Trevor Wye: Beginner’s Book for the Flute - Part One | Flute Method Book for Beginners | Illustrated Flute Lessons for Students & Teachers | Learn Tone, Breathing & Posture

This is an excellent book. It assumes the reader has no knowledge of music and it covers simple music theory as well as basic flute fingering and technique. I've been playing piano and recorder for many years so didn't need the theory part. I'm a senior citizen and decided to learn this instrument mainly because my granddaughter is learning it at school - and I need a challenge! I had no problem working my way through this beginner book, which is very well organized; it introduces each note in what seems to me a very logical order, but it took me a while to get a decent tone, that is the most difficult part of learning this instrument. I did try another book before this one - it was almost useless, but I'm really pleased with the Trevor Wye book and will go on to the second beginner book after this one. I highly recommend this book, practice, practice and don't get discouraged if at first you can't make a decent sound - it will come.

I have not yet completed the book, having only worked my way up to page 19. Having said that, I am very impressed with what I have seen so far. This book provides a great combination of tunes and exercises to develop skills and improve sound. The author adds in jokes and cartoons to break up any potential monotony. The book is arranged in a common sense order to slowly, but methodically, improve my playing. I look forward to seeing the remainder of the book.

This is an excellent book to use for beginning flute students. It has application for a vast level of student ability. I use this to teach both my beginners and also students who have been playing a couple of years. Wye teaches very beginning concepts such as how to hold the flute, make and sound, music notation and reading beginning rhythms. What's nice about this book is it covers basic techniques like finger exercises and scalework in an interesting way so that it can be used by more advanced students. The exercises are short and easy to complete between lessons insuring the student's do not get bored drilling the same lines for weeks. As a teacher, I highly recommend this book to other flute teachers and music educators.

I bought this book to practice the flute on my own. I started about a month ago, and I see a teacher regularly, but I also like to be able to explore this instrument by myself, and this book is the perfect tool for it! It first introduces three notes, and right from the start there are short and amusing tunes to practice playing these. As new notes and their fingering are introduced, the songs gradually incorporate those, and slowly the author brings the beginner to different keys (other than C major).This book does not in any way replace a live teacher, but it provides an interesting companion to my practices. There are original tunes by the author, and simplified adaptations of all genres, mostly from the Renaissance period and a few Xmas/children traditional ones. There are also many songs for two players (two students, or teacher/student). My only regret is not having a companion CD to listen to. For a beginner it would a have been a great help to be able to hear those songs before actually attempting to play them. You can always try to get free MIDI files from various websites, as many songs are from famous composers.This first book focuses on a firm tone in the lower register (lower D to C sharp in the first half), and ventured slightly in the higher register up to G, in the last few songs. I was also puzzled that the F minor key was introduced at this point, without any explanation (while E major's first appearance with Jingle Bells, also introduced early, seemed easier for some reason).I highly recommend buying a fingering chart as a companion (Flute Fingering Chart: For Flute and Piccolo (Amsco Fingering Charts)), instead of flipping through this book for it.

Good method for beginner flute! Stays in the low register awhile but is very thorough with fingering, exercises, duets etc.

One great quality of a teacher is the ability to maintain student interest and entertain while simultaneously educating. Trevor Wye's wit and humor makes this one of the best instructional books. The exercises are level appropriate however I would not recommend this as a beginner's first book. It's perfect if you have been playing for a while and you would just like some reinforcement exercises. The piano accompaniment on the CD enhances the flute learning experience.

Great beginner flute book. I am 25 years old, don't know how to read music, and have never touched a flute in my life. I feel like this book is REALLY easy to use and essentially holds your hand. I really like how it slowly introduces different notes and incorporates them into easy to play songs.I only take lessons once a week, but this book makes it easy to start on the next lesson before class begins.

This is a great first book for beginners of all ages.The musical selections are sophisticated enough to allow beginners to experience the joy of actually playing music right from the start.The approach to both rhythms as well as learning fingering is brilliantly cumulative- starting with 3 notes, there are little tunes at the very beginning. Students especially love the duets.My only complaint is that the section on E Major comes very soon.For my teaching, I just skip this section and return to it when the student has a bit more experince navigating sharp key signatures.