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This piece was written as a young person’s guide to the flute.

Section A demonstrates double tonguing on the high register of the flute. You will also
hear a common technique called flutter tonguing.

Section B presents a Chinese folk-like melody using the middle register of the flute.

Section C explores the low register of the flute. The speech is directly taken from Al
Pacino’s inspirational speech in ‘Any Given Sunday’.

Section D talks about quarter tones, trills and tremolos, lip and finger glissando.
Harmonics occur when you overblow a fundamental note.

Section E explores key clicks, Aeolian (air) sound and tongue pizzicato (beatbox). Two
techniques - tongue ram and jet whistle – are done by tonguing or blowing into the tone
hole.

Section F demonstrates the production of multiple sounds at once. You will hear octave
multiphonics, distorted multiphonics, fingered multiphonics and singing-while-playing.
The words ‘Qui, Va, La’ are the exact words from a famous piece – Toru Takemitsu’s
‘Voice’.

Section G illustrates the versatility of the Western concert flute in playing different
genres of music. I personally have been very inspired by the rock flutist Ian Anderson.
The Japanese portion is reminiscent of shakuhachi playing. In a trip to Argentina, I was
very impressed by the tango culture in Buenos Aires. Hence, I wrote in a style similar to
Piazzolla flute masterworks.