Exercise 4

Download Sheet Music Download Teaching Notes Teaching Notes In bar 35 Köhler introduces trills into the study for the first time. Even though I have never particularly enjoyed playing trills, they do bring a quite unique character to the musical line and as such, are...

Exercise 3b

Download Sheet Music Download Teaching Notes Teaching Notes This exercise follows on from the interval of a 6th, which occurs at the beginning of bar 30 and is an exercise in dealing with wider intervals. Much of the information from Exercise 2 will be helpful when...

Exercise 3a

Download Sheet Music Download Teaching Notes Teaching Notes This exercise has been written around the material to be found in bar 30 of the study, with the emphasis on articulation. This is one of the major topics of discussion among flute players and as articulation...

Exercise 2

Download Sheet Music Download Teaching Notes Teaching Notes To play large, legato intervals on the flute, musically and with an even transition to high notes, requires great reserves of energy, anticipation and highly toned support muscles! When slurring upwards (as...

Exercise 1

Download Sheet Music Download Teaching Notes Teaching Notes This exercise has been written around the first three notes of the study. Any type of scale will present problems of one description or another and one of the most important elements is that of moving evenly...

Köhler – Danse de la Poupée

Download Sheet Music Download Teaching Notes Teaching Notes Although only a study, this elegant and lyrical masterpiece from Köhler would easily stand on it’s own as an interlude during, or even an encore at the end of a flute recital. There are also several technical...