The only flute etudes

[keithmasku]

I'm looking for a set of etudes for intermediate practice, i'd prefer that they have youtube accompaniment since my sight reading skills are not up to par with classically trained flautists, but i have a really good ear, and a good way to practice my sight reading skills, is if there is music accompaniment.

also what is the name of the computer program that shows written music and then plays it back?

[Fleming]

>I'm looking for a set of etudes for intermediate practice
Your best bet would be to drop by a music store and look for some books. "Intermediate" is a pretty vague term when it comes to music difficulty, and what I think is intermediate might be too easy or too hard for you.

>i have a really good ear, and a good way to practice my
>sight reading skills, is if there is music accompaniment.
If you're playing partially by ear then you're not really pushing your sight reading skills. I think that sight reading practice is best done without accompaniment. Ideally it's something you've never seen before so you can practice reading, mentally hearing, and then playing on the fly. If you have accompaniment then you can cheat on musical patterns, pitch, and timing. Then when you have to sight read without accompaniment, you're screwed because not being solid on those three things will be a disaster:

• If you can't read and recognize patterns quickly, you'll have a harder time keeping up when sight reading at even a moderately fast tempo.
• If your pitch is off, the music will sound wrong. Humans are generally very sensitive to pitch. Even if they can't explain why the music doesn't sound right, they'll still hear it.
• If your time is off, even the most tone deaf will raise their eyebrows. I was taught early on just how devastating messing up the time is. It's a lot harder to get back on track with time than if you fudged a note or two.

>also what is the name of the computer program
>that shows written music and then plays it back?
Finale is one that I've seen and worked with a bit. I'm sure there are plenty of others.

[fluteguy18]

In addition to the above comments:

Other music software: Notepad [a watered down version of Finale], and Sibelius.

Or, there is also SmartMusic which is an accompaniment program.

[Phineas]

I'm looking for a set of etudes for intermediate practice, i'd prefer that they have youtube accompaniment since my sight reading skills are not up to par with classically trained flautists, but i have a really good ear, and a good way to practice my sight reading skills, is if there is music accompaniment.

also what is the name of the computer program that shows written music and then plays it back?

I agree with the last 2 posts, but would liek to add my .02USD( 2 cents)

If you want to advance in playing in the classical realm, you cannot avoid reading music at least initailly. As a soloist, you can get a way with memorization and embelishment to a point, however you are still going to have to be decent at reading patterens and rhythms. There is no way around it.

Accompaniment will not help you. This situation will cause you to work harder to keep up with the backround music, instead of working on the flute part.

Playing by ear is cool, but without a good musical foundation, you will have a difficult time advancing your playing skills. It would not be impossible, but you will run into a lot of pit falls. I would encourage you to take the advice you have been given so far. It will help you to advance your playing skills more easily. Taking a couple of months to work on improving your sight reading skills is a drop in the bucket time wise that will last you a life time!

Phineas