Considered by many as the definitive method for the Flute, Foundation to Flute Playing by Ernest F. Wagner (ca. 1870-1954) has served as the bible and method of choice for generations of musicians studying the Flute. Daniel Schmidt's carefully constructed primer for this basic method presents all the essential information to start a young player off on the right foot. Logically organized, My First Wagner covers overtone studies, attacks, slurring and tonguing, intervals, sustained tones, daily i...

• Flute Fingering Chart
• How to Use This Book
• Studies in Overtones
• Attack (Long Tones)
• The Slur
• Tonguing
• Syncopation
• Staccato Tonguing
• Exercises for Two Flutes to Develop Tone
• Sustained Tones
• Intervals for Daily Practice
• Embouchure Exercises
• Exercises for Developing Technique in Both Hands
• Simple Melodies
• Miscellaneous Technical Exercises
• Major Scales
• Arpeggios
• Gavotte
• Serenade
• Sicilienne
• Arioso