Flute Playlist
Fun play-along videos to help kids learn to play the flute!
-For beginner and intermediate flute students
-Starts at the beginner level and increases in difficulty
-Self-assessment rubric included in each video
-Videos rotate through 11 activities to engage students in different modes of learning
1. Warm-ups (Get Ready): Warm-ups
- Long tones, scales, arpeggios, articulation, etc.
2. Music Theory (Inside Info): Music theory and fundamentals
-Note names, rhythms, time signatures, key signatures, scale degrees, intervals, chords, form, harmony, etc.
3. Rhythm Practice (Sync Up): Rhythm practice
-Reading, counting, clapping
4. Echo Rhythms (Catch The Groove): Listening practice
-Listening, echoing, reading rhythms
5. Echo Melodies (Play By Ear): Listening practice
-Hear the difference between pitches, listening and echoing
6. Sight-Reading (Mix It Up): Sight-reading
-Extra challenge: sing the melody after playing it
7. Improvise Rhythms (Make A Beat): Rhythm improvisation
-Echo a rhythm, then play something different
8. Technique (Power Up): Instrumental technique
-Long tones, breath control, facility, articulation, interval studies
9. Ensemble Practice (All Together Now): Play duets
-Play different parts of a duet
10. Improvise Melodies (Your Choice): Melodic improvisation
-Play a written melody, then gradually play something different using specific choices
11. Sight-Reading (Bonus Level): Sight-reading
-Sight-reading with piano accompaniment
12. Recap: Vocabulary review
-Multiple-choice "quiz" review
-One Recap video after every 100 Dynabuddy videos
Think of each 11 videos a unit of study. Every 100 videos is about a year's worth of instruction, ending with a Recap video for review.
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Video 1: Warm-ups (Get Ready)
Flute warm-ups using:
-New notes B-flat, C, & D
-Whole notes & rests
-4/4 time signature -
Video 2: Music Theory (Inside Info)
Flute music theory & fundamentals: Reading music (treble clef)
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Video 3: Rhythm Practice (Sync Up)
Count and clap rhythms for flute using:
-Half notes & rests, whole notes & rests
-4/4 time signature -
Video 4: Echo Rhythms (Catch The Groove)
Echo rhythms on flute using:
-B-flat only
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes
-4/4 time signature -
Video 5: Echo Melodies (Play By Ear)
Echo melodies on flute using:
-B-flat & C
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes
-4/4 time signature -
Video 6: Sight Reading (Mix It Up)
Flute sight-reading using:
-B-flat, C, & D
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes
-4/4 time signature
-Metronome and piano accompaniment
-Extra challenge: sing the notes -
Video 7: Improvise Rhythms (Make A Beat)
Echo and improvise rhythms on flute using:
-D only
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes & rests
-4/4 time signature -
Video 8: Technique (Power Up)
Flute technique:
-Long tones & breath control -
Video 9: Ensemble Practice (All Together Now)
Flute ensemble using:
-Duet
-B-flat, C, & D
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes
-4/4 time signature -
Video 10: Improvise Melodies (Your Choice)
Sight-read and improvise melodies on flute using:
-B-flat, C, & D
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes
-4/4 time signature -
Video 11: Sight Reading (Bonus Level)
Flute sight-reading using:
-B-flat, C, & D
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes
-4/4 time signature
-Piano accompaniment -
Video 12: Warm-ups (Get Ready)
Flute warm-ups using:
-B-flat, C, D, E-flat, & F
-New notes E-flat & F
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes
-Breath marks
-4/4 time signature -
Video 13: Music Theory (Inside Info)
Flute music theory & fundamentals: Time signatures
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Video 14: Rhythm Practice (Sync Up)
Count and clap rhythms for flute using:
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes & rests
-“C” time signature -
Video 15: Echo Rhythms (Catch The Groove)
Echo rhythms on flute using:
-F only
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes
-“C” time signature -
Video 16: Echo Melodies (Play By Ear)
Echo melodies on flute using:
-C & E-flat
-Quarter notes, half notes & rests
-“C” time signature -
Video 17: Sight Reading (Mix It Up)
Flute sight-reading using:
-B-flat, C, D, E-flat, & F
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes
-“C” time signature
-Repeat signs
-Fermata
-Metronome and piano accompaniment
-Extra challenge: sing the notes -
Video 18: Improvise Rhythms (Make A Beat)
Echo and improvise rhythms on flute using:
-E-flat only
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes & rests
-“C” time signature -
Video 19: Technique (Power Up)
Flute technique:
-Facility: left hand fingerings -
Video 20: Ensemble Practice (All Together Now)
Flute ensemble using:
-Duet
-B-flat, C, D, E-flat, & F
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes
-Solo & tutti
-“C” time signature -
Video 21: Improvise Melodies (Your Choice)
Sight-read and improvise melodies on flute using:
-B-flat, D, & F
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes
-“C” time signature -
Video 22: Sight Reading (Bonus Level)
Flute sight-reading using:
-B-flat, C, D, E-flat, & F
-Quarter notes, half notes & rests, whole notes
-Breath marks
-Fermata
-Repeat signs
-“C” time signature
-Piano accompaniment -
Video 23: Warm-ups (Get Ready)
Flute warm-ups using:
-A, B-flat, C, D, E-flat, F, & G
-New notes A & G
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests
-Ties
-Breath marks
-2/4 time signature -
Video 24: Music Theory (Inside Info)
Flute music theory & fundamentals: Accidentals & key signatures