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FLUTE BAND METHOD Created by Michael W. Krier
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BEGINNING BAND METHOD BOOK
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FLUTE FINGERING CHART THE NEXT STEP
Enharmonics are notes that are the
same pitch but written differently.
Example below G# = Ab same sound
written differently.
ENHARMONICS
G# = Ab
A# = Bb
C# = Db
D# = Eb
F# = Gb
G# = Ab
FINGERINGS
= KEYS YOU WILL NOT PRESS
FIRST
FINGER
MIDDLE
FINGER
RING
FINGER PINKY
THUMB
FIRST
FINGER
MIDDLE
FINGER RING
FINGER PINKY
LEFT
RIGHT
C C#/Db D
FLUTE FINGERING CHART THE NEXT STEP
D#/Eb E F
F#/Gb G G#/Ab
A A#/Bb B
C C#/Db D
FLUTE FINGERING CHART THE NEXT STEP
D#/Eb E F
F#/Gb G G#/Ab
A A#/Bb B
C C#/Db D
D#/Eb E F
F#/Gb G G#/Ab
A A#/Bb
FLUTE FINGERING CHART THE NEXT STEP
Concert Pitch! When your director says
Concert F you will play the note F!
When your director uses the word
concert in front of a note it is a fast an
easy way to get the whole group playing
the same note.
3
2
1
4
This is a fingering chart! It shows
you the combination of keys to
press to get a certain note.
FLUTE 1 THE NEXT STEP— The First Five Notes
F
Concert F1
Concert F2
Concert F3
Concert F4
Let us take our Concert F
into some musical
exercises. Remember to
count.
F
FLUTE 2 THE NEXT STEP— The First Five Notes
Concert Eb1
Concert Eb2
Concert Eb3
Concert Eb4
FLUTE 3 THE NEXT STEP— The First Five Notes
New Note
Concert Eb!
Eb
Concert D1
Concert D2
Concert D3
Concert D4
FLUTE 4 THE NEXT STEP— The First Five Notes
New Note
Concert D!
D
Concert C1
Concert C2
Concert C3
Concert C4
New Note
Concert C!
FLUTE 5 THE NEXT STEP— The First Five Notes
C
Concert Bb1
Concert Bb2
Concert Bb3
Concert Bb4
FLUTE 6 THE NEXT STEP— The First Five Notes
New Note
Concert Bb! Bb
FLUTE 7 THE NEXT STEP— Musical Melodies
MUSICAL MELODIES
WAY UP
WAY DOWN
ROLLING SHEEP
LADY RHODIE
GOOD KING W
HILLY
FLUTE 8 THE NEXT STEP — Musical Melodies
RHYTHM CONFUSION
BIRD HOPS
HOT CROSS CAKES
TAPPIN FROG
FLUTE 9 THE NEXT STEP — Musical Melodies
CONCERT G
CONCERT G SKILLS
LEAPING BUZZING BEE
A new note! Go to the
Mobile Fingering Chart and
match this G with the same
octave G on the fingering
chart. Then color in the
fingering.
FLUTE 10 THE NEXT STEP — Concert G
G
CAMPTOWN RACES
DRIZZILING
LIGHT DANCE
BRIDGES OF LONDON
FLUTE 11 THE NEXT STEP — Concert G
CONCERT A
CONCERT A SKILLS
MIKE FINN
WORKING
DOODLING
A new note! Go to the
Mobile Fingering Chart and
match this A with the same
octave A on the fingering
chart. Then color in the
fingering.
A
FLUTE 12 THE NEXT STEP — Concert A
THE DOT The Dot adds half the value of the note its attached to.
In the example below the Half Note equals 2, the dot
adds half of the notes value which equals one. When
you put the two together the dotted half note equals
three.
PRACTICE TIME #1
PRACTICE TIME #2
PRACTICE TIME #3
PRACTICE TIME #4
FLUTE 13 THE NEXT STEP — The Dot
CONCERT Ab
SKIPPING BEE BUZZ
NAME-O
BOILING CABBAGE
FLUTE 14 THE NEXT STEP— Concert Ab
A new note! Go to the
Mobile Fingering Chart and
match this Ab with the same
octave Ab on the
fingering chart. Then color in
the fingering.
