For Beginner Flautist-This volume includes a selection of 22 traditional tunes from English Irish Scottish and Welsh backgrounds all arranged for beginner Flautists with a Piano accompaniment by Patricia Ramsay. These provide a varied and tuneful selection of pieces for the developing flautist to enjoy while also intruducing a new generation of musicians to the traditional songs of the British Isles.

This collection introduces players at beginner level to an unusually wide range of music. All 27 pieces have been chosen to encourage attention to the basic technical aspects of flute-playing. The book is arranged in approximate order of difficulty and special attention is paid to good sound production. It is hoped that the pieces will also prove to be a pleasure to play encouraging the young flautist to develop their own naturally expressive style alongside good technique.

Media Type : Book Level : Multiple Levels Musical Genre : Classic Series : Building Excellence Number of pages : 112 This comprehensive method for the beginner to advanced is especially designed for use in private lessons. It introduces each new concept with fingering exercises, scale exercises, and etudes. Advanced techniques and concepts such as harmonics, vibrato, trills, interpretation, and phrasing are outlined succinctly through descriptive text and musical examples. A segment called Representative Literature contains exemplary flute music and photographs of flutes from the Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Contemporary periods giving students a broad historical perspective of both flute literature and the development and use of various types of flutes.

From Vivaldi's Spring to Dvorák's famous 'From the New World' theme, this book and play along CD offers flautists the chance to play gems of the classical music repertoire that are not too technically challenging for the beginner to intermediate player. Easy arrangements of famous works, along with selected pieces originally written for the flute are included, each presented as a demonstration performance for listening and again as a 'minus one' version for playing along. Live recordings of chamber ensembles, string instruments, guitar, harp and piano will also encourage young musicians to play in ensembles. - 16 well-known melodies from Vivaldi's Spring to Dvorák's famous 'From the New World' theme - Easy arrangements for first flute lessons and ensemble playing at home - Live recordings on the CD (with string instruments, guitar, zither and piano) as full versions to listen to and play-along versions on the same track / Flûte

This collection of Great Flute Solos contains sixty well known film themes classical pieces jazz and blues standards showtunes and popular hits all arranged for beginner to immediate level flautists.

Mel Bay's First Lessons Flute is an easy method for beginning players of all ages. From the first tones to a full two-octave chromatic scale this book CD and DVD will introduce the beginner progressively to the foundations offlute playing and musicianship. Proper assembly playing position and embouchure formation are carefully introduced along with simple songs and rudiments of music. Beginning players are taught a set of basic skills from whichthey can build performance technique. Lively rhythmic backgrounds on the accompanying CD will generate student interest from the very beginning. Practice loops will encourage students to learn through repetition. The First LessonsCD and DVD are perfect for use with group lessons and for energizing practice sessions from start to finish. Latin and jazz accompaniments make even the simplest exercises an enjoyable musical experience. â?¢ Easy method forbeginning players. â?¢ Progressive step-by-step introduction to fundamentals. â?¢ Lively play-along CD and DVD. DVD 258.13 minutes.

This comprehensive method for the beginner to advanced is especially designed for use in private lessons. It introduces each new concept with fingering exercises scale exercises and etudes. Advanced techniques and concepts suchas harmonics vibrato trills interpretation and phrasing are outlined succinctly through descriptive text and musical examples. A segment called 'Representative Literature' contains exemplary flute music and photographs offlutes from the Renaissance Baroque Classical Romantic and Contemporary periods giving students a broad historical perspective of both flute literature and the development and use of various types of flutes.

The French composer and bassoonist François René Gebauer (1773-1845) and his three brothers was closely tied to the history of French military music and the beginnings of the Conservatoire de Musique. As was customary at that time, the woodwind players also had complete command over other woodwind instruments, and therefore it comes as no surprise that Gebauer wrote a flute method- perhaps for his younger brother- which was soon followed by duos as well. 60 Methodical Lessons, first published in 1798, are entirely in the tradition of the French methods (Devienne, Hugot, etc.). Gebauer chose the form of duet and formulated headings for each exercise which make his idea of methodical steps clear: After elementary exercises in the beginning, the second half focusses on the development of the playing skills and an increasing understanding of music. The exercises cover a wide range from sound exercises via articulation and rhythm exercises to ornaments. A varied addition to the beginner's repertoire.

Mel Bay's First Lessons Flute is an easy method for beginning players of all ages. From the first tones to a full two-octave chromatic scale this book and downloadable online audio will introduce the beginnerprogressively to the foundations of flute playing and musicianship. Proper assembly playing position and embouchure formation are carefully introduced along with simple songs and rudiments of music. Beginning players are taughta set of basic skills from which they can build performance technique. Lively rhythmic backgrounds on the accompanying online audio will generate student interest from the very beginning. Practice loops will encourage students tolearn through repetition. The First Lessons audio is perfect for use with group lessons and for energizing practice sessions from start to finish. Latin and jazz accompaniments make even the simplest exercises an enjoyable musicalexperience. Assemble your flute turn on the First Lessons audio and have fun while you learn to play. Easy method for beginning players. Progressive step-by-step introduction to fundamentals.Online audio available for download.

10 Jazz Standards - Authentic Jazz Playalong-Part of the new 'Authentic Jazz Playalong' series this volume brings together Gershwin Porter Ellington and other legends of 20th Century Jazz. 'I Got Rhythm' features ten absolute classics of jazz repertoire idiomatically arranged for the intermediate (grades 4-6) player. Melody lyrics and chord symbols are provided offering opportunity for improvisation with suggested solo phrases notated to aid the beginner. There is also a brief guide and biographical note for each song in the collection. In addition the playalong CD comprises a live trio of piano bass and drums for truly authentic performance.

Over seventy original progressive studies in a variety of jazz styles by James Rae. A systematic methodical approach that helps you to play stylish Jazz right from the beginning. The book is divided into three sections; part One introduces the beginner to jazz rhythms including swing quavers syncopation and displaced accents. Part Two contains twenty carefully graded melodic jazz studies to assist in the formulation of physical techniques and skills. Part Three Improvisation and Blues encourages the budding Jazz flautist to use these studies as the basis for further creative jazz improvisation.

Philip Sparke?s Starter Studies is the first volume of a progressive series of study books that takes the young wind player from beginner to accomplished musician.This collection of 65 studies offers a choice of starting note to suit individual tastes and carefully introduces new musical elements, such as articulation, dynamics and key signatures in a structured progression to speed the learning process.