Introduces flutes and piccolos, offers advice on purchasing an instrument, demonstrates fingering patterns, and defines jargon.

The Tipbook Series books are handy, accessible, thorough and convenient guides for players who want to get the most out of their instrument. They are written in collaboration with and proofread by musicians, teachers, technicians and other experts - for beginners, students and advanced players. Features include: lessons, teachers and practicing * all jargon explained * basic background information * price indications * the history and the family of the instrument * and more. The flute and piccolo book covers topics such as selecting and play-testing flutes and piccolos, choosing headjoints, playing tips, maintenance and more. "Highly recommended for flute players of all levels." (Matthew Bright, Flutewise) "The Tipbook concept is excellent. These attractively presented little books show clear layout and accessibly short paragraphs. The layout and information are clear and concise." (Australian Music Teacher Magazine)

"The complete guide to your instrument!"--Cover.

(Book). This owner's guide for electric guitarists and bassists features numerous tips on auditioning and buying a (bass) guitar, choosing new strings, maintenance and tuning, and other aspects that are unique to an electric guitar. This book also includes chapters on the history and the production of these instruments, as well as an index, a glossary, and the unique Interactive Tipcodes that allow you to hear online audio examples.

(Book). The book helps keyboardists understand and appreciate their instruments without getting too technical. It includes chapters on auditioning keyboards and pianos, appreciating sound, connections, MIDI, maintenance, and much more. A glossary, an index, and the Tipbook Company's unique Tipcodes complete the book.

Introduces trumpets, trombones, flugelhorns, and cornets, offers advice on purchasing an instrument, demonstrates fingering patterns, and defines jargon.

Teachers and flutists at all levels have praised Nancy Toff'sThe Flute Book, a unique one-stop guide to the flute and its music. Organized into four main parts--The Instrument, Performance, The Music, and Repertoire Catalog--the book begins with a description of the instrument and its making, offers information on choosing and caring for a flute, sketches a history of the flute, and discusses differences between members of the flute family. In the Performance section, readers learn about breathing, tone, vibrato, articulation, technique, style, performing, and recording. In the extensive analysis of flute literature that follows, Toff places individual pieces in historical context. The book ends with a comprehensive catalog of solo and chamber repertoire, and includes appendices with fingering charts as well as lists of current flute manufacturers, repair shops, sources for flute music and books, and flute clubs and related organizations worldwide. In this Third Edition, Toff has updated the book to reflect technology's advancements--like new digital recording technology and recordings' more prevalent online availability--over the last decade. She has also accounted for new scholarship on baroque literature; recent developments such as the contrabass flute, quarter-tone flute, and various manufacturing refinements and experiments; consumers' purchase prices for flutes; and a thoroughly updated repertoire catalog and appendices.