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what would be the best way to learn how to play an instrument (flute) without taking lessons with a teacher?
i have a couple old instruments from my family, including an old flute and a 30 year old coronet. id love to learn to play them, but i dont have the time or the money for a teacher. would learning with a book and maybe occasional advice from friends who play help? i can already read music and i also play the clarinet, mallets, some percussion instruments, and the keyboard.
It’ll take a longer time to learn by yourself but you can get a beginner book from a music store.
One of the best is
The Art of Playing the Flute (Vol I to III) by Roger
Mather
You can find them at fluteworld.com
There are also lessons online that might teach you the rhymns of each note so you get used to counting out properly
It is probably best if you get a teacher but it isn’t impossible if you don’t. Good luck!
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July 30th, 2009
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there tends to be online lessons, but i advise you get a teacher at least for a few months, it helps witht hings like technique and improvisation.
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Try a method book, like Essential Elements.
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It’ll take a longer time to learn by yourself but you can get a beginner book from a music store.
One of the best is
The Art of Playing the Flute (Vol I to III) by Roger
Mather
You can find them at fluteworld.com
There are also lessons online that might teach you the rhymns of each note so you get used to counting out properly
It is probably best if you get a teacher but it isn’t impossible if you don’t. Good luck!
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playing flute for 7 years and self taught the first 4 years
take lessons. your band teacher might be willing to make time for you for free if you’re really dedicated to learning.
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I play flute and I’d say that just learning the fingerings and listening to other flutists would help you learn the basics.
When it comes to style, though, it may be harder.
Learning a vibrato, better technique and such is hard to teach yourself.
If you’re just doing this for your own enjoyment, however, I don’t see why you would have a problem.
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