As David points out in the introduction, If you can talk and tap your fingers, you can play the flute. David then offers a three minute lesson on the basics, after which the reader is ready to play a simple piece in his or her chosen style of music: Blues, Rock, or Folk, Celtic or Classical! And doing this along with the playalong CD's accompaniment sounds great!
It seems impossible: Can one really play flute, and sound good, so quickly? But David has toured the country training groups to do just that, and has honed his teaching skills to a remarkably effective degree! The reader will quickly master Chicago Blues and Celtic Airs, Rappin' Blues and jazz melodies -- without needing to read music at all. Using David's amazingly simple audio-visual method, within just a few hours readers will develop a repertoire ranging from Beethoven's Ninth to Saint James Infirm'ry, from Danny Boy to Oh When the Saints, from Greensleeves to House of the Rising Sun!
Appendices on Jamming with Others, Playing by Ear, Reading Standard Music Notation, and Moving Up to Saxophone, Clarinet, or Silver Flute add depth to this surprisingly comprehensive method.
David Harp, MA, is president of Musical iPress, a music instruction publishing company, and of Harmony Productions, a public speaking and corporate training bureau based on his study of applied cognitive science. For Musical iPress, he created and produced over twenty instructional titles. For Harmony Productions, he organized and presented a variety of public speaking events.
This easy guide uses simple directions--not complicated "standard" music notation--to teach even the most musically challenged how to play the versatile instrument known as the block flute, flageolet, or tinwhistle. All popular genres of music are covered in a self-programmed format that lets readers learn only the styles they prefer, and the author guarantees that they will play their first song after a mere three minutes of study.