Hi everyone,
In this post I'm going to talk about all of the Marcel Moyse flute study books that I have collected over the past few years. The Marcel Moyse study books for flute players is in the same calibre as Sevcik for violinists or Cavallini for Clarinetists, which is not only are well established study books but that they are also tried and true, and they are well loved still to this day.
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| My personal collection of study books by Marcel Moyse |
I can actually split the Moyse series into two - the first is focusing on your own personal development on the flute, as most of the books focus on developing one area of technique; and the second is the development on working on individual composers. So, depending on what you are looking into diving more into detail and improving on then there's something for you within these books.
My personal collection consists of the following books :-
- De La Sonorite
- Tone Development Through Interpretation
- Beginning the Flute
- Studies & Technical Exercises
- 24 Little Melodic Studies
- School of Articulation
- Virtuosity Studies Volumes 1 & 2
- Technique Chromatism
I'm going to give you overview of each book then it will give you some idea of what each book is about.
De La Sonorite
This is known as the Moyse "flute bible", and focuses on the art of technique on the flute. I would say that these exercises would suit an early intermediate flute player all the way up to advanced. But you might be able to have a go a few of the studies in the earlier stages of your flute journey, as most of the book doesn't go too far off the stave. The book is divided into five sections each focusing on a different area of developing your flute technique, and also within each section Moyse gives you loads of advice on how best to tackle every exercise.
Tone Development Through Interpretation
This was the first Moyse book that I ever brought, as it had a piece within the book that I was struggling to find. This book is broken down into eight sections, and each section focuses on developing your own personal flute using orchestral excepts. There's no actual advice written within the book, apart from the section overview. What Moyse is doing within this book is starting you off on using a blank canvas with the pieces throughout the book, and you as the learner will be essentially creating something special using your own personal tone, and improving on what you already know. It's a very 'free' approach to help you in developing your own personal tone on the flute.
Beginning the Flute
This is a lovely book for flute learners and players who want to improve on their flute playing. It also doesn't go too high off the stave. There's loads of exercises to help you to get used to different techniques on the flute, and they also go through all of the ranges of ranges of the flute and also through all of the scales. Even though this book is aimed at beginner flute players; any flute player can use this book as part of their own personal development. Every exercise within the book also has a detailed description on how best to tackle that exercise, and to also get the best out of the early stages of your flute playing.
Studies & Technical Exercises
I would say that the 'Scales & Technical Exercises' book is aimed at intermediate to advanced flute players. There's some really nice exercises on intervals, note groups and also exercises to develop different methods of tonguing such as double and triple tonguing. With this being an intermediate to advanced study book the descriptions that Moyse gives for each exercise are only brief, but straight to the point.
24 Little Melodic Studies
These are meant to easy flute studies, and let me tell you that some of these studies are far from easy as this book goes up to six sharps and six flats. Please don't let that put you off from buying this book, as some of the studies are easier than others depending on where you are in your flute journey. You can use this book to help you to get used to a new key signature, sight reading or you may just like to see how far you get through a piece without any pressure.
School of Articulation
This book contains loads of studies to help you to improve on your flute articulation. It features studies that will help you to improve your tonguing on the flute using single, double or triple tonguing, staccato, and slurred.
Technique Chromaticism
This is essentially a book for you to focus solely on your chromatic scales in every variation possible. It's actually broken down into sections to make it more manageable.
School of Virtuosity Books 1 & 2
These are probably some of the more advanced books that Moyse has to offer, and even the first book looks quite hard. These are definitely more suited to the more advanced flute player.
Books
De La Sonorite
ISMN: 9790046 181665
Beginning the Flute
ISMN: 9790046 188255
Studies & Technical Exercises
ISMN: 9790046 164439
24 Little Melodic Studies
ISMN: 9790046 180255
School of Articulation
ISMN: 9790046 173394
Technique Chromaticism
ISMN: 9790046 173950
Virtuosity Studies Book 1
ISMN: 9790046 181634
Virtuosity Studies Book 2
ISMN: 9790046 181641
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