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The bamboo end-blown flute now known as the shakuhachi was developed in Japan in the 16th century and is called the fuke shakuhachi (普化尺八). [1] [2] A bamboo flute known as the kodai shakuhachi (古代尺八, ancient shakuhachi) or gagaku shakuhachi (雅楽尺八) was derived from the Chinese xiao in the Nara period and died out in the ...
Traditional solo shakuhachi music (honkyoku) is transmitted as a semi-oral tradition; notation is often used as a mnemonic device. However, the master-disciple relationship is given emphasis within the tradition, and written sources are considered of little value 'without experience of the living tradition of actual training within the school'. [1]
This is a list of notable compositions for the flute (particularly the Western concert flute). Flute alone. C. P. E. Bach: Sonata in A minor (1763) J.S. Bach:
In music, fingering, or on stringed instruments sometimes also called stopping, is the choice of which fingers and hand positions to use when playing certain musical instruments. Fingering typically changes throughout a piece ; the challenge of choosing good fingering for a piece is to make the hand movements as comfortable as possible without ...
A Flute method is a type of specific textbook-style pedagogy for learning to play the flute. It often contains fingering charts, scales , exercises, and occasionally etudes . These exercises are often presented in different keys in ascending order to aid in difficulty, known as methodical progression, or to focus on isolated aspects like ...
Echo song (1977) 6fl 2afl USCO [46] WorldCat [47] Flute octet. Music Orlando di Lasso, with new music & arrangement by composer. Three for Eight (1996) [48] fl/picc 2-6fl[C] afl USCO [49] WorldCat [50] (00:08:15) Flute ensemble. Commissioned by and dedicated to the New York Flute Club [51] and the Long Island Flute Club. [52] Premiered at the ...
7-hole Uta-you Shinobue in C ("8-hon choshi") without binding Shinobue at a festival, 2018 The shinobue ( kanji : 篠笛 ; also called takebue ( kanji : 竹笛 ) in the context of Japanese traditional arts) is a Japanese transverse flute or fue that has a high-pitched sound [ citation needed ] .
The Sonate pour flûte et piano (Flute Sonata), FP 164, by Francis Poulenc, is a three-movement work for flute and piano, written in 1957. The sonata was commissioned by the American Library of Congress and is dedicated to the memory of Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, an American patron of chamber music. Poulenc preferred composing for woodwinds ...