The patterns of gaps between the notes called intervals help to create different categories of heptatonic scales. Further more, you can play quarter tones notes that are in between the piano keys on the flute. When reading this flute fingerings chart, youll notice the holes are empty or filled in. Native american flute fingering charts flutesonline. To get started, take a look at our flute fingering chart. As you can see here are the 12 notes of the chromatic scale. Major scales through 4 sharps and 4 flats two octaves. Basic fingering charts limited to notes introduced in the first semester to year of instruction, bflat to f together on one row all instruments. I have been looking all over the internet and cant find a full chromatic scale in a pdf. However, many additional notes are possible on most native american flutes, and the fingerings for those additional notes varies. Being able to play a chromatic scale is an essential skill for any musician on any instrument.
Some creative ideas are offered for scales on my flute blog too. When it comes to technical exercises, theres really just one book that can be considered a must for all serious flutists. The flute scale book a path to artistry by patricia george and phyllis avidan louke lesson 5 1. The mystical pentatonic scale and ancient instruments.
Fingering charts are provided with finger diagrams in two orientations. Please use the 2nd page to help you play the rudiment correctly, and watch the vic firth rudiment lessons in youtube to help you. We cant talk about the chromatic scale in the key of c, for example. These musical exercises were designed for recorders, but you might also conceivably use them with other instruments. Content is available under the creative commons attributionsharealike 4.
It does not claim to be definitive in terms of technique as variations in fingering of notes may exist depending upon differing makes and models of flute. Flute 3 octaves from low c oboe low bb to high f bassoon 3 octaves from low bb soprano clarinet low e to g above high c bb bass clarinet low e to high c. Cards are 234 square, 110 lb cardstock, with a 1 book ring. Aug 27, 2008 when the little flute professors make up the tiny flute exams with all the scale requirements, all theyre doing is working backwards from the huge list of possibly useful scales that everyone should know if theyre going to have artistic freedom, and then just assigning the easiest to grades 1 and 2, and then gradually adding more each year. This video shows how to play the c major scale and arpeggio on the flute in both one octave and two octaves. Major, minor and chromatic scales zeckwer, richard. This lecture document, developing artistry via thoughtful practice. Middle school band chromatic scale examples the following excerts are available as pdf downloads. Flute, oboe, bassoon, bb clarinet printable hebrew phrases click here for printable. As a result, in 12tone equal temperament the most common temperament in western music, the chromatic scale covers all 12 of the available pitches. The mystical pentatonic scale and ancient instruments, part i. Native american flute fingering charts tabs 5 hole. There are also the sharps and flats which make up the chromatic scale. Native american flute fingering chart sixhole pentatonic minor flutes.
Flute simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This page gives typical fingerings for the chromatic notes on sixhole native american flutes that are tuned to the pentatonic minor scale. There is a large repertoire of music for the flute. Chromatic scale examples the following excerts are available as pdf downloads. Johnhudson hs 505 n broadway st st john, ks 67576 w. A method book for intermediate flute students, is an intermediate method book for young flutists that covers aspects of holistic practice breathing, stretching, mindfulness, meditation, and productive practice strategies, as well as the development of artistry through the. A bavarian flute maker named boehm reformed flutes largely to enlarge the volume and improve the way of using the chromatic scale. How to learn the chromatic scale on the flute video youtube. The chromatic harmonica defined the chromatic harmonica has a button on the right side which when not pressed in, allows you to play a standard major scale in the key of the chromatic typically, the key of c, and with the button depressed, gives you all the halfsteps or notes in between. I am a flute player and i need to practice my chromatic scale. When the little flute professors make up the tiny flute exams with all the scale requirements, all theyre doing is working backwards from the huge list of possibly useful scales that everyone should know if theyre going to have artistic freedom, and then just assigning the easiest to grades 1 and 2, and then gradually adding more each year. Jennifer is helping me to learne how to play flute, and she is a verry good teatcher. Basic scale sheets bflat, eflat, aflat, f, and c concert scales, each pitch is annotated to reinforce the key signature.
For 20 years we provide a free and legal service for free sheet music. Print and download in pdf or midi chromatic scale skill bruce pearson. Diatonic scales all contain 7 notes and are firmly based on a key and the keynote, or the first note of the scale, is the tonic. Native american flute fingering charts tabs 5 hole flute. The last three notes in the chromatic scale shown on this page, have the symbol o underneath. The following videos accompany the chromatic scale and enharmonics page. It may be that the hollow bones of birds is much easier to turn into a flute, or it could be that early cultures believed that the bones of the bird would impart some of the birds song into the flute, or perhaps a bit of both of these ideas is true. Jul 20, 2006 free scale book for flute by jen for a copy of major scales,and harmonic minor scales and scales in thirds, as well as all kinds of other useful exercises, in free pdf book by jen, download and print out. Major, minor and chromatic scales zeckwer, richard imslp. Free sheet music for flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone. Chromatic scale skill sheet music for flute, clarinet, oboe. Print and download in pdf or midi pentatonic scales. In baroque music flute means recorder, so flutes were called traverso in order not to confuse them.
