tonebase Flute Course

The Art of Phrasing (ft. Moyse's 24 Melodic Studies)

Taught by renowned flutist

Lorna McGhee

In this course, Lorna McGhee guides us through a course on phrasing so we can make the most of the expressive markings in our music. She uses examples from the Marcel Moyse’s 24 Melodic Studies to help us learn these principles.

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    Difficulty: 
    all-levels
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    Duration: 
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Course Syllabus

Phrasing

Lorna McGhee explores different kinds of musical gestures and how to express them through a musical language of consonants, vowels, vibrato, dynamics and more.

Moyse's 24 Melodic Studies (No. 1-6)

Lorna McGhee uses the first six melodic studies in Marcel Moyse’s 24 Melodic Studies to demonstrate how these expressive concepts are put together.

Lorna McGhee
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Lorna McGhee

Lorna McGhee is a Scottish flutist and teacher, currently serving as Principal Flute of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra since 2012. In addition, she is an Artist Lecturer in Flute at Carnegie Mellon University.

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Lorna McGhee

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