Flute

Flute

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 12 activities to focus on different aspects of music learning:

1. Get Ready: Warmups
- Long tones, scales, arpeggios, articulation, etc.

2. Inside Info: Music theory and fundamentals
-Time signatures, key signatures, scale degrees, intervals, chords, form, harmony, etc.

3. Sync Up: Rhythm training
-Listening, reading rhythms, counting, clapping

4. Catch The Groove: Rhythm training
-Listening, echoing, reading rhythms

5. Play By Ear: Aural skills
-Pitch discrimination, listening and echoing

6. Mix It Up: Sight-reading
-Extra challenge: sing the melody after playing it on the flute

7. Make A Beat: Rhythm improvisation
-Echo a rhythmic phrase, then play something different

8. Power Up: Instrumental technique
-Long tones, breath control, facility, articulation, interval studies

9. All Together Now: Ensemble playing
-Listen and play different parts within duets, trios, and quartets

10. Your Choice: Pitch/tonal improvisation
-Listen and echo a musical phrase, then play something different using given note choices

11. Bonus Level: Sight-reading
-Combines material from previous videos

12. Recap: Vocabulary review
-Multiple-choice "quiz" review
-One Recap video after every 100 Dynabuddy videos

Think of each cycle through these activities as a unit of study that takes about 4-6 weeks to complete. Every 100 videos is about a year's worth of instruction, ending with a Recap video for review. 100 videos are currently available for flute. More will be released soon - stay tuned!

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  • Video 49: Play By Ear (Flute)

    Echo melodic patterns using:
    -E-flat, F, & G
    -Eighth notes, quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes
    -3/4 time signature

  • Video 50: Mix It Up (Flute)

    Sight-read using:
    -C minor key signature
    -Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
    -Pick-up notes
    -Slurs
    -Ties
    -Dynamics: p & f
    -3/4 time signature
    -Metronome and piano accompaniment
    -Extra challenge: sing the notes

  • Video 51: Make A Beat (Flute)

    Echo and improvise rhythms using:
    -A-flat only
    -Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes & rests
    -3/4 time signature

  • Video 52: Power Up (Flute)

    Instrumental technique:
    -Long tones and breath control with dynamics

  • Video 53: All Together Now (Flute)

    Ensemble playing using:
    -Duet
    -E-flat major key signature
    -Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
    -Pick-up notes
    -Slurs
    -Divisi
    -Dynamics: p & f
    -3/4 time signature

  • Video 54: Your Choice (Flute)

    Sight-read and improvise using:
    -C, D, & E-flat
    -Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes
    -3/4 time signature
    -Pick-up note

  • Video 55: Bonus Level (Flute)

    Sight-read using:
    -E-flat major key signature
    -Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
    -Pick-up note
    -Slurs
    -Dynamics: p & f
    -Fermata
    -3/4 time signature
    -Piano accompaniment

  • Video 56: Get Ready (Flute)

    Warm-up using:
    -E-flat, F, G, A-flat, & B-flat
    -Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes & rests
    -Breath marks
    -4/4 time signature

  • Video 57: Inside Info (Flute)

    Music theory & fundamentals: Repeats, 1st & 2nd endings

  • Video 58: Sync Up (Flute)

    Count and clap rhythms using:
    -Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes
    -2/4 time signature

  • Video 59: Catch The Groove (Flute)

    Echo rhythms using:
    -D only
    -Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
    -3/4 time signature

  • Video 60: Play By Ear (Flute)

    Echo melodic patterns using:
    -B-flat, D, & F
    -Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes, half notes & rests
    -“C” time signature

  • Video 61: Mix It Up (Flute)

    Sight-read using:
    -E-flat major key signature
    -Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
    -Repeat signs
    -1st & 2nd endings
    -Pick-up notes
    -Slurs
    -Ties
    -Dynamics: p & f
    -3/4 time signature
    -Metronome and piano accompaniment
    -Extra challenge: sing the notes

  • Video 62: Make A Beat (Flute)

    Echo and improvise rhythms using:
    -D only
    -Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes & rests, whole notes & rests
    -4/4 time signature

  • Video 63: Power Up (Flute)

    Instrumental technique:
    -Facility: right hand fingerings

  • Video 64: All Together Now (Flute)

    Ensemble playing using:
    -Duet
    -G minor key signature
    -Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests
    -Repeat signs
    -1st & 2nd endings
    -Slurs
    -Divisi
    -Dynamics: p & f
    -2/4 time signature

  • Video 65: Your Choice (Flute)

    Sight-read and improvise using:
    -B-flat, E-flat, & G
    -Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests
    -“C” time signature

  • Video 66: Bonus Level (Flute)

    Sight-read using:
    -B-flat major key signature
    -Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
    -Repeat signs
    -1st & 2nd endings
    -Pick-up note
    -Slurs
    -Dynamics: p & f
    -Fermata
    -3/4 time signature
    -Piano accompaniment

  • Video 67: Get Ready (Flute)

    Warm-up using:
    -F, E, D, & C
    -New note E
    -Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes & rests
    -Breath marks
    -"C" time signature

  • Video 68: Inside Info (Flute)

    Music theory & fundamentals: Dynamics

  • Video 69: Sync Up (Flute)

    Count and clap rhythms using:
    -Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
    -3/4 time signature

  • Video 70: Catch The Groove (Flute)

    Echo rhythms using:
    -E only
    -Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes, whole notes
    -4/4 time signature

  • Video 71: Play By Ear (Flute)

    Echo melodic patterns using:
    -C, E, & G
    -Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes, half notes
    -2/4 time signature

  • Video 72: Mix It Up (Flute)

    Sight-read using:
    -D minor key signature
    -Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes
    -Repeat signs
    -Slurs
    -Dynamics: mp, mf, & f
    -4/4 time signature
    -Metronome and piano accompaniment
    -Extra challenge: sing the notes