Chapters
Non-vibrato sound
Sound with normal vibrato
Molto vibrato sound
Smorzato sound
Explanation and notation
Cassandra's Dream Song example : vibrato molto and non-vibrato - 0:01:24 - 0:02:03
Hector Parra, En caressant l'horizon : smorzato - 0:02:03 - 0:02:54
Bisbigliando
Example of harmonics
Harmonics with the thumb - 0:03:34 - 0:03:45
Harmonics on the same note - 0:03:45 - 0:03:50
Harmonics on an E flat - 0:03:50 - 0:04:05
Example : Takemitsu trio - 0:04:05 - 0:04:22
Takemitsu with the alto flute in G - 0:04:22 - 0:04:48
Extract from Sciarrino : Bisbigliando
Example in Lohengrin - 0:05:02 - 0:05:20
Sciarrino : alterning double trills
Liza Lim, Bioluminescence - 0:05:36 - 0:05:58
Whistletones
Example of whistletone - 0:06:29 - 0:07:25
Whistletone with the embouchure open - 0:07:25 - 0:08:17
Whistletone inside technique - 0:08:17 - 0:08:39
Ivan Fedele, Donax : whole embouchure technique - 0:08:39 - 0:09:21
To choose the whistletone technique - 0:09:21 - 0:09:34
Fuminori Tanada, Echoing Forest III : Traditional whistletone - 0:09:34 - 0:10:07
Fuminori Tanada, Echoing Forest III : inside whistletone - 0:10:07 - 0:10:44
Heinz Holliger, (t)air(e) : Whistletone whistle and blow - 0:10:44 - 0:11:57
Jet whistle
Jet whistle very intense
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Vibrato
Brian FERNEYHOUGH, Cassandra’s Dream Song, Ed. Peters, Londres, 1970.
Hèctor PARRA, Caressant l’Horizon, Ed. Durand, Paris, 2011.
Hèctor PARRA, Hypermusic Prologue, Ed. Trito, Barcelone, 2008-2009.
Bisbigliando
Tōru TAKEMITSU, And I knew’twas wind, Ed. Schott, Tokyo, 1992.
Tōru TAKEMITSU, Umi e - Toward the Sea, Ed. Schott, Tokyo, 1981. 
Salvatore SCIARRINO, Lohengrin, Ed. Ricordi, Milan, 1982.
Lisa LIM, Bioluminescence, Ed. Ricordi, Milan, 2019.
Salvatore SCIARRINO, Introduzione all’oscuro, Ed. Ricordi, Milan, 1981.
Whistletones
Ivan FEDELE, Donax, Ed. Suivi Zerboni, Milan, 1992. 
Fuminori TANADA, Echoing Forest III, Ed. Lemoine, Paris, 2021.

Heinz HOLLIGER, (T)air(e), Ed. Ars Viva, 1983.