Resources for Modal Flute Warmup

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AUDIO & SCORE SAMPLES
FOR THE 6-PART WARMUP
(Chapter 2 in book)
Composed/written by Laura Lentz

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- drones for all exercises composed by Sean William Calhoun
- recordings for 7 Modal Flute Duets

DRONES FOR MODAL FLUTE WARMUP
ALL EXERCISES!
(Chapter 2 in book)

List of drones on YouTube:

PART 1, Modal Airy Sounds (start anytime)
Drones #1-11
Drone #1 Breathy Tones in G Locrian
Drone #2 Breathy Tones in G# Locrian
Drone #3 Breathy Tones in A Locrian
Drone #4 Breathy Tones in A# Locrian
Drone #5 Breathy Tones in B Locrian
Drone #6 Windy Tones in F Lydian
Drone #7 Windy Tones in F# Lydian
Drone #8 Windy Tones in G Lydian
Drone #9 Windy Tones in Ab Lydian
Drone #10 Windy Tones in A Lydian
Drone #11 Windy Tones in Bb Lydian

PART 2, Modal Harmonics (start anytime)
Drones #12-29
Drone #12 Moving Through Modes C
Drone #13 Moving Through Modes D
Drone #14 Moving Through Modes Eb
Drone #15 Moving Through Modes E
Drone #16 Moving Through Modes F
Drone #17 Moving Through Modes Gb
Drone #18 Moving Through Modes G
Drone #19 Freely Phrygian A
Drone #20 Freely Phrygian B
Drone #21 Freely Phrygian C
Drone #22 Freely Phrygian D
Drone #23 Dreaming in Aeolian B
Drone #24 Dreaming in Aeolian C
Drone #25 Dreaming in Aeolian C#
Drone #26 Dreaming in Aeolian D
Drone #27 Dreaming in Aeolian Eb
Drone #28 Dreaming in Aeolian E
Drone #29 Dreaming in Aeolian F

PART 3, Modal Patterns (2 bar lead in)
Drones #30-65 (in tempi quarter = 60, 84, 100)
#30-32 C
#33-35 Db
#36-38 D
#39-41 Eb
#42-44 E
#45-47 F
#48-50 Gb
#51-53 G
#54-56 Ab
#57-59 A
#60-62 Bb
#63-65 B

PART 4, Modal Root Patterns (2 bar lead in)
Drones #66-101 (in tempi quarter = 60, 84, 100)
#66-68 C
#69-71 Db
#72-74 D
#75-77 Eb
#78-80 E
#81-83 F
#84-86 Gb
#87-89 G
#90-92 Ab
#93-95 A
#96-98 Bb
#99-101 B

PART 5, Modal Noodles
Drones # 102-113
#102 Floating
#103 Thoughtful (one-bar lead-in)
#104 Other Worldly
#105 Wandering
#106 Searching
#107 Uncertain
#108 Walking (2-bar lead-in)
#109 Reflecting
#110 Imagining
#111 Starstruck
#112 Looking around (2-bar lead-in)
#113 Catch me if you can!

PART 6, Modal Melodic Patterns (2 bar lead in)
Drones #114-125
#114 C
#115 Db
#116 D
#117 Eb
#118 E
#119 F
#120 Gb
#121 G
#122 Ab
#123 A
#124 Bb
#125 B

Here it is as a PDF

RECORDINGS OF 7 MODAL DUETS
(Chapter 3 in book)

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