A Modem uide to ingerings for the lute

Revised Greatly Enlarged 2nd Edition

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by
Ja mes J Pellerite
formefl solo flutist, Phila. Orch.)
Indiana University
School of Music

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· P3 '7 Pr e vious Ed i t i o n Copyright 1964

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 CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

HOW TO READ THE CHARTS

1 . BASIC FINGERINGS • 6

2 . (a ) HARMONICS • 10

( b ) FRENCH MODEL FWTE .11

3 . TRILLS (Half St e p, and Whole Step ) • 12

4 . TREMOWS
(a ) Major and Minor Th ird s 18
(b) P e r f e c t Fo u rth s and Tri t one s • • 23
(c ) P e r f e c t F i f t h s • 28
(d) S i x t h s , Sev en th s , and Octaves 30

5. ALTERED FINGERINGS 39

6 . QUARTER-TONES and QUARTER-TONE TRILLS • • .42

(a ) C F l u t e 44
(b) and
Alto F l u t ePi c c ol o • • 48
7 . MULTIPHONICS'and SPECIAL SONORITIES. • 51
(A) Mul t i pl e Trills and Mul t i pl e E f f e c t s • • 53
(B) Tonal C h a r a c t e r i s t i c s and Dynamic Ranges • • 59
(C) Suppressed Chords • 59
(D) Connecting Si ngl e Notes to Mu ltip h o n ics • 60
(E) F l u t t e r i n g - M u l t i p h o n i c s • 61
(F) Sin g in g , o r Humming Su s tain ed -Mu ltip h o n ics 61

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 S p e c i a l r e c o g n i t i o n must be acco rd ed t o Harvey R Fry e
S u p e r v i s o r o f G r a p h ic A r t s A u d i o -V i s u al Ce nte r In d i an a
University for his organizational planning expert guid
a nc e and a e s t h e t i c a l l y e x c e l l e n t de signing and drawing
of these charts.

James J . P e l l e r i t e

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