Flute chromatic scale pdf

Fingering charts are provided with finger diagrams in two orientations. 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. I am a flute player and i need to practice my chromatic scale. There is nothing unique to the notation of any flute chromatic scale over any other instrument in the same range. All links marked with an asterisk notes a revised file. Eagle mountainsaginaw is fully accredited by the texas education agency. All scales must be memorized mmea eastern district.

I have been looking all over the internet and cant find a full chromatic scale in a pdf. This page gives typical fingerings for the chromatic notes on sixhole native american flutes that are tuned to the pentatonic minor scale. On the chart below, find your flute s key in the leftmost column. Eagle mountainsaginaw isd is not responsible for the content of sites hosted on outside webservers. Does not include the 3octave b scale for those of you with the extra key to play that. A scale in c is naturally easier to play on an instrument in c than on an instrument in g. The chromatic scale must be played in sixteenth notes at the tempo of q 100. With half hole technique and a good embouchure, all the notes can be played on the flute. The tuning of the panflute also has a significant influence on the sound and chromatics.

Native american flute fingering chart sixhole pentatonic minor flutes. Most native american flutes made since the early 1980s play the pentatonic minor scale with a standard fingering pattern. 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. Starts off with chromatic scale, followed by intervals, major scales, minor scales, thirds, fourths. Students will be asked to play major scales and a chromatic scale. Click on the title of any page to return to the cover. I play the clarinet and my chromatic scale three octaves is starting on the lowest note in the range and going up half steps til i get to that same note in my case its an e three octaves up. Print out the illustrations if you want a handy reference during your music making. Chromatic thesaurus of scales for diatonic harmonica daily exercises and scales for french horn 24 varied scales and exercises for clarinet guitar. Does not include the 3octave b scale for those of you with the extra key to play that sorry. Use these oneoctave chromatic scale exercises to reinforce your comfort in enharmonic spellings.

Mar 05, 2014 how to play a chromatic scale for beginning flutists. Jennifer cluff created this two page fingering chart in pdf for printing out. These musical exercises were designed for recorders, but you might also conceivably use them with other instruments. Flight of the bumblebee is easy flute practice vlog. Native american flute fingering charts flutesonline. I used it to help with my high school final playing exam, so i was hoping i could help someone else. However, many additional notes are possible on most native american flutes, and the fingerings for those additional notes varies. I suggest you print out these two pages in addition to the blank fingering chart that follows, so that you can write in new and alternate fingerings for your. A scale from the italian word for ladder is a series of notes from low to high or high to low following some pattern of whole steps and half steps. 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. The chromatic scale is when you play every note on the instrument, in order, up or down. However, there are more advanced music books available that offer more indepth scales exercises involving scales, modes, arpeggios, thirds, fourths, fifths etc. Sightreading will also be included in the audition. David barrett presents a useful and informative book of scales and scale based exercises for the.

The blues scale minor pentatonic and the major pentatonic scales on the guitar duration. Teaching beginners and the chromatic scale by roann romines and george hayden font size. There are more fingerings for the major scale than are shown on the opposite page. Carroll county schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age or disability in any of. Concert bb chromatic scale concert f chromatic scale two octave concert f chromatic scale kinard bands. Some fingerings are difficult, however, and are played with partiallycovered holes. Flute scales exercises, practice tips and instructional. Jennifer is helping me to learne how to play flute, and she is a verry good teatcher. Carroll county schools wishes to meet the needs of all of its students and families. Recorder scales and intervals exercises early music. In order not to overwhelm my students, i have them learn 4 notes at a time remember there is a link to a flute fingering chart on my post bettering your sound on the flute. Print and download in pdf or midi chromatic scale skill bruce pearson. Mar 05, 2010 the chromatic scale consists of all of the half steps in our traditional scale.

A chromatic scale lists all the notes white and black keys in order, usually from c to the next c above or below. F recorder pdf, 67 kb, c recorder pdf, 65 kb, bass recorder pdf, 65 kb, alto recorder up pdf, 68 kb. Recorder scales and intervals practice sets for bass recorder and alto recorder up are harder to find. The pentatonic scale below that we just covered is limiting in a lot of ways. Two contrasting pieces demonstrating ability may include etudes 2.

