How to Play the 6th Note in a F Major Flute Scale

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Part of the video series: Playing Flute Scales in F Major

Summary: Learn how to play the sixth 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 6th Note in a F Major Flute Scale

The 6th note in the F major scale is D. Let's look at D on the staff. On the flute this D is fingered with the 2nd, 3rd, and thumb fingers in the left hand. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd fingers in the right hand no pinkie. Let's hear D. Let's review how to play the fingers on the flute we have 2,3 thumb in the left hand and we have 1,2,3 in the right hand. Starting from the beginning of our scale we have F to G whole step. G to A whole step. A to B flat half step. B flat to C whole step. Then C to D our last note we just talked about another whole step. Let's listen. Is D the 6th note.

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