Ab
SAKURA
WALTZ
CONCERT Ab SKILLS LOW OCTAVE
CONCERT Ab LOW OCTAVE
FLUTE 15 THE NEXT STEP— Concert Ab Low Octave
A new note! Go to the
Mobile Fingering Chart and
match this Ab with the same
octave Ab on the
fingering chart. Then color in
the fingering.
Ab
FLUTE 16 THE NEXT STEP— Concert Prep
CONCERT PREP
WARM-UP 1
WARM-UP 2
FIVE NOTE CHORALE
FLUTE 17 THE NEXT STEP— Full Band Warm-Ups
JOYFUL
MACDONALD
THOSE SAINTS
FLUTE 18 THE NEXT STEP— Two Part Songs
JINGLE BELLS
FLUTE 19 THE NEXT STEP— Concert Piece
FLUTE 20 THE NEXT STEP
FLUTE 21 THE NEXT STEP
NEW NOTE 2.0
FRESH BLOCK NOTES
CEREMONIAL
WALLABY
NEW HORIZONS
NEW HORIZONS STEP UP
FLUTE 22 THE NEXT STEP— New Note 2.0
HIGH HORIZONS
STEP DOWN HORIZONS
HOT BUN
GENTLY ROW
DOWN HILL
FLUTE 23 THE NEXT STEP— New Note 2.0
FLUTE 24 THE NEXT STEP
WARM-UP 1
WARM-UP 2
FLUTE MOBILE THE NEXT STEP— WARM-UPS
WARM-UP 3
WARM-UP 4
FLUTE MOBILE THE NEXT STEP— WARM-UPS
FLUTE 25 THE NEXT STEP— Musical Melodies
MUSICAL MELODIES
Accidental: A Flat (b) or Sharp (#)
that is NOT in the Key Signature.
Let’s draw an example below!
Accidental Rule: An Accidental lasts throughout a measure
unless cancelled by another accidental or a barline. Let’s
draw and example below.
TO BE OR NOT TO BE FLAT 1
TO BE OR NOT TO BE FLAT 4
TO BE OR NOT TO BE FLAT 3
TO BE OR NOT TO BE FLAT 2
FLUTE 26 THE NEXT STEP— Accidentals
FLUTE 27 THE NEXT STEP—Dotted Quarter Note
= 2 Beats
= 2 Beats
A New Rhythm! A Dotted Quarter
Eighth Note. The dotted quarter
equals 1.5 beats. The dot adds half
the value of the quarter note to it.
PRACTICE TIME #1
PRACTICE TIME #2
PRACTICE TIME #3
PRACTICE TIME #4
DOTTED QUARTER EIGHTH
RONDE
CROSSING OVER
ALLOUTTE
DOTTED DOT
FLUTE 28 THE NEXT STEP— Dotted Quarter Note
IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER
SMOOTH SONG
SCARBOROUGH FAIR
ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT
FLUTE 29 THE NEXT STEP— Dotted Quarter Note
VOLUNTARY
ODE TO JOY
KNOCKING DOORS
FLUTE 30 THE NEXT STEP— Dotted Quarter Note
FLUTE 31 THE NEXT STEP— Eighth Quarter Eighth
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Syncopation means stressing
weak beats. Weak beats include
( + e a ) and sometimes 2 & 4.
PRACTICE TIME #1
PRACTICE TIME #2
PRACTICE TIME #3
PRACTICE TIME #4
EIGHTH QUARTER EIGHTH
OPEN THE DOOR
SYNCOPATION FUN
SAMBA-LELE
HILL AND GULLY RIDER
FLUTE 32 THE NEXT STEP— Eighth Quarter Eighth
SLEEPING PRINCESS
GRAND OLD FLAG
YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS
THE GOAT MARCH
FLUTE 33 THE NEXT STEP— Eighth Quarter Eighth
FLUTE 34 THE NEXT STEP
CONCERT PREP
8 COUNT BLOCK NOTE
ARTICULATION
CHARACTERISTICS OF TENUTO—
CHARACTERISTICS OF STACATTO—
CHARACTERISTICS OF AN ACCENT—
CHARACTERISTICS OF A BLOCK NOTE—
1
2
3
4
5
6
FLUTE MOBILE THE NEXT STEP— Musicality Warm-Ups
DYNAMICS
CRESCENDO—
DECRESCENDO—
FORTE-PIANO—
1
2
3
4
5
TENDENCIES OF A CRESCENDO—
TENDENCIES OF A DECRESCENDO—
FLUTE MOBILE THE NEXT STEP— Musicality Warm-Ups
FLUTE 35 THE NEXT STEP— Concert Prep
TWEETS A LEAPING
DANCE OF THE FOX
TWISTING FISH
FLUTE 36 THE NEXT STEP— Different Duets
TWO DOVES
WESTLAND WALTZ
FLUTE 37 THE NEXT STEP— Different Duets
A BACH CHORALE
FLUTE 38 THE NEXT STEP— Chorale
FLUTE 39 THE NEXT STEP— Scale Study
SCALE STUDY
CONCERT Bb SCALE STUDY
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
Draw the Key
Signature of the
Scale.