This was also covered in my moyse daily exercises part i free pdf of which begins with short chromatic scales which are easy to extend to the full range of the flute. Imagine playing every note on the piano without skipping any. Jennifer cluff here you can find a 22 page pdf document that is very useful. Eight measure exercise to be performed on a concert f. Low longtone warmups pdf from previous post when you print these sets of pdfs out you get seventeen pages of warmups in three octaves that will last a lifetime. 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. Low longtone warmups pdf from previous post when you. Nov 10, 2000 i liked the ideas in there so much i did it for flute as well.

Its pretty easy to understand, its just every note. The major scale is one of the diatonic scales, meaning that it is made up of five whole steps and two half steps. This is the lowest note it can play, termed its root. Flute embouchure 1 close your mouth so that your lips are together and make a line. They have been used effectively for sackbut practice, for example. 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.

Connect each note together with a long and fast air. Scales exercises can be as simple as playing scales found in a beginners band book. 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. You will be asked to play the scales in concert pitch. The chromatic scale consists of all half steps and once youve learned the chromatic scale you have learned every note on the flute. 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.

Print and download in pdf or midi 12 major scales and chromatic with arpeggios flute. Your flute should be able to play each note in the row to the right, which represents a chromatic scale. Print and download in pdf or midi chromatic scales flute gammes chromatiques 1 octave. The notes are not consistently spaced and there are so few of them. D i play on a galway spirit and its the best flute ive ever used. Chromatic scales sheet music for flute, available online or in printable pdf format. A chromatic scale is a nondiatonic scale consisting entirely of halfstep intervals, having no tonic due to the equal spacing of its tones. It will always be the same 12 notes no matter what pitch that you start on. Students will be asked to play major scales and a full range chromatic scale.

Chromatic scale cells demarco atlanta public schools. In music theory, a major scale also known as ionian scale is made up of seven distinct notes, plus an eighth which duplicates the first one an octave higher. You will also be asked to play a chromatic scale, which are the documents below. There are also the sharps and flats which make up the chromatic scale. Moyses exercises journaliers chromatic scales play each slowly twice with glorious tone quality. How to learn the chromatic scale on the flute video youtube. Fba scales all 12 and chromatic, all instruments in pdf. Fba all state requirements scale sheets music man 1.

Scales should be performed as written and may or may not be performed connected. Find all major, minor, chromatic, pentatonic and blues scales. Band scale studies free download major scales clarinet. All major scales in two octaves, ascending and descending, and the chromatic scale from low c to high c, ascending and descending. And here is a full scale kit, with links to all free pdf flute scales. Most songbooks for native american flute utilize nakai notation, which will not work for standard musical notation. Start a mini chromatic scale, all slurred, ascending, beginning on low d, and go up five notes. After your warm up exercises, i suggest practicing your scales. Chromatic scale sheet for flute the chromatic scale is a series of notes played in succession ascending and descending without any skips in intervals. The diatonic scale is a sevennotes per octave scale the eighth note is the. You can typically run up this scale with the fingerings for sixhole flutes and for fivehole flutes.

One octave major scales and arpeggios kinard bands flute concert c major my critical notes are. Jun 02, 2011 i was really bored and i wanted to play my flute. Play scales and arpeggios from c up to 4 sharps and 4 flats memorized, two octaves where possible. 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.

Chromatic scales flute download free in pdf or midi. Some creative ideas are offered for scales on my flute blog too. Chromatic scale skill sheet music for flute, clarinet, oboe. The word level makes students feel special as they become able to play each new one. If any member of your family needs assistance or has any questions regarding mobility impaired issues or handicapped access, please contact the principal of your local school. A chromatic scale on any instrument is just going up and down halfsteps. For this example the chromatic scale in the key of d, lets assume that we are working with a key that is on the circle of 5ths d major scale, which is a sharpbased key signature, and we want to identify some chromatic scale notes outside that key. Highmedlow longtone warmups free pdfs dear flute lovers, free printable longtone exercises in pdf. Chromatic scale the chromatic scale is to be performed as written below, slurred ascending and tongued descending. Florida bandmasters all state requirements scale sheets 2017 all state requirements can be found here fba scales all 12 and chromatic, all instruments in. Oneandone use to avoid a shifty thumb, as in a chromatic scale.