Flute Colors arrangement 248

Alternating the traditional way of playing with, for example, playing pizzicato is a magical feeling. It feels like you're playing two parts at the same time on your own. Very, very good for flexibility.

De traditionele manier van spelen afwisselen met bijvoorbeeld het spelen van pizzicato is een magisch gevoel. Het voelt alsof je in je eentje twee partijen tegelijk speelt. Heel, heel goed voor flexibiliteit.

Technique used: pizzicato/slap tongue

Rogier de Pijper, flute 

Flute Colors is all about extended techniques for flute and how to use them to improve your flute playing.

Sheet music and tutorials in English and Nederlands:
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248 Drive the Cold Winter Away - The Flute Colors way!

Flute Colors arrangement 284

Bartók wrote a whole series of Romanian Christmas Carols. Two of those pieces are already in the Flute Colors collection. Now, a third one is being added. Once again, it’s for flute choir. The added technique is pizzicato. It’s a beautiful challenge to get all the parts in sync with the pizzicato notes.

Technique used: pizzicato/slap tongue

Rogier de Pijper, flutes

Flute Colors is all about extended techniques for flute and how to use them to improve your flute playing.

Sheet music and tutorials in English and Nederlands:
https://www.flutecolors.com/pieces/284-bartok-trei-crai-de-la-rasarit/

284 Bartok - Romanian Christmas Carol No. 10 - The Flute Colors Way!

Flute Colors arrangement 285

In this exercise, we will explore the possibilities with the trill keys. There are quite a few variations to explore with the trill keys. This exercise is not technically difficult, but it will certainly provide a challenge in the beginning.

Technique used: bamboo tones

Rogier de Pijper, flute & piano

Flute Colors is all about extended techniques for flute and how to use them to improve your flute playing.

Sheet music and tutorials in English and Nederlands:
https://www.flutecolors.com/pieces/285-fun-with-the-feeling/

285 Fun with 'The Feeling'

Flute Colors arrangement 286

It's nice to use simple melodies to practice harmonics. Harmonics are good for strengthening breath support and increasing air speed. It will definitely improve your sound.

Technique used: hamonics

Rogier de Pijper, flute

Flute Colors is all about extended techniques for flute and how to use them to improve your flute playing.

Sheet music and tutorials in English and Nederlands:
https://www.flutecolors.com/pieces/286-london-bridge-is-fallen-down/

286 London Bridge Is Falling Down - The Flute Colors way!

Flute Colors arrangement 287

Tone bending provide flexibility. With this technique, you explore the airspeed/air pressure and it helps to experiment with finding the most optimal blowing angle. We often prefer to stick with the old because it works. That way, you never know if it could possibly be even better.

Technique used: tone bending

Rogier de Pijper, flute

Flute Colors is all about extended techniques for flute and how to use them to improve your flute playing.

Sheet music and tutorials in English and Nederlands:
https://www.flutecolors.com/pieces/287-berbiguier-duet-from-method/

287 Berbiguier - Duet - The Flute Colors way!

Flute Colors arrangement 288

Tongue stops activate the abdomen and the tongue. Activating the abdomen can help you build better breath support, and activating the tongue helps improve articulation.

Technique used: tongue stop/ram

Rogier de Pijper, flute

Flute Colors is all about extended techniques for flute and how to use them to improve your flute playing.

Sheet music and tutorials in English and Nederlands:
https://www.flutecolors.com/pieces/288-saint-saens-the-cuckoo-in-the-deep-woods/

288 Saint-Saëns - The Cuckoo - The Flute Colors way!

Flute Colors arrangement 289

Sheet music and tutorials in English and Nederlands: 
https://bit.ly/3Uq2E4O

Ghost harmonics are perfect for training relaxation in the embouchure. They can teach you to develop a beautiful, relaxed embouchure. The main goal is to increase air pressure without building tension. The pitch bends are useful dor developing a flexible embouchure and they help in finding the most efficient angle to blow.

Techniques used: ghost harmonics - tone bending

Rogier de Pijper, flute 

Flute Colors is all about extended techniques for flute and how to use them to improve your flute playing.

289 Fun with 'dreaming' - The Flute Colors way!

Flute Colors arrangement 290

Sheet music and tutorials in English and Nederlands:
https://bit.ly/3ulCplv

In this exercise, pitch bends are added to work on intonation. The goal is to play a C# several times using the fingering for D. It's a great exercise to develop flexibility and to work on intonation.

Technique used: tone bending

Rogier de Pijper, flute

Flute Colors is all about extended techniques for flute and how to use them to improve your flute playing.

290 Van Eyck - Stil, ftil een reys - The Flute Colors way!

Flute Colors arrangement 291

Sheet music and tutorials in English and Nederlands:
https://bit.ly/3vVrjnX

Key clicks may seem easy, but if you approach them with great precision, they can provide a necessary challenge. In this piece, the difficulty level increases. The melody includes key clicks without sound, only the sound of the keys. In modo 2, the first beat of each measure is emphasized with a key click, and in modo 3, some runs receive an additional challenge.

Technique used: key clicks

Rogier de Pijper, flute 

Flute Colors is all about extended techniques for flute and how to use them to improve your flute playing.

291 Van Eyck - Sarabanda - The Flute Colors way!

Flute Colors arrangement 292

Sheet music and tutorials in English and Nederlands:
https://bit.ly/3SBKD2g

The main goal of studying wind sounds in this piece is to increase the flexibility of the embouchure. This piece is excellent for that purpose. The wind sounds provide an extra contrast between forte and piano in the echo.

Technique used: wind tones

Rogier de Pijper, flute

Flute Colors is all about extended techniques for flute and how to use them to improve your flute playing.

248 Drive the Cold Winter Away - The Flute Colors way!

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