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Woodwind Skills Flute Section Research Paper Copyrighted in 1971 by the Zen-On Music Publishers Co. of Tokyo, Japan, the Takahashi Flute School (part of the Suzuki Method,) was designed to aid beginning flutists in their journey to become professional. It is set up as an individual practice method book, with obvious references to a needed listening source, but never gives one. Takahashi’s method is to teach fundamentals via elongated paragraphs and step-by-step instructions on how …

…study booklet. There are many strengths in Takahashi Flute School, as well as many weaknesses. The strengths include the explanations of technique, the continuity of ideas, and the new thoughts that aid in teaching. However, in my opinion, the weaknesses overpower the strengths. This is mainly because of cultural differences between the orient and the Americas, but weaknesses nonetheless. These include difficult language, lack of explanation for each selection, and the rapidity of difficulty progressions.