"THE ELECTRIC FLUTE: A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO PLAYING FLUTE WITH EFFECTS"
Book by Melissa Keeling (2022)

Available in both hardcopy (worldwide shipping available) and as instant digital download (PDF)

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THE ELECTRIC FLUTE is a book designed for musicians with little to no experience with electronic equipment, and someone who is interested in using effects while improvising, arranging, and composing their own music. If you are interested in playing flute (or another wind instrument!) with effects, but aren’t sure where to start, this book is for you! I wanted to write the book that I wish I had when I started. I hope playing with effects brings you some of the same joy it has brought me, and that this book helps you along the way!

Included in “The Electric Flute:”

⚡ SETUP GUIDES ⚡
∙ The gear you need, how to hook it up, and example equipment setups
∙ How to choose and use microphones with the flute
∙ What kinds of amplification systems work best, and why it’s important to use a preamp

⚡ ALL ABOUT EFFECTS & LOOPING ⚡
∙ Effects: detailed breakdowns of what effects are out there, such as delay, distortion, harmonizers, and how to use them with the flute
Looping: how to do it, as well as exercises and ideas for looping
∙ Recordings of effects: because many effects are designed to be used with the electric guitar, they often sound different when used with the flute. For this reason, I’ve included links to recordings of each effect, so you can hear how it sounds with the flute.

⚡ WHAT TO PLAY ⚡
∙ Exercises for effects
∙ An introduction to improvisation
∙ Ideas for arranging music for electric flute

⚡ INTERVIEWS & ARTICLES⚡
One of my favorite parts of the book is a collection of interviews and articles by electric flutists. I am extremely grateful to these people for their time and willingness to share their story, advice about gear, approach to playing with effects, and more. Thank you so much!

∙ Robert Dick
∙ Michele Gori
∙ Stefan Keller
∙ Courtney King
∙ Elsa Nilsson
∙ David Weiss
∙ Leszek Wisniowski
∙ Jose Valentino & Chris Shelton

⚡ SHEET MUSIC ⚡
As a bonus, the book includes sheet music for FIVE of my original electric flute pieces!
∙ Northern Lights (flute and delay)
∙ Kings of the Sky (flute, looper, delay) – now with a complete transcription of my original solo
∙ Clair de Lune (flute, delay, and harmonizer) – an arrangement of the Debussy classic
∙ Among the Stars (flute, looper, delay, reverb)
∙ 37 Days (flute, looper, delay, reverb)


This book has been a huge passion project of mine for the past few years (honestly, more like a decade!). And, this is just the beginning! For me, playing electric flute has been the biggest joy of my musical life. I hope it helps you on your journey – I can’t wait to hear what you create!



Music: "Last Summer's Sand" by Melissa Keeling
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