Woodwind Resource Guide

This book provides students and music teachers with a comprehensive overview of the flute from its origin to its use and important facts not covered in traditional method books. It can be used concurrently with any method book, expanding the learning experience beyond "learning how to play" to include all topics relevant to the flute.

This resource is an English translation of the French work Une Simple Flute by distinguished flutist and teacher Michel Debost that acts as an 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 aspects of flute playing.

This resource is the English translation of Tutor for Playing the Flute (1791) by Johann George Tromlitz. The most explicit of the eighteenth-century tutors for flute-playing, it now serves as a record of instrumental practice as well as a useful guide to the performance of German classical music.

This resource is a compilation of complete original first flute parts for standard repertoire works by such composers as Hindemith, Kodály, Orff, Rodrigo, and Stravinsky.

This resource is a compilation of etudes based on jazz standards and blues meant to teach flute players about the language of jazz. There is an accompanying CD to this resource that includes two tracks for each etude, one with the soloist playing with the rhythm section and the other without the soloist.

This resource is a flute method book covering various aspects of flute performance, including general technique, ornaments, tonguing, and style. The book includes daily exercises as well as progressive studies and more difficult passages for practice.