Blocki Flute Method Book 1

Blocki Flute Method Book 1
Author: Kathy Blocki
Publisher:
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2016
Genre:
ISBN: 9781953040008

»Award-Winner of the National Flute Association's Newly Published Music Competition« The Blocki Flute Method Book 1 is an award-winning method designed to the give beginners an excellent foundation in beautiful tone, embouchure flexibility, rhythm and technique. This comprehensive and step-by-step approach was written to ensure success and also includes theory and composition projects. The method is designed so students can play in both octaves without having to read the notes in both octaves. This is an incredibly important aspect of teaching beginners. The Blocki Flute Method's unique approach to teaching Five-Note patterns has proven to consistently help even the youngest students develop exceptional technical abilities. Five-note patterns are used as the foundation for teaching new notes, technique, moving between beat levels, simple transposition and fun and easy ear training. Because of the combination of a systematic approach to note reading, fun composition projects, ear training games, and basic theory, this book is also an excellent supplementary book for Suzuki students. As of August 2010: The Blocki Flute Method has been completely updated with the Third Edition. Listen to Samples Katelyn After One and a Half Years of Lessons - YouTube Video What's New in the Third Edition? After using the method for over 10 years, we knew which pieces the students loved and which one were just "okay." Anything that was just "okay" has been replaced with kid tested exciting pieces. There are many new duets and since students love trills we've included many more. These trills have transformed boring octave exercises into motivating pieces such as Half Pipe Stunts, Trampoline Tricks, and Bungee Jumping A's. Other new favorites include the Yankee Doodle Theme and Variations, The Sad Singing Swan, and the Daring Detective.

Blocki Flute Method Book 2

Blocki Flute Method Book 2
Author: Kathy Blocki
Publisher:
Total Pages: 110
Release: 2018
Genre:
ISBN: 9781953040022

The award-winning Book 2 has been carefully designed to be versatile, so that it can be used after any beginning band method book. Each of the six key-based units (beginning with B-flat major) opens with a foundation page to be used throughout the unit, which includes scales, arpeggios, finger exercises, a flexibility exercise, and trills. Next, a new rhythm pattern is introduced using our "fill in the note value" approach to ensure correct understanding and execution. This method of teaching has been highly successful, especially with students who have had difficulty learning new rhythms. Each unit provides much systematic review so that the students can master the new rhythms and techniques. Often students learn to play a rhythm pattern in a piece, but cannot sight read that same rhythm in a new piece. This is like teaching students by rote to read "The Cat in the Hat" and then having to start all over when they pick up "Are You My Mother?" Our goal is that the students will quickly become excellent sight readers. Other features in this 97-page book include an abundance of duets and rounds, theory projects, transposition exercises, and composition pages. One of the most unique features of this method is the inclusion of the many composition projects which allow the students to be creative and "think outside the box" but, at the same time, to teach the basic concepts of music theory. Parameters are given as guidelines, and then "the sky's the limit!" After two years of sorting through thousands of melodies, only those that would both systematically help students to master new techniques and make students excited about practicing made it into the book.

Mastering the Flute with William Bennett

Mastering the Flute with William Bennett
Author: Roderick Seed
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2018-01-05
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0253035406

For the first time the exercises and teaching methods of world-renowned flutist William Bennett are featured in one workbook. After more than a decade of study with Bennett and many of his students, Roderick Seed has documented the tools that have made Bennett known for his ability to give the flute the depth, dignity, and grandeur of the voice or the stringed instrument. Topics range from how to overcome basic technical difficulties, such as pitch control, to the tools for phrasing, prosody, tone, and intonation needed for playing with different dynamics and ranges of expression. Advanced musicians will find useful exercises and techniques in this book that will deepen their knowledge and enjoyment of making music and help them in their quest to master the flute.

Blocki Flute Method Teacher's Manual Book 1

Blocki Flute Method Teacher's Manual Book 1
Author: Kathy Blocki
Publisher:
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2015
Genre: Flute
ISBN: 9781953040015