You may not be able to get your flute to play all of the overblow notes. And here is a full scale kit, with links to all free pdf flute scales. Free scale book for flute by jen for a copy of major scales,and harmonic minor scales and scales in thirds, as well as all kinds of other useful exercises, in free pdf book by jen, download and print out. A chromatic scale is a nondiatonic scale consisting entirely of halfstep intervals, having no tonic due to the equal spacing of its tones. D i play on a galway spirit and its the best flute ive ever used. Dec, 2004 the c chromatic scale is most requested for flute because you are usually requested to play 3 octaves from the c4 low c on the flute to c7 the highest c on the flute. Flute chromatic scale clarinet chromatic scale alto saxophone chromatic scale trumpet chromatic scale trombone chromatic scale bells chromatic scale.
How flute scales can transform your playing the flute coach. They have been used effectively for sackbut practice, for example. Print out the illustrations if you want a handy reference during your music making. Most native american flutes made since the early 1980s play the pentatonic minor scale with a standard fingering pattern. Flute embouchure 1 close your mouth so that your lips are together and make a line. Click on the title of any page to return to the cover. This chart provides you with the basic fingerings for all the notes on the flute.
Jun 02, 2011 i was really bored and i wanted to play my flute. This chart lists the basic flute fingering positions necessary to play each note. There is nothing unique to the notation of any flute chromatic scale over any other instrument in the same range. It is a great way to learn fingerings and to train your ear to remember what each note sounds like. The pentatonic scale below that we just covered is limiting in a lot of ways. A variety of solutions for awkward page turns exists, including the use of an additional copy of the music or a photocopy of a section of the piece but see photocopies below. Intermediate flute lessons websites to gain access to pdf. You can typically run up this scale with the fingerings for sixhole flutes and for fivehole flutes.
The flute scale book a path to artistry by patricia george and phyllis avidan louke lesson 6 go green bay go. In cases where candidates at grades 68 believe there is no solution to a particularly awkward page turn, they may bring a page turner to the exam prior permission. Part 1 chromatic warmup, wholetone, dim7 and majorminor scales. How to play the c major scale and arpeggio on the flute. There are more fingerings for the major scale than are shown on the opposite page. And yet the use of the five tones of the pentatonic scale predates pythagoras by millennia. It is important to learn this scale when learning to play music, if not just to make sure you know all the notes on your instrument. There are many categories however for simplicity i will mention the two you will most likely encounter as beginner players major and minor.
The notes are not consistently spaced and there are so few of them. If you get to be able to play these twelve notes you will be able to play most of the songs we have available on this website. Imagine playing every note on the piano without skipping any. Most songbooks for native american flute utilize nakai notation, which will not work for standard musical notation. Tuba mallet percussion click on an instrument name to go to that scale sheet. The chromatic scale is when you play every note on the instrument, in order, up or down. F recorder pdf, 67 kb, c recorder pdf, 65 kb, bass recorder pdf, 65 kb, alto recorder up pdf, 68 kb. Mar 05, 2010 the chromatic scale consists of all of the half steps in our traditional scale.
Instead, we identify chromatic scales by the note which they start on. Flute middle school flute chromatic scale must be three octaves cc. May 04, 2016 many of the bone flutes found around the world are made from the bones of birds. Fingering charts for bamboo flutes side blown technologies. It will always be the same 12 notes no matter what pitch that you start on. Jul 31, 2017 playing each of these notes in sequence is known as the chromatic scale. Playing each of these notes in sequence is known as the chromatic scale. The above book was written for novice to intermediate flute students to go along with a james galway 30 day scale challenge using moyse books. With half hole technique and a good embouchure, all the notes can be played on the flute. Arpeggios or arpeggi, which is the correct plural of the italian term arpeggio are like scales, but only made up of the first, third and fifth notes of a scale. Scale sheetsfingering charts bush hills steam academy bands. Therefore, if you want to play a song, written in, for example, diatonic scale with standard staff notation, you need to use the flute in specific key, defined by the song. High in the mountains around southwestern germany, in an area known as swabia, bone flutes were found in 2008 that have scientists rethinking when human creativity first showed up in history.
Native american flute fingering chart sixhole pentatonic. Chromatic scale sheet for flute the chromatic scale is a series of notes played in succession ascending and descending without any skips in intervals. Moreover, in equal temperament, all the semitones have the same size. The flute scale book is designed for a lifetime of use with embouchure development and scale exercises perfect for younger players, as well as advanced exercises for professional players, including audition scales, phrasing studies, major and minor scales, thirds, arpeggios, seventh chords, modal scales, chromatic intervals, tonguing exercises. Connect each note together with a long and fast air.
It is intended for use as a learning resource to compliment the teaching of the instrument by an experienced tutor. The sheet i have is just a half piece of paper that my band director wrote out and its too small and messy for me to read. If you could give me a link to a pdf with one or two pages of the entire chromatic scale that i could print out, that. All links marked with an asterisk notes a revised file. Its pretty easy to understand, its just every note. This creates a 12note chromatic scale all the notes possible in western culture music like the. Chromatic harmonica lessons chromatic harp instruction. Flute scales exercises, practice tips and instructional.