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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | How to Play the Flute is a new kind of flute tutor. It combines over fifty carefully selected musical pieces with illustrations, diagrams, and text to give students a full, clear explanation of the basics of flute playing. Progressing in easy stages, How to Play the Flute takes one from simple melodies to the music of Bach and Scott Joplin.
How to Play the Flute covers all the basics, including:
· Purchasing and caring for your instrument
· Reading music
· Breathing techniques
· Improving tone
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Howard Harrison | | Paperback: | 128 pages | | Publisher: | St. Martin's Griffin | | Publication Date: | February 09, 2002 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0312288611 | | Product Length: | 9.34 inches | | Product Width: | 7.14 inches | | Product Height: | 0.3 inches | | Product Weight: | 0.58 pounds | | Package Length: | 9.0 inches | | Package Width: | 7.2 inches | | Package Height: | 0.5 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.55 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 34 reviews |
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91 of 94 found the following review helpful:
 How to Play the Flute Jan 24, 2000
Absolutely perfect! Had I been able to browse through the book in a conventional bookstore, I still would have chosen this book. It has illustrations and diagrams to show fingering, how to hold the instrument, how to blow into it, everything for the beginner. The second best thing in lieu of a good teacher.
56 of 56 found the following review helpful:
Great Beginners Book! Jul 22, 2002
I got this book because of the great reviews and I wasn't disappointed. I can't believe I'm actually playing the flute! I think it's a great beginners book which moves at the right pace and has a good solid introduction. It took me about 3 weeks to reach the end of the book and play 95% of the pieces most of which are popular so you'll know if you're playing wrong or not.. There are pieces like "Greensleeves" (my fave), "Swan Lake", a lot of classical pieces whose melodies I knew already but not their titles.
I'm now trying to look for a second book to continue with.
56 of 57 found the following review helpful:
 The best book I've bought for learning how to play the flute. Oct 30, 2005
By Hello Kitty Ellen
I'm learning to play the flute from this book after having taken a few lessons in junior high. What I love about this book is that it doesn't include a lot of unnecessary information. It covers what you immediately need to know to start playing, and adds some pointers on tone later on. Very straightforward. For the money, it's an amazing deal because you get a LOT of songs, from beginner to intermediate, so you won't need to buy another songbook too quickly. I bought another flute book with CD and DVD from Hal Leonard and I haven't used it at all. This book is much better.
22 of 22 found the following review helpful:
The best. Apr 19, 2007
By DaMeg1331
"Meg"
I had always wanted to play the flute since I was forced to play clarinet throughout middle school band. Eventually, I purchased a flute and taught myself to play based on the instruction the flute players got in class. Years later, I decided I wanted to get back into playing music again and needed a refresher course on the flute.
I wish I had this book the first time I wanted to teach myself the flute! The book goes far beyond some simple tips, charts for where to put your fingers for each note, and songs to play. There is in depth advice on how to hold the instrument, how to breathe, how to achieve the best tone, when to use alternate fingerings, and much more! I am so impressed by this book. There are plenty of practice songs too and better songs than I've found in most of these kinds of books. I enjoy listening to myself play them! The best thing about the pieces is that most are designed to teach something (such as a new note, a new key signature, a new time, etc.) and since they are actually nice songs it's much more fun to practice and learn.
Even though I had previous musical experience and could already read music and knew a little about the flute, I think that I could have taught myself using this book. I used to have difficulty hitting higher notes too and this book had really helped me. The quality of my playing, especially my tone, has improved greatly and even though I can play much more advanced pieces now I still come back to this book to review and practice. This book would be a great resource for a new player in a band or music program or taking lessons as well as someone who is self-taught.
All teach yourself to play books should be like this one.
15 of 16 found the following review helpful:
harmonica Aug 02, 2005
By Christi R. Swanson
"Blues Harp gal"
I started playing flute in 6th Grade, and I'm 42 now. I didn't think there was much to know about the flute, but there is! I was surprised to find the history of the flute interesting, and there was a few things about care of the flute I didn't know. Plus, the exercises have really helped me. I just play the flute for fun, but I really love this book.
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