This 100-page award-winning manual explains the basic teaching concepts to be used with the Blocki Flute Method Book I for students. (The Blocki Flute Method Book I is an award-winning method designed to give the beginner an excellent foundation in beautiful tone, embouchure flexibility, rhythm and technique. This comprehensive and step-by-step approach was written to ensure success and also includes theory and composition projects.) Instructions of how to use the Pneumo Pro with beginning students, and how to incorporate the five-note patterns into the main body of the method book are included. The Blocki Flute Method's unique approach to teaching Five-Note patterns has proven to consistently help even the youngest students develop exceptional technical abilities. Five-note patterns are used as the foundation for teaching new notes, technique, moving between beat levels, simple transposition and fun and easy ear training. The method is designed so students can play in both octaves without having to read the notes in both octaves. This is an incredibly important aspect of teaching beginners. Teaching flute is not like teaching trumpet in which the high notes are more difficult. High notes become difficult when students only play in the low and middle octaves for as much as one year. The students then have trouble with embouchure flexibility, and the ability to form a smaller lip opening. Because of the combination of a systematic approach to note reading, fun composition projects, fun ear training games, and basic theory, this book is also an excellent supplementary book for Suzuki teachers. Page-by-page instructions correlate with each section in the student book. This is also an exceptional text for university woodwind techniques classes, especially when used in combination with the Pneumo Pro/ DVD kit.

Simple Dreams

Simple Dreams
Author: Linda Ronstadt
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2014-09-02
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1451668732

Includes discography (page 203-225) and index.

Blocki Flute Method Book 3

Blocki Flute Method Book 3
Author: Kathy Blocki
Publisher:
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2015
Genre:
ISBN: 9781953040046

Blocki Flute Method Book 3 is an advanced method book designed to thoroughly prepare students for studying advanced literature. This fun and challenging book helps students master the extreme octaves in a systematic method. 1) By the end of the book, students will be able to play all major, natural and harmonic minor two octave scales and arpeggios in less than 8 minutes. 2) Each unit is packed with rhythmic exercises systematically presented to enable students to master new concepts. The 2nd ed. includes systematically learning advanced rhythms and includes quarter note triplets. Though this book contains several etudes in each unit, it serves as a bridge to using the standard etude books and solos. 3) Each unit contains an abundance of duets. Many of these duets are based on the original flute parts from famous orchestral scores including: Capriccio Espagnol's Fandango Asturaino, , Wm Tell Overture, Carmen's The Mountain Garden and Habenera, Pictures at an Exhibition: The Great Gate at Kiev, Brandenburg Concerto no. 4, and Sousa's Stars and Stripes. Other duets include the Mozart Flute Sonata no. 5, pieces from Kabalevsky's opus 24, Boccherini Minuet, La Gioconda, and the March from the Nutcracker. 4) An abundance of tone and technique practice throughout all octaves of the flute. This book is appropriate for advanced junior high and high school students and as a remedial book for college students. It also provides excellent and challenging sight-reading material for the advanced college flutist. Students will learn standard literature such as Stars and Stripes, The William Tell Overture, and etudes written in duet form.

The Shoemaker's Dream

The Shoemaker's Dream
Author: Sarah Blocki
Publisher:
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2016-05-30
Genre:
ISBN: 9780692671733

Martin, the shoemaker, dreams that God will appear to him the next day. He waits in anticipation, but his day is filled with serving others in much need... a women with her baby suffering from the blustery cold, an old man, and even an apple seller who has just been robbed. His kindness touches each person, but will his dream come true? This touching story will certainly earn its place as a Christmas tradition for families wanting to share the truly meaning of Christ's love.

Abracadabra Flute

Abracadabra Flute
Author: Malcolm Pollock
Publisher: A & C Black
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2001
Genre: Flute
ISBN: 9780713660449

Abracadabra Flute has become a classic in the market, and here is a brand new edition. The cover has been redesigned, the music re-set, and new illustrations commissioned. Some new material has been added, supplying extra help where new notes are introduced and reinforcement exercises for tricky corners. As well as the new edition, there is now a CD available. Performed by professional musicians, it demonstrates each piece on flute with piano accompaniments from our book Abracadabra Flute Piano Accompaniments, enabling the pupil to hear how the pieces sound. Such a CD is invaluable for ensemble experience, and offers all the fun of playing with an accompaniment - perfect for home practice and concerts alike.

Introduction to Digital Audio Coding and Standards

Introduction to Digital Audio Coding and Standards
Author: Marina Bosi
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 443
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1461503272

Introduction to Digital Audio Coding and Standards provides a detailed introduction to the methods, implementations, and official standards of state-of-the-art audio coding technology. In the book, the theory and implementation of each of the basic coder building blocks is addressed. The building blocks are then fit together into a full coder and the reader is shown how to judge the performance of such a coder. Finally, the authors discuss the features, choices, and performance of the main state-of-the-art coders defined in the ISO/IEC MPEG and HDTV standards and in commercial use today. The ultimate goal of this book is to present the reader with a solid enough understanding of the major issues in the theory and implementation of perceptual audio coders that they are able to build their own simple audio codec. There is no other source available where a non-professional has access to the true secrets of audio coding.