A very easy-to-understnad pan flute method. By following this book the beginner can successfully play the pan flute in a very short time. This text has been carefully written to provide maximum enjoyment and fun!

Pastoral poetry highlights the didactic relationship of older and younger shepherds--as rivals or patron and successor. Departing from conventional views of the pastoral genre as an Arcadian escape from urban sophistication, THE PIPES OF PAN follows the connecting thread in the cultures of Alexandria and Rome, revealing that Theocritus and Vergil applied pastoral metaphor to represent the poetic community.

A very comprehensive book study into the pan flute. This book, made in cooperation with the Dutch Ministry of Culture, covers such topics as the history of the pan flute, today's pan flute, posture and embouchure, breathing, extending and improving tone quality, intervals, the technique of chromatics, staccato, legato, vibrato, diatonic scales, adjacent and nearby keys, arpeggios, difficultkeys, technical formulas, ornaments, chromatic scales and exercises, special effects, phrasing and difficult technical exercises. This is an essential book for the pan flutist

Excerpt from Pan's Pipes The Greeks figured Pan, the god of Nature, now terribly stamp ing his foot, so that armies were dispersed; now by the woodside on a summer noon trolling on his pipe until he charmed the hearts of upland ploughmen. And the Greeks, in so figuring, uttered the last 'word of human experience. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.