JUST PLAY ONE OR
TWO TONES EVERY FEW DAYS
UNTIL YOU GET USE TO HOLDING THE INSTRUMENT PROPERLY.
THIS WILL HELP YOU TO GET A GOOD SOUND OUT OF IT.
THE FLUTE SHOULD ALWAYS BE HELD PARALLEL TO THE FLOOR,
NOT TILTED ON AN ANGLE TO GET THE BEST SOUND.
IT SHOULD REST BETWEEN
YOUR CHIN AND YOUR LOWER LIP.
DO NOT
ROLL THE MOUTH PIECE HOLE AWAY
FROM YOUR LIP WHILE PLAYING.
WHEN YOU LEARN ALL THE MID-RANGE TONES ...
START RANDOMLY PLAYING THEM.
CHANGE FROM ONE TONE TO ANOTHER. THIS IS IMPROVISING MUSIC.
PLAY ALONG WITH AN METRONOME
OR AUTO BEAT MACHINE OF SOME KIND. GRADUALLY INCREASE THE TEMPO!
READING SHEET MUSIC
AND NOTE DURATION WILL COME ALONG LATER.
LEARN
THE NOTES AND PROPER FINGERING.
WHEN YOU KNOW THEM ...
THEY WILL MAKE IT EASIER TO PLAY WHEN YOU ARE READING SHEET MUSIC.
BUTTON
BUTTON
BEGINNERS
SELECT ONE OF THE GOLDEN TOOT-E SONGS
LEARN TO PLAY THE NATURAL MID-RANGE TONES IN THE SONGS THEN,
LEARN THE MID-RANGE SHARP AND FLAT TONES.
LAST, LEARN THE HIGH AND LOW RANGE TONES!
NATURAL TONE 6 OF THE C
MAJOR SCALE
HEAR THE TONE - A1 MID-RANGE TONE
HEAR THE TONE - A2
HEAR THE TONE - A3
HEAR THE TONE - A# / Bb 1
HEAR THE TONE - A# / Bb 2
HEAR THE TONE - A# / Bb 3
NATURAL TONE 7 OF THE C
MAJOR SCALE GO TO OCTAVE TONE C FOR NATURAL TONE NUMBER 8.