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> Grade 5 Flute Pieces, Which ones should I pick?
clariflutegal
post Mar 24 2012, 04:29 PM
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I am hoping to do work towards my Grade 5 flute soon and wondered if any one had any ideas as to which pieces are nice? I have the ABRSM Grade 5 book (the one with three pieces for each List) but wanted to have some more choice (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Mar 24 2012, 04:39 PM
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You could do a lot worse than the two pieces in 'Baroque Flute Pieces' on list A and the Kelly and McDowell on list B. On list C, I arguably like the Kohler in the yellow book the best, but both the Bullards are reasonable too. May be me, but I much prefer Rae's single reed work to his flute stuff...
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post Mar 24 2012, 05:09 PM
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QUOTE(barry-clari @ Mar 24 2012, 04:39 PM) *

You could do a lot worse than the two pieces in 'Baroque Flute Pieces' on list A and the Kelly and McDowell on list B. On list C, I arguably like the Kohler in the yellow book the best, but both the Bullards are reasonable too. May be me, but I much prefer Rae's single reed work to his flute stuff...


Thanks for the advice (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) I'm also going to ask my teacher what she did for her Grade 5 (if it's on this syllabus!) and maybe get some more inspiration that way! I did look at the Kohler piece, and I do also have the Fifty For Flute book so I have a few to choose from there! Also, I've noticed that I have the Stravinsky for List A and the Koechlin for List B - equally uninspiring! Seems a big jump from Grade 4 to Grade 5... Definitely sure that clarinet at the same Grade wasn't as difficult!
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post Mar 24 2012, 05:20 PM
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QUOTE(clariflutegal @ Mar 24 2012, 05:09 PM) *

Seems a big jump from Grade 4 to Grade 5... Definitely sure that clarinet at the same Grade wasn't as difficult!

This is off topic, but I tend to agree with you : the big leaps in clarinet grades are often in different places to where they are in flute. I think 5-6 on flute is a biggish leap, but it's a bigger leap on the clarinet, and while 1-2 on flute isn't that large a jump, in my opinion, on the clarinet it's like a chasm!
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post Mar 24 2012, 05:21 PM
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For List B, I think the Tomasi: Le Petit Chevrier Corse is lovely, but it is expensive. My pupils have really enjoyed playing it. It is also comparatively easy. I also think the Arrieu in List B is beautiful, but is harder, and is also expensive, because you have to buy the whole sonata.
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post Mar 24 2012, 05:58 PM
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QUOTE(barry-clari @ Mar 24 2012, 05:20 PM) *

QUOTE(clariflutegal @ Mar 24 2012, 05:09 PM) *

Seems a big jump from Grade 4 to Grade 5... Definitely sure that clarinet at the same Grade wasn't as difficult!

This is off topic, but I tend to agree with you : the big leaps in clarinet grades are often in different places to where they are in flute. I think 5-6 on flute is a biggish leap, but it's a bigger leap on the clarinet, and while 1-2 on flute isn't that large a jump, in my opinion, on the clarinet it's like a chasm!


Haha yeah, Grade 2 clarinet is all about the upper register. I remember my teacher telling me we were going to be learning B natural upwards and I was trying to work out how to do it, then felt "cheated" when all it was, was the register key at the back!

I don't really know earlier Grades for flute as just jumped in and done Grade 4! Still having difficulty reading notes for G upwards in pieces cos you don't encounter any higher than that normally in clarinet! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Mar 24 2012, 06:03 PM
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Still having difficulty reading notes for G upwards in pieces cos you don't encounter any higher than that normally in clarinet! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

You wait 'til you get beyond grade 8 clari... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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post Mar 24 2012, 06:08 PM
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Have a glancette at the Mozart (Music Through Time Book 4) - it's very popular with my happy little campers. The McDowall Hornpipe is good fun and I'm with Baz on the Kohler (although I find it easier to read from the Kohler Studies rather than the version in the yellow book) - PROPER FLOOT MOOSIC (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Good luck and let us know what you decide to do!

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post Mar 24 2012, 06:11 PM
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QUOTE(Bagpuss @ Mar 24 2012, 06:08 PM) *

Have a glancette at the Mozart (Music Through Time Book 4) - it's very popular with my happy little campers. The McDowall Hornpipe is good fun and I'm with Baz on the Kohler (although I find it easier to read from the Kohler Studies rather than the version in the yellow book) - PROPER FLOOT MOOSIC (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Good luck and let us know what you decide to do!

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It's worth having the Kohler study book anyway for future use, clariflutegal (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Mar 24 2012, 08:17 PM
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QUOTE(Undine @ Mar 24 2012, 05:21 PM) *

For List B, I think the Tomasi: Le Petit Chevrier Corse is lovely, but it is expensive. My pupils have really enjoyed playing it. It is also comparatively easy. I also think the Arrieu in List B is beautiful, but is harder, and is also expensive, because you have to buy the whole sonata.

A better option than buying the whole Arrieu sonatine is to get The Best of Grade 5 published by Faber, which includes the first movement plus other lovely pieces like the Faure Sicilienne and Dance of the Blessed Spirits, together with a CD for just ?9.99.

I agree with Barry's recommendations for list B (McDowall and Kelly) and Bag's for List A (Mozart). (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Mar 25 2012, 01:04 AM
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I've ordered the Best of Grade 5 book and Music Through Time Book 4 so fingers crossed I will find something within those (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

What's the full title for the Kohler study book? When I've researched, quite a few different books come up!
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post Mar 25 2012, 07:45 AM
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QUOTE(clariflutegal @ Mar 25 2012, 01:04 AM) *

I've ordered the Best of Grade 5 book and Music Through Time Book 4 so fingers crossed I will find something within those (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

What's the full title for the Kohler study book? When I've researched, quite a few different books come up!

What you are looking for is Opus 33 volume 1. Most people seem to end up with the Chester edition. The study is in the Best of Grade 5 book, incidentally, as well as in the ABRSM Grade 5 book, but the Koehler studies are definitely worth owning in their own right. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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QUOTE(clariflutegal @ Mar 25 2012, 01:04 AM) *

I've ordered the Best of Grade 5 book and Music Through Time Book 4 so fingers crossed I will find something within those (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

What's the full title for the Kohler study book? When I've researched, quite a few different books come up!

What you are looking for is Opus 33 volume 1. Most people seem to end up with the Chester edition. The study is in the Best of Grade 5 book, incidentally, as well as in the ABRSM Grade 5 book, but the Koehler studies are definitely worth owning in their own right. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)


There's a "complete" edition which has 56 pages (the others are smaller) and is only a pound or so more expensive; is this the two books together? I just want to make sure before I buy the wrong thing haha
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post Mar 25 2012, 06:00 PM
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My Complete Opus 33 has 54 pages and is in three user-friendly sections :

15 Easy Exercises (easy? mmm...)
12 Medium Difficult Exercises (okkkkk)
8 Studies of Greater Difficulty (runs away and hides (IMG:style_emoticons/default/hides.gif))

They are actually brilliant & beautifully written.

Study-Bag x
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QUOTE(Bagpuss @ Mar 25 2012, 07:00 PM) *

My Complete Opus 33 has 54 pages and is in three user-friendly sections :

15 Easy Exercises (easy? mmm...)
12 Medium Difficult Exercises (okkkkk)
8 Studies of Greater Difficulty (runs away and hides (IMG:style_emoticons/default/hides.gif))

They are actually brilliant & beautifully written.

Study-Bag x


Ahh, thank you (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) I will buy the complete edition even though I'll probably only be able to play some to the "easy" exercises (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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