Contents

• i. Getting Started
• iii. Introduction to Scales
• iv. Circle of Fifths
• CHAPTER ONE: One Octave Whole Note Scales
• Scale studies for the young player and tone exercises for the advanced flutist.
• 1.00 Sample Practice Plan
• Chapter 1
• 1.01 Practice Guide
• Whole Note Scales
• 1.04 Major Scales
• 1.05 Melodic Minor Scales
• 1.06 Major Intervals
• 1.07 Major and Relative Minor Arpeggios
• 1.08 Ascending Thirds
• 1.09 Descending Thirds
• 1.10 Balancing the Flute
• 1.10 Trills for Balance
• CHAPTER TWO: Phrasing Gestures
• What to do with notes. Using movement intelligently for artistic success.
• 2.01 Practice Guide
• Phrasing Gestures
• 2.04 F Major and Bb Major Scales
• 2.05 Eb Major and Ab Major Scales
• 2.06 Db Major and Gb Major Scales
• 2.07 B Major and E Major Scales
• 2.08 A Major and D Major Scales
• 2.09 G Major and C Major Scales
• 2.10 Practice Guide
• Putting It Together
• 2.11 Major and Relative Melodic Minor Scales
• 2.12 Major and Parallel Melodic Minor Scales
• CHAPTER THREE: Embouchure Development
• Develops embouchure flexibility and technical fluency in the third octave
• 3.00 Sample Practice Plan
• Chapter 3
• 3.01 Practice Guide
• Embouchure Development
• 3.03 Harmonics
• Embouchure Flexibility
• 3.04 Left Hand Scales
• 3.05 Harmonics
• Five Note Scale Patterns
• 3.06 Play the Fingering Chart
• 3.07 Third Octave Wiggles
• 3.08 Third Octave Studies
• Short Scales
• 3.09 Third Octave Chromatic Fingerings
• 3.10 Fourth Octave Fingerings
• CHAPTER FOUR: Audition Scales
• An audition strategy for high school and college flutists.
• 4.00 Sample Practice Plan
• Chapter 4
• 4.01 Audition Preparation Patterns
• Two Octave Scales
• 4.02 Major and Relative Melodic Minor Scales
• 4.04 Minor Scales
• Natural
• Harmonic
• Melodic
• 4.07 Scales in Thirds
• Major and Relative Melodic Minor
• 4.11 Practice Guide
• Arpeggios and Chord Progressions
• 4.12 Ascending Arpeggios
• Major and Minor
• 4.13 Ascending Arpeggios
• Diminished and Augmented
• 4.14 Descending Arpeggios
• Major and Minor
• 4.15 Descending Arpeggios
• Diminished and Augmented
• 4.16 Gruppetto Scales
• Version 1
• 4.18 Gruppetto Scales
• Version 2
• 4.19 Octave Scale Rips
• 4.20 More Rips
• CHAPTER FIVE: Scales for a Lifetime
• Presents the essential materials needed to develop and maintain a professional technique.
• 5.00 Sample Practice Plan
• Professional
• 5.01 Five Note Major Scale Patterns
• Version 1
• 5.04 Tone Color Scales
• Major and Minor
• 5.12 Modal Scales in Thirds
• 5.13 Modal Scales in Sixths
• 5.14 Pedal Point Arpeggios
• 5.19 Pedal Point Broken Arpeggios
• 5.26 Footjoint Patterns
• 5.27 Kuhlau Bass
• 5.30 Seventh Chords
• 5.33 Broken Seventh Chords
• 5.36 Five Note Major Scale Patterns
• Version 2
• CHAPTER SIX: A Bouquet of Scales
• A collection of scales and patterns that are the building blocks of contemporary music.
• 6.01 Modal Scales
• Version 1
• 6.03 Modal Scales
• Version 2
• 6.05 Chromatic Scales Preparation
• 6.06 Two Octave Chromatic Scales
• 6.07 Three Octave Chromatic Scales
• 6.08 Chromatic Intervals
• Advanced
• 6.08 Neighboring Tone Triplets
• 6.09 Chromatic Intervals
• 6.11 Chromatic Tonguing
• Ascending
• 6.13 Chromatic Tonguing
• Descending
• 6.14 Octatonic and Whole-Tone Scales
• 6.15 Blues Scales
• 6.16 Major Pentatonic Scales
• 6.17 Minor Pentatonic Scales
• Practice Patterns for Groups of 8 Notes
• Appendix 1
• Practice Patterns for Groups of 6 Notes
• Appendix 2
• Fingering Chart