Sir James Galway has played with Sadler's Wells Opera, Covent Garden Opera, the London Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Herbert von Karajan where he was principal flute. In addition to his performances of the standard classical repertoire, he is equally at home with contemporary and popular music. He still performs regularly and is one of the world's best-known flute players. His recordings have sold over 30 million copies.

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• Preface by Yehudi Menuhin;Part One - The Flute;1. The Beginnings;2. The Recorder;3. Development of the Flute;4. The Modern Flute;5. My Work on Flutes (by Albert Cooper);6. Maintaining a Flute;Part Two -Playing, Practising and Developing Technique;7. Physical Aspects;8. The First Notes;9. Tone;10. Practising;11. Articulation;12. Pitch;13. Studies;Part Three - Lessons;14. Playing Bach;15. Playing Baroque Music;16. Some Major Solos;17. Listening to Records;Part Four - On being a Flute Player;18. The Orchestra;19. Chamber Music;20. Playing in a Studio;21. Soloists;22. The Flute Today and Tomorrow;Discography and Repertoire;Index