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How to Play Octaves on the Flute in D Flat Major

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Part of the video series: Playing Flute Scales in D Flat Major

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Summary: Learn how to play octaves in a D flat major scale on the flute from an expert flutist in this free video on musical instruments and music theory.

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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 D Flat Major

We have now learned the note from the D flat major scale. Let's review the notes again. Let's look at the staff while I play the scale. Now let's look at my fingers while I play the scale to review what we have learned. We have learned the D flat major scale in one octave. A octave is the distance between D flat to the 2 D flats as you can see on the paper right here. For more advance players we can move up and learn the 2nd octave. We have learned the lower octave and now you can start from where we left and play up from the 2nd octave. Here is what a 2 octave major scale sounds like.

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