Method for the
One-Keyed Flute
Baroque and Classical
Janice Dockendorff Boland
University of California Press
BERKELEY • LOS ANGELES • LONDON
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
Berkeley and Los Angeles, California
University of California Press, Ltd.
London, England
© 1998 by The Regents of the University of California
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Boland, Janice Dockendorff
Method for the one-keyed flute / Janice
Dockendorff Boland.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-520-21447-1 (paper : alk. paper)
1. Flute—Methods. I. Title.
MT342.B765 1998
788.3'2193—dc21 97-49641
CIP
MN
Printed in the United States of America
9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum
requirements of American National Standard for Information
Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials,
ANSI Z39.48-1984.
To Elcy,
who supports me in all that I do.
With gratitude and love.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I ABOUT THE ONE-KEYED FLUTE
CHAPTER II LEARNING TO PLAY THE ONE-KEYED FLUTE
Embouchure
Amusing side line
On Homogeneity of Sound (Tone Color Tendencies)
Strong notes
Weak notes
Changes at century's end
On Key (Tonality)
On Vibrato
The flattement