Spruce up your performances concerts and cantatas with these fabulous Christmas classics for two Flutes. What better way to herald the holiday season than with what is possibly The Best Christmas Flute Duet BookEver! With this Christmas Flute sheet music the lovely sound of the Flute can be made twice as sweet with Christmas songs like Away In A Manger Jingle Bells and SilentNight. You can warm up the winter evenings with this wonderful selection of favourites for the festive period. The great thing about this Christmas sheet music is the mix of old and new. Whereas one minute you and yourpartner can be playing traditional carols like O Come All Ye Faithful or Deck The Halls then you can bring in the contemporary pop songs like All I Want For Christmas Is You and Stop TheCavalry. The Best Christmas Flute Duet Book Ever contains an exciting and varied array of tunes arranged specifically for Grades 1 to 3 but will be lovely as a general Yuletideaddition to your repertoire. These familiar tunes are all enjoyable to play and are definitely going to delight anyone within earshot bringing in the Christmas spirit with the lovely sound of the Flute. The arrangements areall suitably happy and upbeat and the joy of this book is that each Flute shares the melody so to hear a pair of duelling Flutes play from this Christmas song book really is a joy. Each and every festivefavourite within this collection is flawless for the Flute and they're fun to play and to hear. So pick up The Best Christmas Flute Duet Book Ever learn the tunes and perform them for all to hear bringingin a touch of the Christmas spirit this year.

Flute Friction is a series of flute duets in three books aimed at flautists from grade 1 to 8. 15 Flute duets. 10 Flute Trios.In this first book in the series ten flute trios are also included which teachers will find particularly profitable when working with small groups although the main emphasis in this series is on the interaction between two players similar in standard. In many cases each part is given equal importance so it is the ease with which players can shift from pole position to a more supporting role and back again that poses the principle challenge. Elsewhere the spoils are slightly less equitably carved up and again teachers willquickly gauge for themselves which pieces best suit the abilities and personalities of their students. If teachers can get their students to learn both parts in each piece then in a sense the books immediately double in value!I like to think of these pieces as being useful from a number of viewpoints and would suggest using them in a variety of ways not exclusively as light relief at the end of lessons. Duets are an excellent way of improving sight-reading to be sure as well as building confidence and assertiveness. But at least as importantly they nurture that most underestimated of skills listening without which musical accomplishment is doomed to certain failure. If the teacher is limited in pianistic ability then duets offer a much needed chance for students to play in a small ensemble setting which is the first stage to being able to 'hold a line' in a wind band or orchestra.Above all perhaps the sheer joy of being part of a 'winning team' can hardly be overestimated; played well a duet is greater than the sum of its parts and may well have the potential to please in a concert setting. The business of matching intonation is of course especially important in duets and similarly taking breaths in suitable places is critical to the way an audience understands the overall musical texture.Balance

The Flute Way-Encouraged by the incredible success of Rue Traversière 1 composer Sophie Dufeutrelle Professor of Flute at the Ecole Nationale de Musique de Villeurbanne is back with a second volume entirely focused on double and triple tonguing – a technique fundamental to the airy pearled and nimble sounds of the Flute. Determined to avoid a dry approach the creator of Rue Traversière 2 opted for a progressive development that limits the role of exercises per se. The book begins with five short focused studies with five more disseminated throughout the rest of the work. Allegros from the Baroque repertoire however are given pride of place withBoismortier Handel Quantz and Telemann (and many others) bringing a vital touch of vibrancy and sensuality to the learning experience. Instrumental practice is all too often reduced to solitary repetition with no other companion than the all-intrusive metronome. There’s nothing like that there: all of the pieces are arranged for two Flutes and the last two pieces are even for trios. Because sharing is an essential part of the pleasure of music!

This series of duet books are ideal for learning whilst having fun in lessons. In volume 1 the pupil has a range of just two notes to start with and this extends systematically throughout the book.

14 Duets-A varied selection of popular and more traditional tunes for use as both learning and recreation material. Titles include American Pie The Foggy Foggy Dew Bright Eyes Tom Dooley and many others.

A carefully graded selection of compositions of varied styles, progressing from easy to medium difficulty and designed to develop well-rounded musicianship.