Dictionary for the Modern Flutist

Susan Maclagan is a freelance flutist, flute and music theory instructor, editor and author who lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She has studied the flute for more than 50 years. Her career has included playing in the Calgary Philharmonic and in a flute and harp or piano ensemble called Windsong; teaching privately with a specialty in flute technique and at institutions such as the University of Toronto and Havergal College; and writing for flute magazines and newsletters. Susan has won several scholarships and studied at the University of Toronto, the Royal Conservatory of Toronto, the Banff School of Fine Arts, the Aspen School of Music, Jeunesses Musicales of Canada and has attended a huge number of flute master classes and 25 National Flute Association conventions. She recently, edited, advised, and contributed to the book Flute Secrets (2017), which was written by the renowned flutist and pedagogue, Trevor Wye. On Facebook, she has a fan page for her dictionary and administers the “Flute Tips Group”,”The Flute Classifieds, and “Favorite Flute Videos” pages which she started. Her teachers have included Keith Underwood, Geoffrey Gilbert, Louis Moyse and Jeanne Baxtresser.

• ForewordBy Trevor WyeAcknowledgmentsList of Common AbbreviationsList of IllustrationsIntroductionTHE DICTIONARYAppendix 1: Various Flute ClassificationsAppendix 2: Renaissance, Baroque, and Simple-System FlutesAppendix 3: One-Keyed, Two-Keyed, and Simple-System Flute PartsAppendix 4: Flute ClutchesBy DavidShoreyAppendix 5: Parts from Older or Modified Boehm FlutesAppendix 6: The Family of Boehm-System FlutesAppendix 7: Basic Modern Flute PartsAppendix 8: Boehm Flute Key and Tone Hole NamesAppendix 9: Common Modern Flute OptionsAppendix 10: Some Modern Head Joint OptionsAppendix 11: An Easy Guide to Checking Your Flute Tuning and Scale By Trevor WyeAppendix 12: Tools of the TradeAppendix 13: Crowns and StoppersBy Gary LewisAppendix 14: Boehm Flute Scales from 1847 to the Present: The Short StoryBy Gary LewisAppendix 15: Anatomy of the Human Head and NeckAppendix 16: Orchestra and Opera Audition ExcerptsAppendix 17: Early Music on Modern Flute By Barthold KuijkenAppendix 18: Beatbox FluteBy Greg PattilloSelected BibliographyAbout the Author

A source of reliable and accessible information about flute performance, construction, and history, this new edition of A Dictionary for the Modern Flutistconsiderably expands the number and content of text entries, appendixes, and illustrations of the 247-page first edition. Entries on the history of many flute construction “systems” and descriptions of the various modern improvements that are available for contemporary players are explained here. The bibliography includes both commonly available print publications and online sources; further reading and see also designations appear throughout. More complex than the first edition, and likely more complex than young players will need, this publication clearly supersedes the first edition.Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, professionals.