Drawing from his highly praised French work, Une simple flute, distinguished flutist and teacher Michel Debost has compiled a useful and imaginative introduction to playing the flute. This alphabetically arranged compendium of advice and insight covers essential topics such as breathing, articulation, and tone, but also explores "jawboning," "finger phrasing," "the little devils," and other quirky and vexing aspects of flute playing. Full of practical advice on technique and axiom...

Teach yourself how to play saxophone with our easy saxophone lessons for beginners.***Comes with online access to free sax videos and audio for all examples. See and hear how each one is played by a teacher, then play along. Also includes music score and saxophone animation for easy music learning.***"I spent a lot of time to find a good book for my alto saxophone lesson. This book let me know how I can play it. You don't need to waste time to find anot...

Teach yourself how to play harmonica with our easy harmonica lessons for beginners.***Comes with online access to free audio demonstrating all examples. Hear how each one is played by a teacher, then play along.***"An excellent introduction to the chromatic harp. Each song is a little more complex and involves new techniques. This book is a great buy if you are serious about learning the chromatic harmonica.” - William A. Graham Jr. [Amazon]

Teach yourself how to play harmonica with our easy harmonica lessons for beginners.***Comes with online access to free harmonica videos and audio demonstrating all examples. See and hear how each one is played, then play along. Also includes an animated harmonica, music score and harmonica tabs for easy music learning.***"A great book for any beginner! Teaches you how to play some great sounding folk and blues music. Also includes theory needed to play ...

Teach yourself how to play recorder with our easy recorder lessons for beginners.***Comes with online access to free recorder videos and audio for all examples. See and hear how each one is played by a teacher, then play along with the backing band. Also includes music score and recorder animation for easy music learning.***"Excellent material! I have used this book with beginners from 5 years to 15! Highly recommended!" - R. Martins, Norman OK...

Teach yourself how to play tin whistle with our easy tin whistle lessons for beginners.***Comes with online access to free audio demonstrating all examples. Hear how each one is played by a teacher, then play along with the backing band.***"This is the only tin whistle book you'll ever need for learning the basics." - Nancy Braithwaite, Chicago ILProgressive Tin Whistle contains all you need to know to start learning to be a great tin whist...

Teach yourself how to play trumpet with our easy trumpet lessons for beginners.***Comes with online access to free trumpet videos and audio demonstrating all examples. See and hear how each one is played by a teacher, then play along. Also includes music score and trumpet animation for easy music learning.***"Great for any beginner trumpet player. It teaches the basics for any style of music, ... If you're learning the trumpet, you need this book!"...

A comprehensive chromatic harmonica method by noted writer and clinician Phil Duncan. Contains excellent harmonica arrangements of 60 tunes ranging in style from light classics to folk and country. Comes with access to online audio and video.

A comprehensive text teaching elements of jazz phrasing, articulation, vibrato, harmony, and technical studies leading to improvisation. For the flute student beginning the serious study of jazz and contemporary styles, this book will help in many ways. Phrasing and interpretation of rhythms are studied through exercises and original pieces. Scale and arpeggio studies will help the student learn both the music theory and technical skills needed to improvise.

This tin whistle book offers a beginner-friendly, step-by-step method for all ages, featuring familiar folk tunes, music notation instruction, and a dedicated section on authentic Irish ornamentation for playing traditional Irish music on the standard D whistle, complete with online audio for guided learning. It’s a comprehensive guide that teaches the basics, builds repertoire with easy songs, and introduces the traditional Irish style, making it an ideal starting point before moving to o...

Teach yourself how to play saxophone with our easy rock saxophone lessons for beginners.***Comes with online access to free audio demonstrating all examples. Hear how each one is played by a teacher, then play along.***"This is a great beginner-intermediate book for Rock or blues aficionados […] This is a great method book packed full of useful material. [...] the brilliant thing about this method is that frequently when it presents new material, it mod...

After decades of experimentation, musicians have begun to utilize a strikingly colorful palette of sounds on woodwind instruments. Flute, clarinet, and saxophone players, in many different musical settings, regularly use sounds that were unheard of in the middle of the twentieth century. Oboists, in comparison, have lagged somewhat behind their more adventurous colleagues.In writing Oboe Unbound: Contemporary Techniques, author Libby Van Cleve opens up the tradition-bound assumptio...