Aus Walter van Hauwes Arbeit als Professor am Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam ist dieses Lehrwerk hervorgegangen. Es richtet sich vor allem an Dozenten und Studenten. 1984 erschienen, ist es zu einem Standardwerk der Blockflötentechnik geworden.

Part I: About Scales and Arpeggios: Intervals - Major Scales - Interval Scales - Minor Scales - Church Modes - Chromatic Scales and Other Variations - Speeding Up - Arpeggios Appendix for Advanced Players - Part II: About Trills: The Function of Trills - The Basic Movement of the Fingers - How to Blow During a Trill - The Measured or Chain Trill - The Rubato Trill - With or Without a Turn - On or Before the Beat - Alternative and Special Fingerings for Trills - Trill-turn Fingerings - Part III: About Vibrato: How to Produce Vibrato - The Larynx - Vibrato Technique - The Position of the Cheeks and Lips - Tempo Variations of the Vibrato Wave - Vibrato Used to Suggest Dynamics - Finger-Vibrato - Some Practical Examples - Part IV: More About Articulation: Hidden Articulation - Articulaton as the Main Element - Articulation and the Limitations of the Recorder - Some Notorious Articulation Problems - Some Special Early Music Articulations - Articulations on Different Types of Recorder