How to Hold the Flute
Hold the flute with the palm of your left hand facing behind you, and the palm of your right hand facing ahead of you. Place your fingers in position for a G note, which is shown in the following diagram.
Memorize this fingering, as this is the first note you will learn to play. Once your fingers are in the correct positions, hold the mouthpiece gently but firmly against your lower lip. The photo here shows the correct method for holding the flute in a playing position. In the beginning, it is best to work on your playing position with a teacher. After a while you will do it automatically.
Class Sessions
1- Before You Begin
2- GLOSSARY OF MUSICAL TERMS
3- The Note C Sharp ( C<span class="symbolA">#</span>)
4- The Triplet
5- More New Notes
6- Syncopation
7- The Note Low C
8- The G Major Scale
9- The Note F Sharp (F<span class="symbolA">#</span> )
10- Registers
11- The Eighth Note
12- New Sounds and Rhythms, Registers, Sharps and Flats, Transposing
13- The Whole Note
14- The Note F
15- The Note B
16- Parts of the Flute
17- INTRODUCTION
18- Tuning Your Flute
19- Keys and Key Signatures
20- Swing Rhythm
21- The Note B Flat ( B<span class="symbolA">b</span>)
22- Putting the Parts Together
23- The Lead-in
24- The Note B<span class="symbolA">b</span> in the Middle
25- The Blues Scale
26- Approach to Practice
27- Keys and Key Signatures
28- How to Read Music
29- The C Major Scale
30- Key of C Major
31- Enharmonic Notes
32- How to Hold the Flute
33- First And Second Endings
34- The F Major Scale
35- Relative Keys
36- The Tie
37- Music Notes
38- Key Signatures
39- The Key of F Major
40- Fingering Numbers
41- Mixing Different Scales
42- 12 Bar Blues
43- Keeping Time
44- Playing in All Keys
45- More titles by LearnToPlayMusic.com
46- Transposing
47- Fingering Diagram
48- Breathing Technique
49- Breath Marks (<span class="symbolB">:</span>)
50- Playing Your First Note
51- Other Useful Exercises
52- The Half Rest
53- Tonguing
54- Posture