Going from one side to the other and touching all the keys would give you a chromatic scale. Flute embouchure 1 close your mouth so that your lips are together and make a line. We use sharps for note names ascending the scale, and flats for note names descending. Scale sheet 2 flute concert g scale 9 concert d scale 17 concert f chromatic scale 25 concert g b scale 33 concert c b scale 41 concert b b blues scale 49 concert g minor 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.
Flute oboe bassoon clarinet bass clarinet saxophone trumpet. Chromatic scales play each slowly twice with glorious tone quality. F chromatic scale f scale bb scale eb scale ab scale db scale c scale flute scales jr. This chart provides you with the basic fingerings for all the notes on the flute. It starts and ends on the same pitch, for a total of pitches. Add blue color gif finger diagram images on april 24, 2016 for the primary scale for h6mw, v6mw, and v7mw. You can start on any pitch, and end on that same pitch. Some creative ideas are offered for scales on my flute blog too. The new flute design overcomes this problem because it is based on the chromatic scale the only scale to include all twelve notes of the octave. To get started, take a look at our flute fingering chart.
Wsma middle level state honors flute audition requirements. These will appear automatically in the next release. All brass and woodwind auditions, chromatic scale players full range. Hello and welcome, here you will be able to see through a recorder notes chart quickly all the notes of the recorder this recorder fingering chart is based on the soprano recorder we are going to study first the natural notes and then in another table we are going to present you the altered notes, that is to say, the sharp notes and flats notes.
Note that these new glyphs were added just before release and do not appear in the finger diagrams and finger diagram images pdf documents. How to play a chromatic scale for beginning flutists. In the pic, youll see the c foot at the top standard on student model flutes and the b. Matt porter breathe warmup daily routine 2018 pg 1. Free french 5 key flute fingering chart pdf 239kb 8 page s fujara fingering. Heres the notes in the c major scale from c4 to c5. When reading this flute fingerings chart, youll notice the holes are empty or filled in. A major scale with the fourth degree raised by a half step. Its pretty easy to understand, its just every note.
Figure 2 for which the greater part of music for any instrumen. 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. Native american flute fingering charts flutesonline. A memorized, slurred, ascending and descending chromatic scale demonstrating the candidates full range and maximum controlled speed and accuracy. All chromatic scales sheet music was created by joseph krammer, using sibelius. Chromatic scale covering the full range of your instrument, in a pattern combining tonguing and slurring 4. The chromatic scale is to be played in a steady, consistent rhythm with the articulation all tongued or all slurred. Required major scales and arpeggios for each level middle school, concert band, and symphonic band can be found on the gmea website. Fingering charts for keyless d flutes martin doyle flutes. Chromatic scale covering the full range of your instrument, in a. Then you slowly expand up and down the note scale until you reach the middle register. Notice where the black keys are missing between the white keys.
The scale will be performed in even sixteenth notes at a minimum tempo of m. Print out the illustrations if you want a handy reference during your music making. Connect each note together with a long and fast air. The chromatic scale is a series of notes played in succession ascending and descending without any skips in intervals. Fingering chart 1 natural scale for traditional flute. Mark palmermy documentsscoresscale sheetsflute scale sheet. Chromatic and major scale ranges updated 606 chromatic scale all instruments are to play the chromatic scale as indicated on the chromatic and major scale ranges chart. It is important that you know the chromatic scale the full range of your instrument. Flute players auditioning for consideration for symphony orchestra are not required to prepare or perform the optional piccolo excerpt. Choice of chromatic scale in 2 octaves student may choose their starting note. The first has one octave and two octave scales, blues scale, chromatic scale etc. Bb major scale in 1 octave, e minor scale in 1 octave. Nov 17, 2019 trying to learn your flute notes is not like learning the alphabet. P 121 dolce allegro energico 2 all pp 6 agitato j 8 faster marc.
A chromatic scale covering the range for the instrument as given in the florida allstate symphonic band audition requirements. Native american flute fingering chart fivehole pentatonic minor flutes. Because of this, scales with more sharps and flats become difficult to play. Use these oneoctave chromatic scale exercises to reinforce your comfort in enharmonic spellings. A chromatic scale is a nondiatonic scale consisting entirely of halfstep intervals, having no tonic due to the equal spacing of its tones. This page gives typical fingerings for the chromatic notes on fivehole native american flutes that are tuned to the pentatonic minor scale. Bone flutes p1823 new university of massachusetts amherst. Left hand 1st finger 2nd finger 3rd finger 4th finger right hand 1st finger 2nd finger 3rd finger 4th finger left thumb flute. The schmidt chromatic fingering makes perfect sense and is a pleasure to use. The scales listed, including the chromatic scale, will be called for in concert pitch. Find all major, minor, chromatic, pentatonic and blues scales.
G major scale in 1 octave required, 2 octaves optional. Prepare the symphonic flute requirements on flute scales, arpeggios, 1minute solo and two flute excerpts. Native american flute finger diagram fonts and images. Based on careful reconstructions of bone flutes, i will argue that pitch variation around any finger position is so great that attempts to reconstruct prehistoric musical scales must be taken as mere suggestions. Music notation created and shared online with flat. All brass and woodwind auditions, chromatic scale player. The chromatic scale is a scale made up entirely of halfsteps. You dont start from the lowest note and work your way up to the highest. Chromatic scale cells demarco atlanta public schools. All major scales two octaves chromatic scale from d below the staff to altissimo c third octave c flute. Symphonic band 1112 chromatic scale required range same as concert band 910. The image above shows the most common names for each of the keys. The schmidt chromatic fingering makes perfect sense and is a.
Native american flutes are largely handmade instruments and, whether you have one or over a hundred of them, youll quickly realize that the tuning may be inconsistent and some notes are hard to chase. Chromatic scale sheet for flute the chromatic scale is a series of notes played in succession ascending and descending without any skips in intervals. Printable pdf versions of these fingering charts are available to download below each image. Basic music theory for the native american flute lakeside press. One octave scale and arpeggio full range scale scale in thirds arpeggio exercise concert b major one octave scale and arpeggio full range scale only flutes with a b foot have a 3rd octave scale in thirds arpeggio exercise concert e major one octave scale and arpeggio full range scale poston scale packet flute jenn bock 3. Fingering charts are provided with finger diagrams in two orientations. And here is a full scale kit, with links to all free pdf flute scales. The piccolo audition is an optional extension of the flute audition.
The following memorized major scales demonstrating the candidates maximum controlled speed and accuracy. This chart lists the basic flute fingering positions necessary to play each note. Beginners should start learning their first notes in the low register. So, as another example of a major scale beginning on the b natural. Imagine playing every note on the piano without skipping any. All accompaniment tracks were produced by joseph krammer, using mixcraft. Chromatic scale tempo is minimum mm quarter note 120, unless otherwise indicated below. Chromatic scales sheet music for flute, available online or in printable pdf format. Organize the end of each note as clearly as the beginning. Flutes with linear fingering system js engineering. Flute audition materials wichita symphony orchestra. Playing all of the white keys i would be the c major scale.
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