The International Low Flutes Society

We invite you to participate with your low flute in a Playing Challenge for the summer through August 22nd! 

If you complete five challenges: send us your name, the five challenges that you completed and we will post your name and your completed challenges on our website. You will be invited to participate in the online Summer Celebration that will be held in September that will recognize those who took part in our challenge.

More Information on the Challenge.

Congratulations to our participants.

15+ Challenges Completed

Frankie Jacquette completed 4 challenges all outside in his pajamas!- Videos

• Play for 10 minutes in your pajamas. Tell us what piece you played.
• Play at least three minutes of a piece by anyone whose last name is Bach.
• Play for 30 seconds standing on one leg. What did you play?
• Play anywhere outside for 10 minutes. What piece(s) did you play?
• Play for 30 seconds with a soft book balanced on your head. What book did you use?
• Play all 12 major scales two octaves in one practice session.
• Play a middle of the staff fingered A for at least 10 seconds and go from piano to forte and back to piano watching your tuner. Keep the pitch steady.
• Listen to Sir James Galway playing his alto and tell us what piece he was playing.
• Transpose at least 24 measures of a c flute part for alto. Do this by either penciling in note heads a 4th above on a copy of the piece or, use music writing software to scan and transpose. You may have to change some octaves. Scan and send it to us. 
• Play Happy Birthday by ear in four different keys. What four keys did you pick?
• Play the harmonic minor form of all 12 minor scales two octaves in one practice session.
• Search on YouTube for videos of people playing alto, bass or contra. Listen for 30 minutes. Tell us who and what you listened to.
• Compose and play your own 16 measure (or longer!) solo piece. Scan and send it to us.
• Post a one-minute (or longer) video of you on your social media platform of choice. Play any piece. Give us the link.
• For the truly adventurous, play ten different keys using the Taffanel/Gaubert Daily Exercises scale pattern E.J. 4. Two must be minor. Any articulation.

Donna Hangen – continuing with the pajama theme played Danny Boy, Sakura, Girl with the Flaxen Hair and Greensleeves in PJ’s.

• Play for 10 minutes in your pajamas. Tell us what piece you played.
• Play at least three minutes of a piece by anyone whose last name is Bach.
• Play for 30 seconds standing on one leg. What did you play?
• Play for 30 seconds with a soft book balanced on your head. What book did you use?
• Play a piece by a Baroque composer by anyone whose last name is NOT Bach. What piece did you pick and who was it written by?
• Play all 12 major scales two octaves in one practice session.
• Play a middle of the staff fingered A for at least 10 seconds and go from piano to forte and back to piano watching your tuner. Keep the pitch steady.
• Listen to Sir James Galway playing his alto and tell us what piece he was playing.
• Go to IMSLP.org (International Music Score Library Project), search for “Irish Flute” and play three or more of the pieces you find there on a low flute. Tell us the names of the pieces you played.
• Transpose at least 24 measures of a c flute part for alto. Do this by either penciling in note heads a 4th above on a copy of the piece or, use music writing software to scan and transpose. You may have to change some octaves. Scan and send it to us. 
• Play Happy Birthday by ear in four different keys. What four keys did you pick?
• Play the harmonic minor form of all 12 minor scales two octaves in one practice session.
• Search on YouTube for videos of people playing alto, bass or contra. Listen for 30 minutes. Tell us who and what you listened to.
• Post a one-minute (or longer) video of you on your social media platform of choice. Play any piece. Give us the link.
• For the truly adventurous, play ten different keys using the Taffanel/Gaubert Daily Exercises scale pattern E.J. 4. Two must be minor. Any articulation.

Mikayla Farmer played the exposition of Mozart’s G Major concerto standing on one leg and later balanced “Music in Cental Java” on her head while playing.

• Play for 10 minutes in your pajamas. Tell us what piece you played.
• Play 3 minutes of a piece by any Bach.
• Play for 30 seconds standing on one leg.
• Play for 30 seconds with a soft book balanced on your head. What book was used?
• Hold four notes in any octave for 25 seconds each. What notes?
• Hold middle A for 10 seconds while crescendoing and decrescendoing, keeping the pitch in tune the entire time.
• What piece was James Galway playing on his alto flute?
• Play Happy Birthday in 4 different keys, transposed by ear. What keys?
• Listen to 30 minutes of low flute repertoire. What did you listen to?
• Play outside for 10 minutes. What did you play?
• Play 12 major scales in 2 octaves.
• T&G pattern in 10 keys, 2 being minor.
• Look up Irish flute tunes on IMSLP. What 3 did you play?
• Play the harmonic minor version of all keys in 2 8vas.
• Play any piece by a Baroque composer that is not Bach. What piece and by whom?

Faith Wasson played Happy Birthday in F Major, DM, BbM and GM and listened to Daphnis and Chloe and Till Eulenspiegel for flute orchestra and Primals III by Victor Somma.

• Play for 10 minutes in your pajamas. Tell us what piece you played.
• Play at least three minutes of a piece by anyone whose last name is Bach.
• Play for 30 seconds standing on one leg. What did you play?
• Play for 30 seconds with a soft book balanced on your head. What book did you use?
• Play a piece by a Baroque composer by anyone whose last name is NOT Bach. What piece did you pick and who was it written by?
• Play all 12 major scales two octaves in one practice session.
• Play a middle of the staff fingered A for at least 10 seconds and go from piano to forte and back to piano watching your tuner. Keep the pitch steady.
• Listen to Sir James Galway playing his alto and tell us what piece he was playing.
• Arrange to play duets with someone – you will be on a low flute, they could play any instrument. Tell us what duets you played.
• Altos and basses, hold four notes in any octave for at least 25 seconds each. What notes did you pick? For contras – 15 seconds.
• Play Happy Birthday by ear in four different keys. What four keys did you pick?
• Play the harmonic minor form of all 12 minor scales two octaves in one practice session.
• Search on YouTube for videos of people playing alto, bass or contra. Listen for 30 minutes. Tell us who and what you listened to.
• Post a one-minute (or longer) video of you on your social media platform of choice. Play any piece. Give us the link.
• For the truly adventurous, play ten different keys using the Taffanel/Gaubert Daily Exercises scale pattern E.J. 4. Two must be minor. Any articulation.

10 Challenges Completed

5 Challenges Completed

Shari Shaw correctly identified the piece Sir James Galway is playing on his gold alto flute.

• Play at least three minutes of a piece by anyone whose last name is Bach. – Video
• Play a piece by a Baroque composer by anyone whose last name is NOT Bach. What piece did you pick and who was it written by? – Video
• Listen to Sir James Galway playing his alto and tell us what piece he was playing.
• Play Happy Birthday by ear in four different keys. What four keys did you pick? – Video
• Post a one-minute (or longer) video of you on your social media platform of choice. Play any piece. – Video