Instrument Level Flute - Level 4
READ THIS FIRST: Notes to Composers
General recommendations:
Speed: Slow to allegro
Length: 36-100 bars
Rhythm: Complex meters; triplets and 8ths in same piece (though not same time); beginning complex rhythms (no cross rhythms – 2 against 3 etc.); Simple hocket okay.
Playable Notes and Skills
- Middle C to B2 or C2.
- Leaps of an octave.
- All major scales.
- Perform basic double tonguing for short periods of time.
- Good dynamic and pitch control.
Things to Avoid
- Leaps over an octave.
- Rapid leaps.
- Extended fast passages with too many accidentals.