This is the long-awaited English translation of the foremost guide to playing the arabic flute. Written by the great Mahmoud Effat, Egypt's greatest nay player, the book is perfect for beginning players yet still challenging for advanced students.

Summary of the contents

A brief discussion of music notation
Complete fingering charts, including trill fingerings
Detailed exercises and etudes exploring all aspects of the instrument
Several melodies of various difficulties
Transcriptions of several taqasims
Special features of this edition

High quality music and diagrams, completely reformatted for this edition

A CD recording of many of the exercises
Durable, spiral binding so that the book can lay flat on a music stand
A brief glossary of arabic terms