Instrument Level Flute - Level 5
READ THIS FIRST: Notes to Composers
General recommendations:
Speed: Slow to Allegro
Length: 200 measures (including multi-movement)
Rhythm: complex rhythms such as syncopation and unusual meters OK, but only limited cross rhythms such as one or two beats of triplets against eighths.
Playable Notes and Skills
- Entire range of flute.
- Major and minor scales.
Double and triple tonguing for more extended time.
Things to Avoid
- Rapid leaps.
- Fast chromatic passages with varying intervals.
- Extended techniques such as multi-phonics and flutter tonguing.