University of California Press, 1974. |
| Description | ix, 290 pages : illustrations and phonodisc (2 s. 7 in. 33 1/3 rpm.) in pocket. ; 28 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | New instrumentation ; v. 2 New instrumentation ; v. 2. ^A513046 |
| Contents | Basic terminology -- On instruments -- Timbre and intonation. The tuning slide ; Embouchure pitch bending ; Vibrato -- Alteration of pitch and timbre via special fingerings. Simple harmonics ; Complex reinforced harmonics ; Inflected pitches ; Weak tones ; Strong fingerings for unusual projection -- Special effects. Trills and tremolos ; Key percussion ; Articulation ; Fluttertongue (Flatterzunge) ; Whistle tones ; Colored noise ; Blowing like brass ; Singing with the flute ; Multiphonics, aleatoric fingerings, and auditory illusions ; Miscellaneous special effects -- Amplification -- Appendixes. Standard keys of the flute ; Normal fingerings ; Trill fingerings ; Fingerings for quarter tones ; Fingerings for 31-tone scale ; Available multiphonics. |
| Abstract | This book is intended as a source of information to help flutists and composers make a necessary connection between composition and performance. Precise information on what musical instruments can and cannot do is essential to prevent some of the misunderstandings that have led to serious performance problems. |
| General note | Accompanying disc is a soundsheet. |
| Bibliography note | Bibliography: pages 37-38. |
| LCCN | 72085532 |
| ISBN | 0520023056 |
| Stock number | $10.95 |
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