Monaco Music Studio

Monday, December 23, 2019 by Marcie Monaco | Musicianship

A wholistic flutist should be actively working on developing these skills:

(most of these skills will automatically develop in the natural course of lessons)

• Strong breath support

• Clean and varied articulation

• Beautiful tone

• Strong, relaxed, efficient, BALANCED posture

• Accurate intonation

• Musicality

• Clean, quick, and facile technique

• Dynamic control

• Ability to execute mood and color changes

• Control of vibrato

• Strict internal sense of tempo and rhythm

• Smooth, clean, large intervallic leaps

• Diligent and competent practice skills

• Knowledge of scale and arpeggio patterns

• Familiarity with major etudes

• Awareness of music theory and history for more accurate interpretation

• Recognition of leading flutists and composers across all geographic boundaries and eras to look to as performance models

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