Write the Note Names of the Scale.
RHYTMIC SCALE
SCALE IN THIRDS
FLUTE 40 THE NEXT STEP— Scale Study
ARPEGGIO STUDY
CONCERT Bb SCALE
CONCERT Ab SCALE STUDY
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
Draw the Key
Signature of the
Scale.
Write the Note Names of the Scale.
RHYTMIC SCALE
SCALE IN THIRDS
FLUTE 41 THE NEXT STEP— Scale Study
ARPEGGIO STUDY
CONCERT Ab SCALE
CONCERT F SCALE STUDY
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
Draw the Key
Signature of the
Scale.
Write the Note Names of the Scale.
RHYTMIC SCALE
SCALE IN THIRDS
FLUTE 42 THE NEXT STEP— Scale Study
ARPEGGIO STUDY
CONCERT F SCALE
CONCERT G SCALE STUDY
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
Draw the Key
Signature of the
Scale.
Write the Note Names of the Scale.
RHYTMIC SCALE
SCALE IN THIRDS
FLUTE 43 THE NEXT STEP— Scale Study
ARPEGGIO STUDY
CONCERT G SCALE
CONCERT C SCALE STUDY
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
Draw the Key
Signature of the
Scale.
Write the Note Names of the Scale.
RHYTMIC SCALE
SCALE IN THIRDS
FLUTE 44 THE NEXT STEP— Scale Study
ARPEGGIO STUDY ARPEGGIO STUDY
CONCERT C SCALE
CONCERT Db SCALE STUDY
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
Draw the Key
Signature of the
Scale.
Write the Note Names of the Scale.
RHYTMIC SCALE
SCALE IN THIRDS
FLUTE 45 THE NEXT STEP— Scale Study
ARPEGGIO STUDY ARPEGGIO STUDY
CONCERT Db SCALE
CONCERT Eb SCALE STUDY
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
NOTE
NAME
Draw the Key
Signature of the
Scale.
Write the Note Names of the Scale.
RHYTMIC SCALE
SCALE IN THIRDS
FLUTE 46 THE NEXT STEP— Scale Study
ARPEGGIO STUDY ARPEGGIO STUDY
CONCERT Eb SCALE
Concert Bb Scale—(Bb Scale) Name the Note affected by the Key Signature!
Concert Eb Scale—(Eb Scale) Name the Note affected by the Key Signature!
Concert Ab Scale—(Ab Scale) Name the Note affected by the Key Signature!
Concert Db Scale—(Db Scale) Name the Note affected by the Key Signature!
Concert G Scale—(G Scale) Name the Note affected by the Key Signature!
Concert C Scale—(C Scale) Name the Note affected by the Key Signature!
Concert F Scale—(F Scale) Name the Note affected by the Key Signature!
FLUTE MOBILE THE NEXT STEP— Scale Study
Concert Bb Scale—(Bb Scale)
Concert Ab Scale—(Ab Scale)
Concert Db Scale—(Db Scale)
Concert G Scale—(G Scale)
Concert F Scale—(F Scale)
Concert Eb Scale—(Eb Scale)
Concert C Scale—(C Scale)
FLUTE MOBILE THE NEXT STEP— Scale Study
WARM-UP 1
WARM-UP 2
WARM-UP 3
FLUTE MOBILE THE NEXT STEP— Warm-Ups
WARM-UP 4
WARM-UP 4A
WARM-UP 5
WARM-UP 5A
FLUTE Mobile THE NEXT STEP— Warm-Ups
FLUTE 47 THE NEXT STEP— Eighth Rest
EIGHTH REST
The Eighth Rest equal 1/2 a count of
silence. When performing rhythms
with eighth rest you must count
precisely using the divided eight note
pulse.
