Lyrical Flute Legends by editor Karen North is an exciting collection of 20 works for flute and piano, featuring exclusively commissioned works by contemporary composers and inspiring new arrangements of 19th and 20th century compositions. Listen to the legends, discover beautiful scenes and enjoy lively dances through the alluring lyricism of this music. These exclusive commissioned works and new arrangements are suitable for intermediate level players. The flute part includes biographies of all composers and notes/ performance suggestions for each work. 

Here’s a book for beginners by editor Karen North, with everything you need to start playing the flute! The Young Flute Player has a clear layout, easy-to-read notation and cartoon pictures - perfect for beginners. The progressive units introduce new material gradually, and the exercises and scales are directly related to the pieces. 

There is a wide range of music by composers such as Bach, Brahms, Beethoven, Offenbach, Mozart, plus traditional tunes from around the world, and a section of festive music. To help young players practice, there are FREE YOUTUBE recordings for every piece, as well as piano backing tracks and duet recordings. 

The Young Flute Player also features: 

• Easy-to-read fingering charts for every note of the flute 
• Photo guides for assembling the flute and cleaning the flute 
• Manuscript paper 
• Practice charts 
• Scales chart 
• Theory reference section 
• Note recognition games and composition activities 
• Graduation Certificate

This is the second method book in The Young Flute Player series by editor Karen North, and it’s packed with a huge amount of repertoire! The music includes everything from Baroque masterpieces by Bach to Ragtime music by Joplin. There are also traditional folk tunes, exercises, studies, festive music and a section of longer concert pieces. 

The progressive units introduce new material gradually, and the exercises and scales are directly related to the pieces. Words are included for some of the song tunes to assist with understanding breathing and phrasing. Italian words for style and tempo are illustrated with fun cartoon pictures to help students remember the meaning of terms. 

To help students practice, there are FREE YOUTUBE recordings for every piece, as well piano backing tracks and duet recordings. 

The Young Flute Player also features: 

• Easy-to-read fingering charts for every note of the flute 
• Manuscript paper 
• Practice charts 
• Scales charts 
• Theory reference section 
• Music puzzles 
• Graduation Certificate

This teacher’s book by editor Karen North has the piano accompaniments and flute duet parts for the other books in The Young Flute Player series. 

Most of the piano accompaniments are easy to play, even for flute teachers with limited piano skills. If you have no piano skills, don’t panic! ALL the piano parts are available as free backing tracks on The Young Flute Player YouTube channel. The speed of backing tracks can be adjusted to suit the student and there are also recordings of the duets, plus flute and piano performances. 

To keep the student method books (Books 1 and 2) uncluttered and easy to read for young players, the teacher’s flute duet parts are also found in Book 3.

This book by Karen North is written specifically for adult learners & teenage learners and contains everything needed for a great start in playing the flute. There are 30 progressive units, with new material introduced gradually. The scales are related directly to the pieces, and the exercises help students practice new material, or prepare the difficult sections of a piece. 

There is a wide range of music by composers such as Mozart, Beethoven, Bartok and Dvorak, plus traditional tunes from around the world. The arrangements include solos, duets and pieces with optional piano accompaniment (piano parts in Book 3). To help students practice, there are FREE YOUTUBE recordings for every piece, as well piano backing tracks and duet recordings. 

The Young At Heart Flute Player also features: 

• Easy-to-read fingering charts for every note of the flute 
• Photo guides for assembling the flute and cleaning the flute 
• Manuscript paper 
• Scales charts 
• Theory reference section Specifications 
• Beginner-Preliminary (start of Grade 1) 
• 56 pages 
• 32 exercises (including tone development) 
• 49 pieces 
• Time signatures 4/4, 3/4, 2/4, 6/8, 2/2 
• Pitch range from E bottom line of staff to A above staff 
• Scales – 5 note F Major, 5 note G Major, octave G major, F major, E minor, D minor, F chromatic 
• Introduction of tonguing, slurs, ties, staccato, mezzo staccato 
• Introduction of dynamics

Young players who are just starting to read music can find it very difficult to follow a duet or trio. This book by editor Karen North solves the problem with color coded music, making it easy for beginners to follow their ensemble part. Students only need to know 4 or 5 notes to start playing the first duets in this book, which covers Beginner and Preliminary levels. 

The music spans a wide range of composers, as well as traditional tunes from around the world. There is a selection of festive music, a section of rounds, and there are warm up exercises, each focusing on one aspect of ensemble technique. 

The arrangements work well with anything from two players up to a large flute choir/ensemble. Many pieces offer maximum flexibility as they can be played as a trio; OR the blue and red parts are harmonically complete to be played as a duet; OR there are also optional piano parts for some pieces, to be found in Book 3 (accompaniments). 

There are free recordings of all the duets and trios on The Young Flute Player YouTube channel. These videos can be adjusted to any speed, so are great for students to practice their part at home. This ensemble book can be used either independently, or in conjunction with the tutor/method books in The Young Flute Player series.

This book of Duets and Trios (Grade 1 - Grade 3 level), by editor Karen North, makes it easy for students to follow their ensemble part by using color coded clefs/key signatures. 

The music covers a wide range of composers, as well as traditional tunes from around the world. There is a selection of festive music, a section of rounds, plus there are warm up exercises, each focusing on one aspect of ensemble technique. 

The arrangements work well with anything from two players up to a large flute choir/ensemble. Many pieces offer maximum flexibility as they can be played as a trio; OR the blue and red parts are harmonically complete to be played as a duet; OR there are also optional piano parts for some pieces, to be found in Book 3 (accompaniments). 

There are free recordings of all the duets and trios on The Young Flute Player YouTube channel. These videos can be adjusted to any speed, so are great for students to practice their part at home. This ensemble book can be used either independently, or in conjunction with the tutor/method books in The Young Flute Player series.

Festive Flute Fun edited by Karen North, Enjoy hours of playing with this wonderful collection of 50 pieces of festive music from around the world. There are settings of both sacred and secular works. Music is such an important part of celebrations, and this book brings you a large selection of Christmas songs and carols, as well as music to celebrate the festivals of New Year, Thanksgiving, Harvest, Halloween, Winter Carnival, Cherry Blossom Festival, Doll’s Festival, Star Festival, Hanukkah and St Nicholas Day. The arrangements offer maximum flexibility, with solo flute, duet and/or trio settings, and range in standard from Preliminary to Grade 4.