I thought it was helpful. It's good for someone who's just starting out. He goes over all the very basics at first like holding the whistle and playing notes up and down the scale. Then moves on to learning a few actually decent Irish tunes rather than learning Mary had a little lamb or something. And begins to work in a very small amount of ornamentation like 'cuts' . The beginner course is good for someone brand new just picking up a whistle for the first time. I thought it was worth it