EIGHTH REST
PRACTICE TIME #1
PRACTICE TIME #2
PRACTICE TIME #3
PRACTICE TIME #4
FLUTE 48 THE NEXT STEP— Eighth Rest
THE ANDS
THE SECOND ANDS
THE OFFBEATS
SYMPHONY NO. 5
FLUTE 49 THE NEXT STEP— Eighth Rest
SOME MORE OFFBEATS
THE CAPITAN
RUEBEN & RACHEL
THEME FROM BARBER DE SEVILLE
FLUTE 50 THE NEXT STEP— Eighth Rest
FLUTE 51 THE NEXT STEP
FLUTE 52 THE NEXT STEP—Sixteenth Notes
SIXTEENTH NOTE
FLUTE 53 THE NEXT STEP—Sixteenth Notes
FOUR SIXTEENTHS
Remember how much of
a beat a sixteenth note
equals? When you total
four sixteenth notes it
equals one beat.
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=
BEAT
BEAT
PRACTICE TIME #4
PRACTICE TIME #3
PRACTICE TIME #2
PRACTICE TIME #1
KERRY DANCE
BATTLE PAVANE
OLD BRASS WAGON
PIEDMONT DANCE
LINE DANCE
FLUTE 54 THE NEXT STEP—Sixteenth Notes
FLUTE 55 THE NEXT STEP—Sixteenth Notes
EIGHTH TWO SIXTEENTHS
We will now explore the
different combinations of
eighth notes and
sixteenth notes.
PRACTICE TIME #1
PRACTICE TIME #2
PRACTICE TIME #3
PRACTICE TIME #4
SCALING RHYTHMS
AMERICAN PATROL
TIRRA LIRRA
SEA CHANTY
FLUTE 56 THE NEXT STEP—Sixteenth Notes
FLUTE 57 THE NEXT STEP—Sixteenth Notes
TWO SIXTEENTHS EIGHTH
We will now explore the
different combinations of
eighth notes and
sixteenth notes.
PRACTICE TIME #1
PRACTICE TIME #2
PRACTICE TIME #3
PRACTICE TIME #4
SCALING RHYTHMS
ALIEN MARCH
FINGER RUN
ENGLISH DANCE
FLUTE 58 THE NEXT STEP—Sixteenth Notes
FLUTE 59 THE NEXT STEP—Sixteenth Notes
DOTTED EIGHTH SIXTEENTH
We will now explore the
different combinations of
eighth notes and
sixteenth notes.
PRACTICE TIME #1
PRACTICE TIME #2
PRACTICE TIME #3
PRACTICE TIME #4
SCALING RHYTHM
MARIAGE OF FIGARO
MOBILE FROM RIGOLETTO
TOREADOR FROM CARMEN
FLUTE 60 THE NEXT STEP—Sixteenth Notes
FARANDOLE
BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN
ROYAL DONKEY
PROCESSION OF THE NOBLES
FLUTE 61 THE NEXT STEP—Sixteenth Notes
COMPOUND METER
FLUTE 62 THE NEXT STEP—Sixteenth Notes
FLUTE 63 THE NEXT STEP—Compound Meter
PRACTICE TIME #1
COMPOUND METER
We will explore playing in
an new time signature.
Listen to your director to
figure out compound
meter.
PRACTICE TIME #2
PRACTICE TIME #3
PRACTICE TIME #4
THE EIGHT SHEEP
A LIGHT LILT
THE IRISH JIG
ACADIAN DANCE
STARS OF HEAVEN
FLUTE 64 THE NEXT STEP—Compound Meter
A FLAT SKILL
THE DARGASON
BLOW YE WINDS
STUMBLING
FLUTE 65 THE NEXT STEP—Compound Meter
FLUTE 66 THE NEXT STEP—Triplets
TRIPLETS It is time to look at the awkward rhythm
of fitting three eighth notes into one
beat. Listen to your director on how to
count and play these.
PRACTICE TIME #4
PRACTICE TIME #3
PRACTICE TIME #1
PRACTICE TIME #2
Concert Bb Scale—(Bb Scale)
Concert Eb Scale—(Eb Scale)
Concert Ab Scale—(Ab Scale)
Concert Db Scale—(Db Scale)
Concert G Scale—(G Scale)
Concert C Scale—(C Scale)
Concert F Scale—(F Scale)
FLUTE MOBILE THE NEXT STEP—Two Octave Scales
FLUTE 67 THE NEXT STEP