• You play the recorder to an advanced level, but struggle to create the expression, nuances and colours which you hear on your favourite recordings...

• You can play well in your own front room but nerves can cause it all to go to pieces in front of an audience...

• You're aware of the importance of breathing with your diaphragm, but have never been able to apply that effectively to your recorder playing...

• You just can't seem to control your tone in the way you would like - maybe you have a continuous vibrato which you can't turn off, an uneven, wavering sound or a too rigid tone...

• Although you're aware that music comprises varied shapes, and momentum created through use of strong and weak beats, you can't seem to make the recorder respond to your commands! (Spoiler: it can and it will once you've learnt the trade secrets...)

• You just can't seem to make the music 'dance'...

• Your tonguing sometimes feels 'clunky', chopping up the line too much, and gets tired easily, especially in fast passages...

• Your fingers seem to have a mind of their own in some passages, and just won't respond to your brain fast enough...

• You have trouble playing consistently at speed...

• You can't find a balance between playing expressively and playing in tune...

• You're aware of all kinds of things you 'should' be doing - the right kinds of trills and ornaments, using alternative fingerings, double or triple tonguing, playing 'inégale', applying the rules of rhetoric ... but are bewildered by the maze of conflicting information out there, and just default to your old playing habits!

If so you are in the right place!