Every fluting day starts with work on this book: it is unbeatable. Although there’s nothing new in flute (with regard to the daily, basic challenges), there are refreshing new angles on everything. What I particularly like are the exercises that work the fingers hard in both directions. Your fingers are geared to grabbing and gripping, so work strongly that way. Pulling the fingers off the keys nimbly and accurately tends to not be so good. Also, instead of buying a tone book, then a technique manual (many of them being expensive French editions), etc., everything is here in the one place. A definite ‘must buy’ for the aspiring player.
While you’re in the mood, why not look up Paul’s superb website where, for a small monthly fee, you can lose yourself in seemingly unlimited studies with pages of helpful exercises and plenty of video help. There’s free stuff too, so check it out. Paul was first flute in the London Symphony Orchestra for 20yrs, -and you can hear him in numerous film scores, so this all comes from one of the greatest players and teachers around.