Series: Berklee Guide
Beatboxing, Circular Breathing, Fourth-Octave Playing, and much more

Add unique flute sounds to your palette of colors. The flute is capable of a great range of sounds: buzzing and whistling, clicking and growling, and much more!
This book shows you how to do dozens of different inventive effects, with etudes that put them in a musical context. The accompanying online recordings provide play-along tracks for the etudes and examples of each sound effect in isolation.

With this book you'll learn to:
 • Perform essential advanced flute techniques such as circular breathing, fourth-octave playing, and beatboxing
 • Use percussive techniques, such as tongue/lip pizzicato, clicks, and finger slaps
 • Explore sounds unique to isolating the mouthpiece
 • Master alternate fingerings and different types of vibrato
 • Create hybrid instruments such as the “flunette,” “flax,” and “flumpet”
 • Play pitch bends, harmonics, as well as wind and jet-whistle sounds
 • Sing and whistle while playing
 • Create electronic sounds and produce low B's
and more!