Summary: Learn how to play the first note in an F major scale on the flute from an expert flutist in this free video on musical instruments and music theory.
A native Vermonter, Kiely Griffin has been playing the flute for ten years. She has participated in many district, state, regional and national ensembles including the National Wind...read more
"The first note in the F major scale is F. This is also known as the root of the scale or the pentatonic. Let's look where F in on the staff here is F the first major note. To play it on the flute let's look at our fingering chart. F is in the left hand uses the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and thumb, in the right hand you use the 1st finger and the pinkie finger. Let's hear how F sounds. Let's review the fingerings looking at the flute you have the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and thumb in the left hand. In the right hand you only use the 1st finger and the pinkie key. Let's hear it again. "
eHow Article: How to Play the 1st Note in a F Major Flute Scale