First Lessons Flute

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 beginner progressively 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 taught a 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 to learn throughrepetition. 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 musical experience. 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 & video available for download.

CONTENTS

• Flute Fundamentals
• Symbols
• Duple Time Exercise
• Common Time Exercise
• Triple Time Exercise
• Half-Note Exercise
• Whole Note Exercise
• Assembling the Flute
• Playing Position
• First Note B
• New Note A
• Exercising A and B #1
• Exercising A and B #2
• Exercising A and B #3
• New Note G
• Au Clair de Ia Lune
• Fais Do-Do
• Merrily We Roll Along
• Hot Cross Buns
• New Note C
• Exercise from C to B
• New Note F
• Exercise from F to G
• Changing Notes Exercise
• Octave Exercise on F, G, A, B, and C
• New Note E, Exercising E and F, New Note D, Exercising D and E
• Au Clair de Ia Lune (High Octave and Low Octave)
• Fais Do-Do (High Octave and Low Octave)
• Hot Cross Buns (High Octave and Low Octave)
• Merrily We Roll Along (High Octave and Low Octave)
• C Major Scale
• Sur Ia Pont, d'Avignon
• Duérmete, mi niñ
• Aura Lee
• Scotland's Burning
• Row Row Row Your Boat
• In a Meadow Stood a Birch Tree
• Eliza Jane
• F Major Scale
• Cielito Lindo
• Breath Mark, Pick-Up Notes
• The Wee Cooper of Fife
• New Note E Flat
• B Flat Major scale
• El coquí
• Cut Time
• Corsair
• The Brickmaker March
• New Note F Sharp
• G Major Scale
• Rigaudon
• New Note C Sharp
• The Keys of Canterbury
• The Lincolnshire Poacher
• New Notes Low E and Low D
• The Buffens
• Low, Middle, and High D
• D Major Scale
• The Hay Maker's Dance
• La Promenade
• New Note A Flat (G Sharp)
• First and Second Ending, Fine, D. C. al Fine
• Rondo from Nicolai
• New Note Low E Flat
• E Flat Major Scale
• Marionets
• New Notes Low C Sharp and Low C
• Chromatic Scale
• Flute Fingering Chart