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Saturday 31st May 2008
Saturday 12th July 2008
Group 1 Up to
grade 4
10.00am - 11.30am
Group
2 Grade 5 +
12.00pm - 2.00pm
Cost:
Group 1 Advance
payment £4, payment on the day £6
Group 2 Advance
payment £5, payment on the day £7
Please note advance
payments are non-refundable
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All
places for the workshop need to be booked in advance and participants
will need to bring a music stand.
The workshop will run subject to
numbers and all those that have booked will be notified in the event of
cancellation.
To
book your place please contact Ruth
Ballantyne
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Bass Flute
4Flutes is delighted that following our
most recent event we were able to complete the funds needed for the
purchase of a bass flute. It is great for participants to have the
opportunity to play such an unusual member of the flute family and the
bass flute is a valuable addition to the flute choir. I am sure that
the flute will be a valuable resource for many years to come.
We are very grateful
to John Packer Ltd, the Sue Hooper Charitable Foundation, and The
Cornwall Music Foundation all of whom made generous donations towards
the flute without which we would have been saving for much longer.
A BIG thank you
also to all the members of the flute choir who have
raised the majority of the funds through their support of the workshops
and performances.
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believe that a flute choir will be a
valuable resource for the area as the popularity of the flute grows
there are often more players than regular ensembles can accommodate
leaving parts over subscribed or ensembles having to turn players away.
This flute choir would hope to accommodate anyone who plays the flute
whatever their age or ability.
In order to get the most
from their
participation players in Group 1 would need a basic level of
understanding of their instrument being able to play one octave of the
scales of F, G major and E minor and have basic theoretical knowledge
of key signatures and note values.
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 Many
students will only ever come across the standard C Concert flute and
possibly the piccolo; there are however several more flutes in the
family.
This is the highest member of the flute
family and is made up of a headjoint and body which is in total approx
half the length of the C flute. The piccolo is in the same key as the
concert flute but plays an octave higher; its lowest note is D. Modern
day piccolos are made in plastic, metal and wood. The piccolo is not
only the highest member of the flute family but also the highest
instrument in an orchestra and its sound can pierce the orchestral
texture with ease. Although the piccolo is renowned for its high and
hectic lines it can also play beautiful melodic lines.
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The most popular and standard member of
the flute family, this is a flute as most people would understand it.
Made up of three parts, headjoint, body and footjoint the C flute is
produced in a variety of materials including wood, silver pate, silver,
gold and even platinum. There are two different footjoints available
for a C flute: the standard C foot with notes down to low C and the B
foot with an additional key enabling the player to get low B. With a
range just over 3 octaves the flute has a wide range of timbral colours
enabling it to play a variety of music and styles.
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The alto flute is approx 86cm long and
is pitched in G a fourth lower than the C flute. The notes are played
the same as the C flute so its music needs to be transposed. This flute
can come with a curved or straight headjoint and has a body and
footjoint just like the C flute and made predominantly in silver plate
and silver. The timbre of this flute is much mellower than the previous
two and it requires a much more relaxed embouchure and lots of air.
This flute has a beautiful haunting sound and is growing in solo
popularity although it is predominantly used for flute choir; it is not
widely used in orchestras as its soft mellow sound is inaudible above
an orchestral texture. Notable exceptions are Stravinsky's Le Sacre du
Printemps, Holst’s The planets and Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé, all
of which contain beautiful passages for the alto flute.
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This is used almost
exclusively in flute choir and like
the alto flute it has a beautiful haunting sound. The bass flute has a
curved headjoint, a body and footjoint, and measures approximately 146
cm sounding an octave lower than the C flute. Requiring a very relaxed
embouchure and even more air the bass flute player also needs strong
arm muscles!!! These are the main 4 that can be used in a flute choir
but
they do get much, much bigger!! To find out more about these mammoth
flutes visit BIG FLUTES
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Choir
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Perfectly
situated on the edge of the River Tamar Ashtorre Rock provides the
perfect location for our flute choir. Not just an idyllic location
Ashtorre is easily accessable and has plenty of free parking.
Refreshments are available from:
10-4pm Monday - Saturday,
Sunday 1-4pm
Tea is 35p, coffee 40p and many other cold drinks and snacks are
available.
Why not make a day of it just yards from Ashtorre Rock you can catch
the ferry to Plymouth's historic barbican.
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Directions
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Ashtorre Rock
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Via the Tamar Bridge:
Cross the Tamar Bridge into Cornwall
Take the exit (left) BEFORE entering the tunnel, staying in left hand
lane
After the traffic lights take first left
Follow this road down the hill, take care as it's very steep
At the bottom there is a very sharp left hand corner
At the give way turn right
You will then see Ashtorre and the slip way appear on your left.
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From Carkeel roundabout:
This alternative also avoids the sharp left hand bend.
Take the exit for Plymouth heading for the tunnel
Take left exit just BEFORE the tunnel signposted Saltash
After the traffic lights take the left signposted waterfront
Follow this road all the way down
Shortly after you will pass a car park on your left
You will then see Ashtorre and the slip way appear on your left.
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Parking:
Parking is available on the street, limited marked spaces outside
Ashtorre and there is a car park approx. 200yrds away.
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