Beginner Flute

MINI FLUTE

Since flute is one of the more difficult instruments to start playing (NOT hardest to play, just harder to start. All instruments are difficult and easy at certain stages), we start with the "Mini Flute" instead of starting with the full flute & the Essential Elements book. "Mini Flute" only uses the head joint and foot joint of the flute.

If you lost your "Mini Flute" sheet, you can download it by clicking here. Just do me a favor and don't tell me you lost it. I hate it when people lose things.

Assembly & Holding Position

Click on and print out the fingering chart below as a reference. Then watch the "How to Assemble Your Flute" video and put your flute together carefully and properly with the video. Next, watch the "How to Hold Your Flute" video and place your fingers in the proper locations and try to hold the flute correctly like in the video.

Let's Play the Flute

After students have successfully completed the Mini-Flute Packet, they are ready to start playing the 'whole' flute. Again, due to the difficulty in starting to play the flute, we next move to the "Let's Play The Flute!" packet, which bridges the gap between the Mini-Flute packet and playing the songs from the Essential Elements book. After completing the Mini-Flute packet, but before students start the Essential Elements book, beginner flute students should try the "Let's Play The Flute!" packet.

If you lost your "Let's Play the Flute!" sheet, you can download it by clicking here. Just do me a favor and don't tell me you lost it, especially if you ALSO lost your Mini Flute sheet. Because, as mentioned above, I hate it when people lose things.

Here are the tracks for practicing the "Let's Play the Flute!" worksheet.

ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS BOOK

After flute students have successfully completed both the Mini Flute sheet and the Let's Play the Flute packet, they are ready to move on to the Essential Elements book and website. Follow the steps below to get started.

Step 1:

If you have not done so already, head over to my page with instructions for getting signed in to Essential Elements Interactive (EEi). EEi is an amazing resource that's included as part of the Essential Elements book, which you've already purchased - so there's no additional cost. Once you've gotten signed into EEi, head back here for Step 2.

Step 2:

Open your Essential Elements book to pages 4 & 5 and try songs #1-12 on those pages. Use the features in the "Music Studio" section of EEi to hear a professional musician play them first. You can then also play along with various accompaniment backgrounds for each song. Have fun with it!