Resources for Modal Flute Warmup
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List of drones on YouTube:

PART 1, Modal Airy Sounds
Drones #1-5, Breathy Tones in Locrian
Drones #6-11, Windy Tones in Lydian

PART 2, Modal Harmonics
Drones #12-18, Moving Through Modes
Drones #19-22, Freely Phrygian
Drones #23-29, Dreaming in Aeolian

PART 3, Modal Patterns
Drones #30-65 (in tempi quarter = 60, 84, 100)
as of 12/10/25 completed through Ab

PART 4, Modal Root Patterns
Drones #66-101 (in tempi quarter = 60, 84, 100)

PART 5, Modal Noodles
Drones # 102-113
as of 12/10/25 completed through “Searching”

PART 6, Modal Melodic Patterns
Drones #114-125

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Recording by Marc Webster/Blue on Blue Recording Studio
Notation by Will Pyle

Resource List
Influential in the creation of this book

Almarza, Alberto. Rethinking Technique. (online resource)

Assimakopoulos, Nina. The Virtuosic Flutist. Morgantown: Vayu Press, 2017.

Baker, Julius, edited by Alan Cox. Daily Exercises for the Flute. Cleveland: Ludwig Masters Co., 1982.

Baniel, Anat. The NeuroMovement Revolution (online resource)

Blackburn, Helen. H.B.'s Super-Duper Zen Yoga Warm Up (online resource)

Bruser, Madeline. The Art of Practicing. New York: Bell Tower, 1997.

Davies, Paul-Edmund. Coffee Noodles. Paul-Edmund Davis Music Productions, 2021.

Davies, Paul-Edmund. The 28 Day Warm Up Book. Paul-Edmund Davis Music Productions, 2015.

Debost, Michel. The Simple Flute. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.

Dick, Robert. Tone Development Through Extended Techniques. St. Louis: Multiple Breath Music Company, 1986.

Floyd, Angeleita S. The Gilbert Legacy. Cedar Falls: Winzer Press, 1990.

George, Patricia, and Phyllis Avidan Louke. Advanced Flute Studies: The Art of Chunking. Malvern: Theodore Presser Co., 2014.

George, Patricia, and Phyllis Avidan Louke. The Flute Scale Book: A Path to Artistry. Malvern: Theodore Presser Co., 2011.

Hooper, Kay S. Sensory Tune-ups, A Guided Journal of Sensory Experiences for Performers of All Ages. Selinsgrove: AllSense Press, 2005.

Kleinman, Judith, and Peter Buckoke. The Alexander Technique for Musicians. London: Methuen Drama, 2013.

Krell, John. Kincaidiana: A Flute Player’s Notebook. Malibu: Trio Associates, 1973.

Kujala, Walfrid. The Flutist’s Progress. Evanston: Progress Press, 1970.

Kujala, Walfrid. The Flutist’s Vade Mecum of Scales, Arpeggios, Trills, and Fingering Technique. Evanston: Progress Press, 2012.

Likar, Amy. The Breathing Book for Flute. Flagstaff: Mountain Peak Music, 2018.

Maquarre, Andre. Daily Exercises for the Flute. New York:  G. Schirmer, [ED 1899]

Moyse, Marcel. Tone Development Through Interpretation.  New York: McGinnis & Marx, 1986.

Offermans, Wil. For the Contemporary Flutist. Frankfurt: Zimmerman, 1992.

Offermans, Wil. Improvisations Kalender. Frankfurt: Zimmerman, 1996.

Pearson, Lea. Body Mapping for Flutists: What Every Flute Player Needs to Know About the Body. Lea Pearson. Chicago: Gia Publications, 2006.

Pearson, Lea. Navigating Embodied Practicing (online resource),

Pellerite, James. A Modern Guide to Fingerings for the Flute. Van Nuys: Alfred Publishing Co., 1965.

Pilafian, Sam, and Patrick Sheridan. The Breathing Gym. Mesa, Focus On Music, 2001.

Robison, Paula. The Paula Robison Flute Warmups Book.  Valley Forge: European American Music Corporation, 1989.

Rubyana. The Red Book - The Definitive Exercise Book for the 21st Century Flutist. Royal Oak: Little Piper.

Sánchez, Terri. The Aspiring Flutist’s Sound & Scale Book/Practice Companion. Plano: Carolyn Nussbaum Music Co., 2018.

Sánchez, Terri. The Aspiring Flutist’s Practice Companion. Plano: Carolyn Nussbaum Music Co., 2017.

Stallman, Robert. The Flutist’s Handbook: The Art of Staying in Shape. New York: Carl Fischer, 2018.

Taffanel, Paul and Philippe Gaubert. 17 Big Daily Finger Exercises. Paris: Alphonse Leduc, 2010.

Toff, Nancy. The Flute Book. New York: Oxford, 1996

Wilkinson, Fiona. The Physical Flute. Ontario: Waterloo Music Company, 1999.

Wolf, Jessica. Art of Breathing: Collected Articles. Jessica Wolf, 2013.

Wye, Trevor. Practice Book for the Flute, Volume 1: Tone. London: Novello, 1980.

Zander, Rosamund Stone, and Benjamin Zander. The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life.London: Penguin Books, 2002.

Drone practice:
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