Young players who are just starting to read music can find it very difficult to follow a duet or trio. This book solves the problem withcolour coded music, making iteasy for beginnersto follow their ensemble part.
Students only need to know 4 or 5 notes to start playing the first duets in this book, which coversBeginner and Preliminarylevels.
The music spans awide range of composers, as well astraditional tunesfrom around the world. There is a selection offestive music, a section ofrounds(3-part, 4-part, 8-part), plus there arewarm up exercises, each focusing on one aspect of ensemble technique.
The arrangements work well with anything fromtwo players up to a large flute choir/ensemble. Many pieces offermaximum flexibilityas they can be played as atrio; ORthe blue and red parts are harmonically complete to be played as aduet; ORthere are alsooptional pianoparts for some pieces, to be found in Book 3 (accompaniments).
There arefree recordingsof all the duets and trios onThe Young Flute PlayerYouTubechannel. These videos can be adjusted to any speed, so are great for students to practise their part at home.
This ensemble book can be used either independently, or in conjunction with the tutor/method books inThe Young Flute Playerseries by Karen North.
Specifications
Beginner-Preliminary level
32 pages
29 duets and trios
8 warm-up exercises
9 rounds
Keys up to one sharp or flat
Time signatures: 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, C, 6/8, 2/2
Pitch range from Middle C, to A above staff (Note- Middle C is optional – students are given the choice of an alternate note). The first 9 duets have a five-note range only.
