How Do You Play The F Scale On The Flute?
Many middle-school and junior high students each year want to learn to play the flute. The scales are the basis of preparation for such an instrument. The flute is a woodwind instrument and plays the harmony part on most orchestral compositions. Playing flute, then, requires an excellent tone and an ability to understand how scales and chords work. Practice your embouchure. The flute requires perfect mouth positioning to keep a good quality tone. The lips should start together casually but with a slight pout. Open the center of the lips to allow air to escape and hold the corners of the mouth taut. Tighten and loosen the lips. Practice getting different octaves, or levels of high and low, for the sound by changing the embouchure. Practice the correct fingerings of all notes. The numbers here correspond to the fingers if the hands are laid out in front of you. A “1” indicates the pinky of the left hand to a “10,” which is the pinky of the right hand. Start with the fingers 1, 2, 3, 4, 7
