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Summary: Learn how to play the third note in an E 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
The 3rd note in the E flat major scale is the note G. Let's look at G on the staff. To play a G on the flute you use the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and thumb key on the left hand and you use the pinkie key on the right hand. This is how it sounds. Starting from the bottom of our scale we have E flat to F which is a whole step and then F to G which is another whole step. Notice the finger movement between F and G t he last note. Let's review. G we learned our last note.