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Important Note: This book does not contain written instructions or explanations. It is a collection of sheet music designed to guide beginners step by step through playing exercises, scales, and repertoire. It is most suitable for those who already have some basic familiarity with the duduk or are using it alongside another instructional resource.
The Duduk For Beginners is specifically created for beginner duduk players in mind who are just entering the mystical world of this beautiful Armenian instrument. The first edition includes scales, studies, and etudes to improve beginner duduk player performance, as well as plenty of material to build your first playing repertoire. Specific attention was paid to include works of Armenian, Russian and Western European composers in addition to traditional Armenian spiritual, folk music, gussan songs and dance melodies. The book is divided into three parts:
- Introduction to duduk, basic scales, exercises for each scale, as well as various melodies to make things more interesting.
- Duduk solo repertoire arrangements from variety of genres, including classics adaptations (Mozart, Bach, Marcello.)
- Duduk repertoire with piano arrangements, including beautiful pieces like Lullaby by Johannes Brahms, etc.
