# Traverso Study Resources **Music | Recordings | Source Materials** ![[quantz-flute-engraving.png]] This is a work in progress and is built with love for all my students. Many of these resources were created during the lockdowns in 2020 and 2021. --- ## Technique and Daily Practice ![[Tulou-flute-assembly.jpg]] ### Traverso Technique - Basic Set-up - Fingering Charts - Anatomy [[Traverso Technique]] --- ### Daily Practice: Warm Ups and Tuning with Drones - Play Along Warm Ups - Warm Up and Tuning Exercises with Drones [[Daily Practice – Warm Ups and Tuning with Drones]] --- ### Frederick the Great: Flute Book - 100 short exercises in nearly every key. Useful for daily practice. [[Frederick the Great - Flute Book]] --- ## Music with Audio Demonstrations Pieces to work on with audio demonstrations and bass lines to practise with. --- ### Joseph Bodin de Boismortier: *Préldues* (from *Diverses Pièces pour une Flûte-Traversière seule* … Op. 22 (Paris, 1728) - Score of Boismortier's ***Diverses Pièces*** (Op. 22) - Demos (audio files) [[Boismortier - Preludes]] --- ### Michel Blavet: *Gavotte* (from *Flute Concerto in A minor*) - Score of Blavet's ***Gavotte*** (from *Flute Concerto in A minor*) - Demos and bass line (audio files) [[Blavet - Gavotte]] --- ### Georg Frideric Handel: *Larghetto* (from *Sonata in C majo*r - HWV 365) - Score of Handel's ***Larghetto*** (from *Sonata in C major* - HWV 365) - Demos and bass line (audio files) [[Handel - Larghetto]] --- ### Jacques Hotteterre: *Préludes* and *Traits* (from *L’Art de Préluder* -Paris, 1719) - Translation of relevant passages from ***L'Art de Préluder*** - Score of the ***préludes*** and ***traits*** suitable for the flute from Chapters 3 & 4. - Demos (audio files) [[Hotteterre - Préludes and Traits]] --- ### Johann Joachim Quantz: *Adagio* (from *Sonata in A minor* – QV 1:152) - Score of Quantz’s ***Adagio*** (from *Sonata in A minor* - QV 1:152) - Demos and bass lines (audio files) [[Quantz - Adagio]] --- ### Johann Joachim Quantz: *Sarabande* for solo flute - Score of Quantz’s ***Sarabande*** for solo flute - Demo (audio file) [[Quantz - Sarabande]] --- ### Georg Philipp Telemann: Fantasia 3 for Flute in B minor (TWV 40:4) - Score of Telemann’s ***Fantasia 3 in B minor*** for solo flute - Demo (YouTube video) [[Telemann - Fantasia 3]] --- ### Georg Philipp Telemann: *Siciliana* (from *Methodical Sonata in B minor*) - Scoe of Telemann’s ***Siciliana*** (from *Methodical Sonata in B minor*) - Demos and bass lines (audio files) [[Telemann - Siciliana]] --- ## Evolution of the Flute ![[flutes-close-up.png]] Nice pictures of flutes from my collection. > [!download] [Evolution of the flute (pdf)](https://dikmans.net/hpp/Evolution-of-the-flute.pdf) --- > [!link] Related Links > - [[§ Recordings]] (with scores) --- <small>© Greg Dikmans</small>