Page52 #7, Slow Air

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 52 Number 7, Slow Air, performed by David Summer. Gottfried Finger, the composer of this duet, became a musician at the court of King James II of England where made a name for himself as a composer of chamber music. He later returned to his native Germany where he worked for Queen Sophie Charlotte in Berlin and wrote several German operas. His works for flute include several Sonatas for Flute (or Violin) and Continuo, mostly written in the late 1600s. This duet presents a good opportunity for the teacher to discuss the dotted whole note and perhaps to go over exactly what it is a dot after a note means. The 3/2 time signature may be unfamiliar to a student. A student may also be unfamiliar with seeing measures containing whole notes along with other notes in the same measure. The second repeat is omitted from this performance and the metronome setting is half note = 80.

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Page52 #7, Slow Air is an episode from Selected Duets for Flute Podcast by David Summer.

This episode is 1:38 long.

This episode was published on Mar 29, 2009.

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