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How to Play the 4th Note in a F Major Flute Scale

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Summary: Learn how to play the fourth note in an F 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 the 4th Note in a F Major Flute Scale

The 4th note in the F major scale is the note B flat. Let's look at B flat in the staff. As you can see this note has a accidental or a alteration to the sound. The alteration is the flat symbol. This flat sign makes the difference; the distance between A and B flat a half step as you can see up here. This makes it so the F major scale can be a major scale because in a major pattern you have 2 whole steps and then a half step. In order for the half step to occur you need to alter the B and make it flat so there is only that half distance between A and B flat. Let's look how to B flat on the flute; you use the 1st finger and the thumb from the left hand. You use the 1st fingers and pinkie in the right hand this is how B flat sounds. Let's review how to finger B flat you have the 1st and thumb in the left hand and you have the 1st and pinkie in the right hand. Starting our scale down to F we have F to G whole step. G to A whole step and A to B half step.

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