How to Play Octaves on the Flute in A Major

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Part of the video series: How to Play Flute Scales in A Major

Summary: Learn tips and watch how to play octaves in an A major scale on the flute with expert music training tips in this free online instrument instruction video clip.

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Kiely Griffin Kiely Griffin is a third-year music management and jazz flute student at the Hartt School of Music in West Hartford, CT. She has previously served as vice pre... read more

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How to Play Octaves on the Flute in A Major

We have now learned all the notes in the A major scale let's review. Looking at the notes in the staff I will play the scale. Let's play the scale one more time looking at my fingers for the notes. This is the A major scale we have learned the A major scale in one octave. The octave is the distance between 2 A's we learned from A to A one octave. Once you have mastered this for more advance players you can play the scale in 2 octaves we learned from 1 A to this A with the fingerings. The next step we would just start where we left off and continue the scale in the whole and half step pattern up to a higher A. Here is a how a 2 octave major scale sounds.

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