Learning the transeverse flute

[M_C_D]

Is learning the transverse flute very hard? I've always loved it and an oppertunity has come up to learn to play it, or an array of other instruments. Is it hard to learn without first having some background on another woodwind instrument?

[sunburstbasser]

You'll have to be a little more specific. Technically, most modern flutes are transverse flutes; if those are what you are looking at most players don't have much problem with a good instructor and a little persistence.