Breathing

and Phrasing
An exercise for lips, lungs, long phrases and legato. Be sure to fill up with air before you set off, not just to be able to get to the
end of each phrase, but also to show direction and to create shape throughout each and every four bar phrase. A crescendo or
diminuendo is just as much about showing an intention of where the phrase is leading to, as it is a statement of getting louder or
softer!

Paul Edmund-Davies

       
       
 = 54
Flute    
 
           
     
 
 

             
       
 
   
            
        
   

  
                    
 
 
            
      
 
   
                   
   

             
     
   
  
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2 Breathing and Phrasing

      
             
 
 
           
       

 
 

 
                 
  
  

               
         
  

   
                   

 

              
          
  
  
            
     
  
    
                
    
  

                
     
 
 
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 Breathing and Phrasing 3

            
        

 

   
                    
  
  

               
            
  

          
       
      
 
          
      

   
 

   

 
         
 
   

              
 
       
 
    
 



       
               
 
 
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4 Breathing and Phrasing

             
        
 

   
             
    

                 
           
  
     
    
  
      
 
 

             
      

 

   
 
         
  
  

                 
        
  

       
            

 

             
      
 
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 Breathing and Phrasing 5

   
            
   
    
              
    
  
              
    
 
 

             
     

 
    
                 
  
  

                
      

  
                   
   
 
          
       
 
 

       

             
 
   
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6 Breathing and Phrasing

               
      
   

   
                  
 
 
          

   
    
 
     
                 
    
              
      

  

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