A comprehensive instruction book, written especially for people without teachers, though useful for learning with teacher, as well. A CD is included for demonstrating technicalities, a general impression of what the music sounds like, and shows how variations can occur and fit into the music. 23 lessons, charts or rolls and crans, fingering with the chanter off the leg chart, rudiments of music, glossary, pipe maintenance, buying pipes, traditional tunes, recommended book list. A professional model made of select bamboo and featuring the ancient raft assembly. This bamboo pan flute has the ancient raft assembly and is in the key of C major.
Pan pipes are essential to the music of the Andes Mountains regions of Peru, Bolivia, and Chile.
This book is directed toward the beginning player. Nearly all the tunes and exercises require the range of fourteen pipes. There are 89 songs in this book from a variety of sources including folk, Christmas and classical music. These pipes are lighter in weight and narrower than the Mel Bay Pan Flute models. These narrow bamboo pipes are darkly stained, and somewhat delicate, therefore we recommend them for an adult.