The Simple Flute

For professional and amateur flautists as well as students of the flute this book offers a practical introduction to all aspects of playing the flute. Using an accessible A-Z format Debost offers a logical and imaginative work on flute performance that places technique at the service of music on every page. In these concise essays readers will find simple sensible answers to all of the problems flautists regularly encounter. Debost covers the expected topics - such as breathing articulation and tone - and offers personal insights into such issues as jawboning finger phrasing and the little devils. Offering concise common-sense solutions for flautists of all levels this book is an ideal reference guide on flute performance.