Assembling the Flute

Lesson 3/35 | Study Time: 5 Min
Course: Flute for Kids
Assembling the Flute

Assembling the Flute

Before you begin playing the flute, you will need to know how to assemble it correctly. Begin by inserting the head joint into the middle joint with a gentle twisting motion. Align the mouth hole with the key on the middle joint as shown:

Attach the foot joint to the middle joint. Rotate it so that the middle of the first lever on the foot joint is opposite the end of the shaft on the middle joint as shown in the photo. The exact alignment of the parts on the flute is a personal thing. The positions given here are good guides, but you may wish to alter them slightly once you are more familiar with the flute.

 
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1- The Note A 2- The Middle Register 3- Two Notes With the Same Fingering 4- The Dotted Quarter Note 5- The Note E 6- The Eighth Note 7- The Lead-in 8- The Slur 9- Key Signatures 10- The Note F 11- The Three Four Time Signature 12- The Note C 13- How to Read Music 14- The F Major Scale 15- The Note F Sharp (F<span class="symbolA">#</span>) 16- The Natural Sign 17- Parts of the Flute 18- INTRODUCTION 19- A Word About Intonation and Timing 20- F in the Middle Register 21- The Key of F Major 22- The G Major Scale 23- 12 Bar Blues 24- The Tie 25- Breathing and Breath Marks 26- Assembling the Flute 27- G in the Middle Register 28- The Key of G Major 29- How to Hold the Flute 30- Learning More About Music 31- How to Read the Fingering Diagrams 32- The Keyboard 33- Fingering Diagram 34- How to Sound a Note 35- Tonguing

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