Method for Flute, Vol. 1 - 32 Lessons for Beginners

This method is aimed at young pupils (8 to 12 years old). It can be used for 18 months to 2 years. It consists of eight groups of four lessons. The fourth lesson in each group is always a review of the skills learned in the previous three lessons.Students can start flute and music theory at the same time, and there is no need to study them beforehand.There is little advice on posture, breathing, hand position, etc. This method can only be used with the help of a teacher who will know how to transmit, from the first lesson, his own technical and musical principles - as its name indicates (Hodos;: "road"), it is only a path - it is up to the students and their teachers to make the journey... The whole method can be used in individual lessons but also in the framework of a group teaching. All duets, trios and quartets can be played alone (or with the accompaniment of the teacher). The folk songs used are often unknown to children. This is why the lyrics are included. The exercises are deliberately kept very short. The exercises are deliberately kept very short and are always related to the pieces they precede. It is not always useful to work on all of them - there are too many exercises and pieces for each lesson! In group teaching, it will be easy to divide them up. In any case, it will be useful to return to lessons already worked on. Some of the pieces can be used for short deciphering exercises, and the students' imaginations are frequently called upon in very brief and simple ways. For the authors, this is not a question of recreation, but of a strong and founding element of the musical and technical education of a flautist.A big thank you to Nelly Papion and Clément Joubert, who teach at the conservatory of Orléans and who, with their pupils, discovered and explored these lessons.A. B.Cl.-H. J