They may be grade 1 to grade 10 or they may be A to J. Secondly, once you know your approximate skill level, then cross-reference it with the various online graded repertoire lists. You can ask your flute teacher what level of playing you're at, and you can consult a flute chart of levels. It's far better to consult some basic flute repertoire lists, and even better, look for GRADED repertoire lists so you can figure out what level of difficulty you should be tackling.įirstly, find out approximately what grade or level your flute playing currently is, in order to narrow down the huge number of appropriate flute pieces that might suit you. You'll be sifting through about 5 to 50 miscellaneous answers and you'll still be wondering what half the email-senders were talking about. Good luck knowing which ones to believe in. This type of email sent to an online flute discussion board may get you 50 different answers. Why waste money on a sight-unseen published flute books or various flute pieces that may not be right for you? Spend your hard-earned money on private lessons and Eureka(!) the "right music for you" will likely start to appear. If you don't have a private teacher, the next step would be to find one. Your own flute teacher is your best asset in choosing new music. The next thing to do would be to double-check also with your private flute teacher for their recommendations. Is there a book that contains an assortment of these kinds of pieces that would give me several in one book? we're all on a budget. I've just completed Telemann's Sonata in F in my flute lessons, and I enjoy this happy Baroque style.Ĭould anyone recommend a piece similar to the Telemann at just a slighly more difficult level?Ĭould you suggest a piece that's fun, uptempo, and would suit my flute students who are in their third year of private lessons? Hello, I'm hoping to get some help in choosing some new flute pieces. Otherwise he/she might just write back: "Get a bread book from the library and try them all." :>) The baker needs to know exactly what kind of bread and what ingredients, what kind of oven, what other foods will be served, what are your time-limits and skill levels you'll be using to make the bread? etc. It is indeed like asking a top-chef baker for a good bread recipe. Please tell more about yourself and your needs when asking a VAST and HUGE sheetmusic question like this. (Do you need a Concerto or a Duet for flute and Clarinet? Do you need a Modern, Romantc, Classical or Jazz piece? Do you want something happy, sad, pensive, melodious, barn-burningly exciting? Do you need it by tomorrow, or for next year's big show? Can you afford to wait six weeks for it to be delivered from a specialty publisher?) An answer like that is probably just another student, not someone who actually knows all the best pieces or the most appropriate pieces for each individual flute student.įlute education specialists who are in the know about good flute pieces will also need to know what style of music you are seeking, what titles of flute pieces you can already play well, and what kind of music for flute is suitable for your upcoming performances. "Hey, play this really difficult piece that I'm trying to play right now. Printed pieces of music on paper are called "sheet-music".Īdditionally anyone who answers this query who is over the age of 14 may want to give a really good answer, and not just say: It's a bit like asking a professional baker if they got any 'wunder-bread'.įirstly, "Songs" are sung by vocalists and have lyrics.įlute pieces are called flute "pieces" or flute "works" or "Flute solos with piano accompaniment" or "Flute Solos that are Unaccompanied". This type of email is not worded well enough, I'm afraid. I'm entering a competition or doing an audition and I need an "X" type of flute piece, can anyone suggest titles? I have a student who's x years old who needs more bouncy & Baroquey? Any ideas?Ĥ. Does anyone know any good flute pieces?ģ. Many a time and oft, flute teachers receive one of the following email questions:Ģ. So I apologize for my tone, back at the time. I realize too, now that not everyone speaks English as a first language, and yet might not indicate that when they post a question. This instead came out like I was attacking someone's grammar. What had happened is that a younger person had worded their question in such a "careless" way that it would take anyone too long to answer them.Īs we were answering for free, we wanted to ask them: Please ask your question in a way that will serve the reader better. This was an era of message boards and list-servs. In this post, I am making the mistake of attacking someone's lack of clear language when asking questions on the Internet from 2001 to 2009. Update: 2017 (eight years after this post was originally written):
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