Title: Good book for the musical novice
Product review: This is a good book for someone with little or no prior musical experience, but for an experienced musician trying to learn a new instrument, it is a bit weak. Approximately 90% of the text is about really basic music theory (ie, how to count 4/4 time, how a whole note is notated, etc), and very little is devoted to technique particular to the instrument. Don't get me wrong, there is a fair bit of flute technique, but I find it frustrating to have to wade through pages and pages of rudimentary material to find it. The amount of material that is helpful to the beginning flautist can probably be compressed to 10 pages.Disclaimer: I have only had a flute for 48 hours, and have read through the book only once. Perhaps I'll find more gems on the 2nd or 3rd read through...but I don't look forward to the re-reads.
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