Practice Flute is dedicated to offering tips and tutorials for preparing for the Illinois Music Educator Association All-District and All-State auditions. Below are resources that include warm-up packets that cover necessary skills to make learning the etudes easier, video demonstrations and tutorials, and practice books that cover learning the etudes in-depth.
Purchase the Scale Practice Book to learn the major and minor scales, learn and apply the theory on which they are based, and bring variation into engaged practice.
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Cycle 1: 2022 |
Cycle 1 will be used for district auditions in 2019, 2022, and every three years.
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Purchase the ILMEA Cycle 1 practice book as a digital download.
This practice book provides accessible steps to learn the etudes in a systematic way. |
Kohler Moderato
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Kohler Tutorial 1
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Kohler Tutorial 2
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Kummer Allegro non tanto
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Kummer Tutorial 1
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Kummer Tutorial 2
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For additional help or motivation, please consider the Flute Student's Steps to Success: Cycle 1 digital download.
Cycle 2 |
Cycle 2 will be used for district auditions in 2020, 2023, and every three years.
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Andersen: Andante Cantabile
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Kohler: Tempo di Valse
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Cycle 3 |
Cycle 3 will be used for district auditions in 2021, 2024, and every three years.
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Purchase the ILMEA Cycle 3 practice book as a digital download.
This 20-page practice book provides accessible steps to learn the etudes in a systematic way. |
Scale Foundations - a free, printable review of the chromatic scale, f minor, c# minor, and g# minor scales. Build your foundation before starting these etudes.
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Andersen: Andante Cantabile
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Andersen C# minor Tutorial
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Kummer: Vivace
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Kummer Video Tutorial
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For additional help or motivation, please consider the Flute Student's Steps to Success: ILMEA Cycle 3 digital download.