Flute Method (Book 3) – Student’s Book

Blocki Flute Method Book 3 – Student’sBook by Kathy Blocki and Rebecca Hovan

Book 3 is an advanced method book designed to thoroughly prepare students for studying advanced literature.

Spiral bound

1)  By the end of the book, students will be able to play all major, natural and harmonic minor two octave scales and arpeggios in less than 8 minutes.

2)  Each unit is packed with rhythmic exercises systematically presented to enable students to master new concepts.

3)  Each unit contains an abundance of duets.  Many of these duets are based on the original flute parts from famous orchestral scores including: Capriccio Espagnol’s Fandango Asturaino , Wm Tell Overture, Carmen’s The Mountain Garden and Habanera, Pictures at an Exhibition: The Great Gate at Kiev, Brandenburg Concerto no. 4, and Sousa’s Stars and Stripes. Other duets include the Mozart Flute Sonata no. 5, four pieces from Kabalevsky’s opus 24, Boccherini Minuet, La Giaconda, and the March from the Nutcracker.

4)  An abundance of tone and technique practice throughout all octaves of the flute.

This book is appropriate for advanced high school students and as a remedial book for college students.  It also provides excellent and challenging sight-reading material for the advanced college flutist.