The Compleat Tutor for the Flute (1746)
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The Compleat Tutor for the Flute is an instructional method for the vertical flute. Like many of the other instructional methods, the work begins with a brief explanation of flute fingerings and basic musical concepts. There is also a page on how to transpose on the flute followed by 15 pages of short pieces for the instrument. Finally, there is a brief dictionary of musical terms included at the end of the work.
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Terminology
This instructional method is clearly meant for the vertical flute, as evidenced by its frontispiece - which shows a man playing the vertical flute - and vertical fingering charts. Throughout the work, only the term "Flute" is used in reference to the instrument.
The cover page for The Compleat Flute Tutor with a frontispiece showing a man playing a vertical flute. It is unclear whether the frontispiece was originally colored at the time of publication or if it was colored in later on.
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Page 3 of The Compleat Flute Tutor which shows one of the vertical fingering charts utilized throughout the instructional portion of the text.
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