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Evolution of the Flute

The document provides a history of the flute from 35,000 years ago when the first flutes were made of mammoth bone and had 3 holes, to 900 BC when flutes had 6 holes allowing players to play a pentatonic scale. It then discusses the Baroque flute which was invented in 1600 and had one key, as well as Baroque music played on modern flutes. Various flute types such as piccolo, alto flute, bass flute, contrabass flute, and virtual flute choirs are also presented. Techniques like glissando, beatboxing, flutter tongue, and singing while playing are demonstrated. Theobald Boehm and his 19th century improvements to the fl

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Evolution of the Flute

The document provides a history of the flute from 35,000 years ago when the first flutes were made of mammoth bone and had 3 holes, to 900 BC when flutes had 6 holes allowing players to play a pentatonic scale. It then discusses the Baroque flute which was invented in 1600 and had one key, as well as Baroque music played on modern flutes. Various flute types such as piccolo, alto flute, bass flute, contrabass flute, and virtual flute choirs are also presented. Techniques like glissando, beatboxing, flutter tongue, and singing while playing are demonstrated. Theobald Boehm and his 19th century improvements to the fl

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History of Flute

Mammoth Bone Flute (35000 years ago)

Traditional Flute (900B.C.)

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History of Flute
● One of the oldest instrument in the world as you can see in the
previous picture that a flute is made out of mammoth bone 35000
years ago.
● There is only 3 holes on the flute that made out of mammoth bone
● 900 BC- flute made to six holes and you can play a pentatonic scale
which is a five note scale
● 1600 - Baroque flute was invented.Composers wrote some extended
range for the flute solo concerto.
Baroque Flute
6 holes with

one key
Baroque flute
Baroque music played on modern flute
QUESTIONS
1.WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE OF SOUND IN BAROQUE FLUTE AND
MODERN FLUTE?

2.WHICH TYPE OF FLUTE DO YOU PREFER?

3.WHAT PIECE WAS THAT?

4.WHO WAS IT BY?

5.ANY MORE BAROQUE COMPOSERS THAT YOU KNOW?


BAROQUE COMPOSERS
TELEMANN

HANDEL

VIVALDI

SCARLATTI

PACHABEL
SOUND PRODUCTION
● Unlike all other woodwind instruments like the clarinet
and saxophone, Flute is a reedless instrument.
● Produce sound by blowing across the headjoint and the
stream of air that makes contact with the edge that
creates the vibration
● Flute is the highest pitch instrument in the woodwind
family
Articulation
1.Tongue (say “TU”)- PIPS

2.Slur (Legato)- PIPS

3.Swing (Alternate tonguing)- SIPS

4.Double Tonguing(TUKU TUKU)-SIPS


THEOBALD BOEHM
Theobald Böhm (or Boehm) (April 9, 1794 – November 25, 1881) was
a German inventor and musician, who perfected the modern Western
concert flute and improved its fingering system (now known as the
"Boehm system"). He was a Bavarian court musician, a virtuoso
flautist and a renowned composer.
The fingering system he devised has also been adapted to other
instruments, such as the oboe and the clarinet.
Flute parts
What is this instrument?
Piccolo
WHAT IS THIS INSTRUMENT?
Flute with a curved headjoint
WHY DO WE NEED THE CURVE HEADJOINT?
Alto Flute
Is this alto flute?
Bass Flute
Much longer ..
Contra Bass Flute
Virtual Flute Choir
FLUTE DEMO
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eKKjE5WKuqwDGwMwAZ14lmMZRWG6Oo8y/view?usp=sharing
What is the name of this part of the flute?
GLISSANDO HEADJOINT
EXTENDED TECHNIQUE
● GLISSANDO (WITH OPEN HOLE FLUTE AND
GLISSANDO HEADJOINT)
● BEATBOX
● FLUTTER TONGUE
● SINGING WHILE PLAYING
● MULTIPHONICS
Glissando - with open hole flute(1:06)
GLISSANDO HEADJOINT
EXTENDED TECHNIQUE- BEATBOX
EXTENDED TECHNIQUE(Flutter Tongue)
1..Classical:by James Galway Flight of the Bumble Bee
SINGING WHILE PLAYING(1:02:55)
Latin-Manteca by Dave Valentin
Under the sea
Flute Quartet
2.Jazz- Hubert Laws
Popular Music played on flute
Chinese music played on Modern and Traditional flute
Popular music played on traditional flute
Flute Quartet
Flute Choir
Cleaning Your Flute
Cleaning Rod

Cleaning Cloth
Maintenance of the Flute
Making of the flute
Making of the flute

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