Got your flute? Great, let's learn how to play the flute! Flute
instruction begins with a proper method book. There are so many
good ones available, I will just give you some guidelines for
making a selection. Make sure the book you choose has a
fingering chart. The flute range covers three octaves, starting
at middle C--plus the B natural below the middle C if you get a
B foot joint. In addition, there is about another half-octave
above the standard three octaves. Try to find a book that
includes the fingerings for those notes as well. You may not
play them, but why not have that information available to you?
Also get a book that includes trill fingerings. Then you won't
be the one always asking for trill fingerings--you'll be the one
who knows them! One of the best series of flute instruction
books comes from English flutist, Trevor Wye. I like these books
because they focus on a particular aspect of flute playing. This
particular book is great because it includes a CD and has great
illustrations. In fact,