Quick Start Guide: Playing Ney

 

‘Quick Start Guide: Playing Ney’ looks closely at two techniques: the Arabic/Turkish style and the Persian style. These two very different approaches to playing flute have thwarted many people’s attempts at learning the ney.  ‘Quick Start Guide: Playing Ney’ is a 10 MB tutorial that you can easily download.  In a matter of moments you can begin to unravel the mystery of these ancient instruments and actually start playing them.

 

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“Everyone kept asking me the same question: how do I get that first note? So, I began tailoring materials for Westerners smitten by the sound of the ney. This ‘Quick Start Guide’ focusses exclusively on your embouchure (getting your mouth to make that reed sing) because this is the only real stumbling block to playing ney...”    

 

                                                                                                   - Jay Kruse