A method for the flute / Jean-Louis Tulou ; translated & edited by Janice Dockendorff Boland & Martha F. Cannon ; preface by Janice Dockendorff Boland.

Author/creator Tulou, Jean-Louis
Other author Boland, Janice Dockendorff, editor.
Other author Cannon, Martha F., editor.
Format Book
Publication InfoBloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1995.
Descriptionx, 131 pages : illustrations, music ; 28 cm
Subjects
Flute--Methods.

Uniform titleMéthode de flûte. English
Contents Introduction -- Method -- Tone quality -- Position of the embouchure -- How the flute is put together -- Tone production -- Left hand position -- Right hand position -- Position of the body -- Position of the flute -- Tonguing -- Articulation -- Breathing -- Low D -- Table for the D major scale -- Etude on the D major scale using the simple fingering system -- Simple fingerings -- Tone production -- Etudes -- The little keys -- The chromatic scale -- Chromatic scale table with sharps or flats -- Etudes -- Trills -- Turns (Trilles) -- Intonation -- Notes sensibles (sensitive notes or leading tones) -- Compound fingerings and etudes -- The C foot and the B foot -- The perfect flute -- Tables of Notes sensibles (leading tones) using compound fingerings -- Table of trills -- Study of major scales -- Progressive etudes -- Simple fingerings -- Exercises for the simple fingerings -- Etudes -- The double tongue.
Abstract Jean-Louis Tulou (1786-1865), a highly influential flute player and teacher, first published his Méthode de flûte in 1835. It was adopted by the Paris Conservatoire as its official method during the period c.1842-1856, while Tulou was professor of flute. Tulou was a lifelong advocate of the conical wooden flute, referred to today as "pre-Boehm," which he believed possessed the proper tone for the instrument. He believed that tone and expression were more important than technical display, and felt that the performer's goal should be the audience response of "how charming" rather than "how astonishing". In 1839 Tulou successfully delayed the acceptance of the new Boehm flute at the Conservatoire. Tulou's method for playing the pre-Boehm multi-keyed flute is readily used by present-day flutists. The difficulty in playing this instrument, which was standard in the early nineteenth century, is its myriad of fingering possibilities. The great value of Tulou's tutor lies in his instructions for choosing fingerings that facilitate expression or make the technique flow. His detailed advice on playing notes sensibles (leading tones and returning tones) is an important source of nineteenth-century French performance practice. This translation by Janice Dockendorff Boland and Martha F. Cannon reproduces the original drawings and fingerings charts from Tulou's Méthode de flûte, as well as numerous small musical examples, scale studies for each of the twelve major keys, and more than 120 pages of etudes.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LanguageTranslated from the French.
LCCN 94014389
ISBN0253209196

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