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When should vibrato be learned? When the tone has been reasonabiy developed, though
it should not be learned simply to paint over obvious flaws . Most young players seem to
adjust easily to learning vibrato after two or three years learning the flute, some even
sooner.
Experiment with your new-found expression . Slow, low register tunes may sound best
with a gently languid vibrato : exciting tunes, especially in the middle and high register
may sound better with a faster vibrato .

Occasionally play some eighteenth-century sonata without vibrato . You may well be
called upon to do that in an orchestra some day. It is important to be able to play with
little or none on occasions . 'The Dance of the Blessed Spirits' (Orfeo - Gluck), a pure,
ethereal, gentle melody, can sound beautiful in this way . It too often sounds like the hip-
swinging dance of a scantily ciad chorus girl .

Flute playing is always on the move ; changes in style and tone are more obvious examples
of changing taste . In the next fifty years one of the changes that must surely come is the
control and damping down of vibrato . Its over-use today, especially in eighteenth- and
nineteenth-century music, is most apparent in many orchestras where the flutes can often
be heard bleating aboye the throng.

TWENTY FOUR STUDIES FOR INTONATION

Of course, any exercise, played slowly, can become a study for intonation .
These short exercises, one in each key, have used the most common intervals to help you
develop a keen 'ear' . They are in order of key but not in order of difficulty; you will
decide for yourself which are the most difficult .
Pay particular attention - even with a 'tuned' flute - to the left hand C#'s and C4's, and
to the lowest notes .
Most of the exercises should be repeated on octave higher where a different set of
problems will arise . Avoid playing sharp in the top register .
Practise these studies both piano and forte, and always slowly .

C major

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A useful study for intonation is the Tone Colour Exercise in Volume 1 - TONE in this
series . It should be practised in all keys .