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How to Play the 7th Note in a C Major Flute Scale

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Summary: Learn tips and watch how to play the seventh note in an C 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 the 7th Note in a C Major Flute Scale

The 7th and last note of the C major scale before the scale turns back to the root or C is the note B. Here is B in the staff. To play it on the flute let's look at the fingering chart we have in the left hand 1st finger and thumb and in the right hand just the pinkie. This finishes up the session of taking off one finger in each note that increases in the note of the scale. So now we are only left with the 1st finger and thumb. Let's hear how B sounds. Let's review the fingerings on the flute we have the 1st finger and the thumb in the left hand and we have the pinkie finger on the right hand. This completes the major scale before it goes back to pentatonic from the beginning we have a whole step, whole step, half step, whole step, whole step, and then from A to B the new note another whole step. Let's listen.

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