THE EASYWAY TO PLAY FLUTE

By Joseph G Procopio

Part I takes away all fear from learning about music and how to play the flute. As a master musician and teacher Joe Procopio has shown a great many people how to play the flute. All of them are accomplished and happy with their success.

PART II is for those who already have some flute ability (intermediate or better) and would like to master

• Language: English
• Publisher: JoeCopio Music LLC
• Release date: Feb 7, 2013
• ISBN: 9781626752269

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PART I

THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE YOU BEGIN

SOME SIGNS AND SYMBOLS

The name of the tone in the TREBLE CLEF shown here in the diagram below is C:

KINDS OF MUSICAL NOTES

SHARPS, FLATS and NATURALS

A Sharp raises the sound of a tone. A Flat lowers the sound of a tone.

A Natural means the tone is neither sharp nor flat.

A Double Sharp ( also written as ) raises the sound of a tone twice.

A Double Flat lowers the sound of a tone twice

NAMING MUSICAL TONES

Musical tones have names that use only 7 letters of the alphabet often called the Musical Alphabet:

In the Treble Clef the names of the musical tones are:

The EasyWay to learn the names of all the notes is to memorize that in the Treble Clef the note A is on the 2nd space:

Since A is on the 2nd space in the Treble Clef, notes written above A are in aphabetical order:

Notes that are below the 2nd space are still aphabetical but in order to find them you have to think the alphabet in reverse or backwards:

Remember the Musical Alphabet has only 7 letters: A B C D E F G

In the Treble Clef, A is on the 2nd space.

To find and name notes, first find and name the note A, then:

The fastest and easiest way to learn the names of all the notes is to take a page of music from a lesson book or something similar - such as the music on this page - and with a pencil write down the name of each note. At