Fingering chart blank (for writing in new fingerings for trills, tremelos, and alternate flute fingerings) 3. There are a numbers of music education blogs out there, and I particularly enjoy the ones like your that focus on pedagogy. It helped on my Chromatic Scale pass offs! Chromatic Fingering Charts Thank you!! Thanks for taking the time to share.Mina. This chart will be very helpful.From Mexico City, Arturo, Thank you very much for the blank fingering charts. It depresses the same keys as the B flat thumb key, but it allows for an easy transition to B natural or C flat. Excess keys pressed down can change tuning ever so slightly. thanks!!! Flute chromatic scale with fingering chart? Thank you very much. Best, Jen. The B flat lever does not use the F key, like the long B flat. Thank you so much!Sheila. Basic Scale Sheets – B-flat, E-flat, A-flat, F, and C Concert Scales, each pitch is annotated to reinforce the key signature. Great for your blog. Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving.Gratefully, MR, Seattle, Thanks MR! Perhaps your music teacher can loan you one - there should be a fingering chart in it, at the front or back. hahhahahahaha.Jen. I have only just started to learn to play , and wish I'd started years ago.A mid-life crisis in the positive sense!GaryFolkestone, England. I will need to ask my teacher about this as I would love to play the whole scale. Trending Questions. Huntington serial # 25656, when was it made and what material is the harp made of? ... An excellent fingering chart, well made, and prints clear and clean. 2 Answers. Yours is by far the most legible. Thanks! But it still leaves with the problem of E & F having the same fingerings in 1st and 2nd octaves! 12/15/97 - Make free with comments, suggestions, corrections, or any general friendly chat to swihart@purdue.edu. I thought it would be good to dust it off after a few decades and give it another go. the big city from whence I came.Say hello to the Annex for me.Best,Jen :>), I love what you have on this site! :), Dear Chelsey,Yes, I grew up with a fingering chart (very old, very smudged, very photocopied) that gave the wrong fingering for high Bb; so I know what you mean; it's STILL hard to find a good flute fingering chart that's absolutely correct.I get the impression that many flute-publishers don't proof-read their charts.Best, and thanks for the comments.Jen :>). quick question...Is there an alternate fingering pattern for Russian Easter Overture ...upper register a,f#e,f#,c#f#,e,f#,repeated rapid section? Dear Anonymous,Can you find a piano nearby? Join Yahoo Answers and get 100 points today. Thanks so much Lindzi. I think your fingering guide is amazing. I play saxophone and bassoon and just started to learn flute by myself today but couldn't find a good fingering chart until yours. excellent chart .. My daughter is in her second year of playing flute and had forgotten how to play some of the notes. I assume you do not know all of the fingerings - do you still have a first year flute book? Where did i start to study a flute. Dear Gary,Actually, when I learned the flute at age 11 I was HAPPY that several of the fingerings were just the same in the low and middle octaves, and that overblowing (increasing the air-speed) was all that was needed. posted by jen at 1:41 PMpermalink Below is a list of all available fingering charts for Boehm-system flutes, which are the modern, most common type used today in bands and orchestras. thanks again.-a very grateful beginner, Thank YOU for writing and saying so Hula. Thank you so much but as I am a proffesional flutist, I will comment that some note fingerings in the high octave for the PDF file are wrong. Find F and then go down one semi-tone to find F-flat. I am a 68 year old "girl" who has always wanted to learn the flute. This happens because higher toned flutes ( higher octave ), with small diameters and shorter lengths have a larger range of notes than lower toned flutes ( lower octave ) with wider diameters and longer lengths. Dear Jennifer,Thanks you the clear flute fingering charts of a more legible format. I have just retired from full-time woodwind teaching and played/performed with my organist husband in the past. I'm a string player and former clarinet player who "inherited" my daughter's flute am trying to learn it on my own. I'm new to the flute & being older I find a little difficulty in putting it all together. Now I find myself playing with an orchestra and we are performing Sait-Saens Carnaval des Animaux. Your site is in my favorites! I assume you do not know all of the fingerings - do you still have a first year flute book? They should be all over the place; they should be in every flute case on an easy-to-read plastic card, or something.It's just wild.Honestly. What is your opinion on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? 12/16/97 - My goal is simply to provide a somewhat standard chart, as can be found in many beginner's instruction books. Thanks for the chart. Mamianka. Your blog is so helpul and I can't agree more with everyone else about the fingering chart. Woodwinds Flute Fingering Chart. :>)Happy times. Basic Fingering Charts – Limited to notes introduced in the first semester to year of instruction, B-flat to F together on one row – all instruments. But I will need help with that.Admittedly I have acquired some suggested alternatives elsewhere, but I don’t know if they are correct. I would certainly appreciate hearing from you. It's awesome! 0 0. Whitney, Hi Whitney,Yes, some are very tricky to read when the flute is shown vertically instead of horizontally, or with numbers/code instead of circles for the keys.Glad to help.Jen, thank you so much i was going insane trying to find something like this!! I am a humble engineer who never took formal studies of music. Basic Scale Sheets – B-flat, E-flat, A-flat, F, and C Concert Scales, each pitch is annotated to reinforce the key signature. Thank you! Don't understand exactly what you mean.J. Fingering and Trill Charts for every instrument. Thanks for the charts, I couldn't have remembered it without you! I have heard about over blowing and rolling-in. Cheryl, Dear Cheryl,Thanks for sharing! :>)Best, Jen, Thanks for sharing a fingering chart that is big enough to read easily! I'm an alto sax player doubling onto flute, and I have to say this blog post was probably the most useful thing i've come across so far. Lv 7. This fingering is best suited for flat key signatures since it allows for a quick transition to and from any other notes of the scale. "Rolling in" is a slightly wrong instruction, in my opinion. :), Thank you so much for posting your website, especially the fingering chart and videos. Adya, Thanks Adya.So kind of you to say so.Onward and upward.Best,Jen, At last!!! The Bb Thumb Key (also known as the Briccialdi B-flat Key) can be used for all notes where the thumb is depressed, with the exception of the B1, B2, B3 and F#3 regular fingerings. Ask Question + 100. Also, check on line for "flute +fingering chart". I play banjo, mandolin, and guitar, but love the sound of the flute. Folks who provide this sort of resource free of charge are the kind of people we need more of .... Jennifer, thanks so much for posting this. I bought a silver Gemeinhardt a week ago and have been watching Youtube for instructions. You will improve so much faster, you won't believe it.Best, Jen. I'm a 34 year old who used to play flute and piccolo in grades 4-8. Thank you! I think it's hilarious-dasterdly-unbelievable that fingering charts are so hard to find. Also, check on line for "flute +fingering chart". Basic Flute Fingering Chart (free two-page PDF) 2. im really confuse, does it mean i just have to hold the top horizontal half way? So glad to help. Get your answers by asking now. They are such a help!Kristin, Just Perfect!Really loved the whole pages.You are doing a nice job :)Best,Mehran, Thank you so much I am in my second year of flute, and when I swiched schools, the school that I'm at now is higher then me. All sorts of useful online flute trill charts and fingering charts for free. Hi jen,This may be silly, but can you show me the finger chart for Fb? Happy news. I couldn't find a good one till I saw yours ... Anw , I have problems with playing the normal 'c' . good job! Dear Mr. Via,Please tell me which fingerings are wrong.