Mel Bay's First Lessons Flute is an easy method for beginning players of all ages. From the first tones to a full two-octave chromatic scale, this book, CD and DVD will introduce the beginner progressively to the foundations of flute playing and musicianship. Proper assembly, playing position, and embouchure formation are carefully introduced along with simple songs and rudiments of music. Beginning players are taught a set of basic skills from which they can build performance technique. Lively rhythmic backgrounds on the accompanying CD will generate student interest from the very beginning. Practice loops will encourage students to learn through repetition. The First Lessons CD and DVD is perfect for use with group lessons and for energizing practice sessions from start to finish. Latin and jazz accompaniments make even the simplest exercises an enjoyable musical experience. Assemble your flute, pop the First Lessons CD into your player and have fun while you learn to play.

• Easy method for beginning players.
• Progressive, step-by-step introduction to fundamentals.
• Lively play-along CD and DVD.

 Flute Fundamentals
 Symbols
 Duple Time Exercise
 Common Time Exercise
 Triple Time Exercise
 Half-Note Exercise
 Whole Note Exercise
 Assembling the Flute
 Playing Position
 First Note B
 New Note A
 Exercising A and B #1
 Exercising A and B #2
 Exercising A and B #3
 New Note G
 Au Clair de Ia Lune
 Fais Do-Do
 Merrily We Roll Along
 Hot Cross Buns
 New Note C
 Exercise from C to B
 New Note F
 Exercise from F to G
 Changing Notes Exercise
 Octave Exercise on F, Octave Exercise on G, Octave Exercise on A, Octave Exercise on B, Octave Exercise on C
 New Note E, Exercising E and F, New Note D, Exercising D and E
 Au Clair de Ia Lune (High Octave and Low Octave) 
 Fais Do-Do (High Octave and Low Octave)
 Hot Cross Buns (High Octave and Low Octave)
 Merrily We Roll Along (High Octave and Low Octave) 
 C Major Scale
 Sur Ia Pont, d'Avignon
 Duérmete, mi niñ
 Aura Lee
 Scotland's Burning
 Row Row Row Your Boat
 In a Meadow Stood a Birch Tree
 Eliza Jane
 F Major Scale
 Cielito Lindo
 Breath Mark, Pick-Up Notes
 The Wee Cooper of Fife
 New Note E Flat
 B Flat Major scale
 El coquí
 Cut Time
 Corsair
 The Brickmaker March
 New Note F Sharp
 G Major Scale
 Rigaudon
 New Note C Sharp
 The Keys of Canterbury
 The Lincolnshire Poacher
 New Notes Low E and Low D
 The Buffens
 Low, Middle, and High D
 D Major Scale
 The Hay Maker's Dance
 La Promenade
 New Note A Flat (G Sharp) 
 First and Second Ending, Fine, D. C. al Fine
 Rondo from Nicolai
 New Note Low E Flat
 E Flat Major Scale
 Marionets
 New Notes Low C Sharp and Low C
 Chromatic Scale
 Flute Fingering Chart