Common Techniques

• Flutter Tonguing
• Harmonics
• Pitch Bends Ex. 1
• Pitch Bends Ex. 2

Polyphonic Techniques

• Singing While Playing Ex. 1
• Singing While Playing Ex. 2
• Multiphonics
• Artificial Polyphony

Percussive Effects

• Key Clicks
• Tongue Rams
• Tongue Pizzicato

Alternate Sonorities

• Microtones Ex. 1
• Microtones Ex. 2
• Hollow Tones
• Air Sounds Ex. 1
• Air Sounds Ex. 2

Other Techniques

• Whistle Tones
• Jet Whistle
• Head Joint Only
• Buzzing

Sources

Bartolozzi, Bruno. New Sounds for Woodwind. Reginald Smith Brindle, ed. New York:

Oxford University Press, 1967.

Dick, Robert. The Other Flute: A Performance Manual of Contemporary Techniques.

NewYork: Oxford University Press, 1975.

Stokes, Sheridan. Special Effects for Flute. Santa Monica: Trio Associates, 1970.

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