Benoit Berbiguier - Eighteen Exercises or Etudes for Flute

Though very conservative in harmonic successions and modulations, Berbiguier’s Exercises cover many of the technical formulas employed in flute music. They are of constant use to the Flutist who wants to acquire and perserve a neat articulation, right breathing, clean and even technique.

The tenuto sign often met with is not to be interpreted as an accent, but as a reminder that an attacked note not on a beat should have the same duration as any other note of the same denomination otherwise placed.

For those who can transpose, each of these 18 Exercises can be played in 12 different tonalities. In a few instances, it will be found necessary to play 8va alta or bassa two or three notes that are beyond the range of the instrument.