Karen Ballengee's List: Baroque Flute

Think Quest is a colloborative learning web site. This partitcular page provides information about the history and style of the baroque period. Look at the baroque period page and the instrumental page. Take notes on the styles and characteristics of the baroque period. You will be using these notes later to critique some baroque music. Pay particular attention to the instrumentation and forms of music when you take your notes.

This site is run by Cincinnati public radio. Scroll down to the Listen to the Show area and learn more about baroque music. This is a sound clip with musical examples that will help you understand some of the characteristics of baroque music. Based on the descriptions you read in the Think Quest link, is this what you expected baroque music to sound like? Why or why not?

This Carnegie Hall site gives information on performances and tickets at this performance venue. There is also an education section. Scroll down to the listen selection and select three pieces of music to critique. Based on the notes from the first link (Think Quest), what baroque performance techniques do you hear? What are the prominent instruments?

This editors of this site have been recording, producing, researching, and writing about Bach and Baroque since the 1960's. This site provides history, composer biographies, and listening examples for the time period. Read the biography on Telemann. What contributions did he make to baroque music? You will be listening to one of his flute works in the next link.

This is a site with mp3s of old flute recordings. Please scroll down to the Telemann section and listen to Marcel Moyse play Telemann's Trio Sonata for Flute, Violin, and Piano. The mp3 sounds a little scratchy because it was created from a record. Based on the biography in the previous link, what elements of the composer's style are present in the recording? What baroque characterstics are present? Make notes on the tone and style of the artist.

Arts alive is a Canadian webiste with information about the performing arts in that country. This site has many educational resources, activities, and games. Click on the Handel and Vivaldi links to learn more about these composers. What did they contribute to baroque music?

Listen to French flautist, Marcel Moyse play Menuet and Allegro from Handel Sonata #3. what elements of the composer's style are present in the music? What baroque characteristics did you notice in the music? Make notes on the tone and style of the artist.

Listen to American flautist Paula Robison play Vivaldi's Concerto in D Major. What elements of the composer's stye are in the music? What baroque characteristics did you notice in the music? Make notes on the tone and style of the artist.

This is a home page for J.S. Bach with a complete listing of his works and recordings. Click on the Biography, Portraits, and Literature secction to read about his life. What did Bach contribute to baroque music?

Listen to French flautist, John-Pierre Rampal play Bach Sonata for Flute and Harpsichord. What elements of the composer's stye are in the music? What baroque characteristics did you notice in the music? Make notes on the tone and style of the artist.

This site has pictures and explanations of vintage flutes. How are they different from modern flutes? What techniques are used to compensate for the lack of keys? What challenges do you think there were in playing baroque flutes? How have the changes in modern flutes helped flute playing?

This is a website with baroque flute fingerings. Look at the fingering chart and try the fingerings. What are some challenges to playing a flute without many keys?

This is a website for a performing flute group in the Washington D.C. area. Click on Instruments to read about the instruments they play. Then click on Sound Clips to hear performances. What are the advantages of playing on "authentic" instruments? Do you hear a different sound here than in previous recordings with modern flutes? Describe the difference?

This is a site for flautists that has a variety of resources for flute performance, including a metronome, tuner, and fingering chart. Scroll down and select a piece of music from a Baroque composer. The composer can be one we have discussed or a different one. Just look at the dates to confirm that they composed during the baroque era. You will perform two minutes worth of music from this composer on (DATE). To help you select a piece of music you can perform comfortably, the range of each piece is listed. You can also use the mp3s or MIDI sound clips[trovided on the site to practice.

This site is a resource for flautists. Read the article by Brittish flautist, Trevor Wye. What are some of the challenges of performing Baroque music on modern flutes? How can you overcome those challenges? Describe how trills are to be performed.

This website is for Irish flautist, James Galway. The site includes information on his performances, masterclasses, and CD releases. Look at this video page for tips on playing flute. Use the embouchure exercises as a warm-up.

This site from the Woodwind Organization provides fingering charts for woodwind instruments. The page in the link provides trill fingerings for the flute. Each fingering has a description and explanation as to the best use in certain situations.These fingerings should help you in the performance of your piece.

This is the site of Larry Krantz, Canadian flautist. The site has links to various resources for students, teachers, and professionals. The page linked is flute radio. The purpose of this site is just to listen to flute music for fun.