Promenade 1

Promenade 1 is a soft rock etude for solo flute in E flat major. It has folk and latin elements, but the player should have in mind a light backbeat on quarter notes two and four.


Hear a computer-generated performance of Promenade 1. A human performance should be posted in a few weeks. (Delay due to that pesky flu going around the world.)

New Piece Coming Soon

This next piece, which should be ready within a week, is in a mixed style. I'm not quite sure how to describe it, but I guess it's folk and soft rock, which doesn't sound too appetizing. It's gentle with a beat, but then you get into "light rock" and "smooth jazz" (shout out to WJJZ in Philadlephia), but it's not that either. There is definitely a folk element to it. It's the fastest "birth" so far of the pieces here on the New Flute blog.

Correction to Latin 1 for Two Flutes

There was a repeat missing in these scores, so they've all been revised. Thanks, Sherry.

Latin 3

Latin 3 is a Latin-jazz etude for solo flute in A minor. The grace notes are important for creating a jazz flavor, but they are not essential. You might notice a few quotes from some classic rock songs. The first is from Journey's "Who's Crying Now," and the second is too famous to need identification.

Latin 3 has three parts to it. The first is melodic and legato in the style of Pat Metheny. The third part, beginning in bar 72, is more traditionally latin jazz, and evokes sounds of the Afro-Cubano style Dizzy Gillespie brought to America in the 1940s. The middle part is a long transition between the first and third.



Hear a Performance of Latin 3.

Latin 3 is Almost Ready

Latin 3 is completed, except for a few small corrections. I've been out with the flu, so in a few days it should be up.

Correction: Twango is Still Good

The audio files are still available. Due to policies here in Lebanon I can't access them. Many thanks, Karin.

Vanished Twango

The New Flute audio files were hosted by Twango, which is an excellent service. Now Twango has been bought by Nokia and sent to oblivion. I'll have to find another host.

All we really need is for YouTube to host audio files, and that would solve everything.

On Air: Neo-Baroque 1

Hear a Performance of Neo-Baroque 1

This piece seems to be more for violin than a wind instrument. Circular breathing would come in handy.

Latest News, 26 January 2008

I'm working on Latin 3 and should have it up in a few weeks. I hope you like the new site. I enjoyed putting it together.

Neo-Baroque 1

Neo-Baroque 1 is an etude for solo flute in G major.

No performance is available yet. I'm still practicing...

Latin 2

Latin 2 is a Latin-jazz etude for solo flute in G minor. The grace notes are important for creating a jazz flavor, but they are not essential.


Hear a Performance of Latin 2.

Latin 1 Expanded

The original solo was expanded:

Latin 1 with Piano Accompaniment.

Latin 1 for Two Flutes.

Latin 1, 2nd Flute part.

Latin 1 for Two Flutes with Piano Accompaniment.


Hear a Performance of Latin 1 with Piano


Hear a Performance of Latin 1 for Two Flutes.


Hear a Performance of Latin 1 for Two Flutes and Piano

Latin 1

Latin 1 is a Latin-jazz etude for solo flute in A minor. The accent markings and slurs are only suggestions.

This is You might notice quotes from: 1) the first movement of Bach's Partita in A Minor for solo flute; 2) the end of Patti Austin's "It's Gonna Be Special."


Hear a Performance of Latin 1