Most common flute fingering mistakes

Have you been playing these flute notes the wrong way? Have you been using some alternative fingerings instead of the standard fingerings? As always it is good to check ourselves and make sure we are playing these notes correctly.
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[@TheFlutePractice]

I will say this about the high register Bb: I don't think it is necessarily the standard fingering (with the baby finger down) and I have certainly seen both in fingering charts...my advice: try both and see which is more in tune on your instrument...I sense a debate on its way

[@ivansantiago9860]

Using the "pinky" flattens my high Bb :(

[@TheFlutePractice]

Ivan Santiago yes! It does which can be a good thing because the high register is very sharp but I honestly think it depends a bit on which flute you are playing! On my flute the baby finger down definitely sounds better...especially against the A

[@ivansantiago9860]

@@TheFlutePractice a Yamaha 677, by the way.

[@TheFlutePractice]

@@ivansantiago9860 I would really just play with both and decide what sounds better. I did see the Yamaha website officially has a chart with the baby finger off. My first flute was a Yamaha, perhaps the reason I played it with the baby finger off!

[@ivansantiago9860]

@@TheFlutePractice I'll check that out. My teacher says Yamahas tend to be extra sharp in the high register. Thanks for ur responses.

[@kitmakin289]

... I've been practicing the right Bb fingering for the majority of time.. ... Yay! ^-^

[@TheFlutePractice]

Becca Makin very helpful when you get it right straight away!

[@carolinafluteman6598]

I'm just playing around with different fingerings to find the right notes, but this is my wakeup call!

[@perrybrown4985]

The high register F# is psycho... It is so easy for it to break into harmonics :-( (it leads to a lot if stress...)

[@vikip7593]

Perry Brown I know what you mean... I’ve been in that situation SOOO many times. I swear that top F# is cursed

[@bobatealover14]

Neco :P ikr

[@mapleorange3415]

1:52 *cough* saxophones *cough*

[@WeirdYetNiceChaot]

yeah, same here :) ... on the flute, I always feel I get a tendinitis when correctly fingering F# LOL... okay on the sax, not so much on the flute LOL

[@WeirdYetNiceChaot]

@Mr Mcfly although, on the saxophone, I feel like adapting the intonation by just mouthpiece is more difficult on the sax, no? So those cheat fingerings are sometimes helping... like with the corrections on middle C#... it does change from sax to sax... as on the Selmer Series II it goes slightly higher with alternative fingering and on Series III lower... or maybe inverted LOL

[@annham4136]

After playing the flute for about 57 years, I ditto checking your fingerings from time to time. While dissing on the trill key, I thought I might mention the mechanics of the flute. Now, my flute is out for an overhaul and I can't check it right now and it has been a while since I did, but on your flute, when you depress the b flat thumb key, note which key is depressed by it further down. There are really only two alternative fingerings--albeit they are done three ways.

[@CrankyBeach]

I'm gratified to see that my very first teacher (more years ago than I want to admit to) taught me ALL the correct/preferred fingerings... except one. I only took lessons from her for a year, and I'm guessing we just hadn't gotten as far as pieces where, say, the B flat thumb would be a better choice. An advanced flutist that I sat next to in high school band showed me that one. It came in handy since so much of the marching and concert band repertoire is arranged in flat keys. When I got to college, the flute teacher there just happened to have had my first teacher as a student once upon a time, so he didn't have to correct any of my fingerings. :)

[@TheFlutePractice]

It is so great to have a good first teacher, and for reading other comments, surprisingly rare!

[@sallylee4924]

It's really interesting to hear your take on the Bb key. My first flute teacher had taught my the Bb key as the standard fingering. I didn't become advanced enough to learn any of the alternative fingerings with this teacher, so I never knew about the long Bb. And then I moved and found a new flute teacher, who was in the opinion that the long Bb is the standard fingering and the Bb key is the alternative. I was never able to break out of my habit of using the Bb key, despite being with the second teacher for much longer.

[@cheshirelizzy]

Thank you! I only realised recently that there was a different Bb fingering (that with the Bb key) and you’ve explained it well. Thank you!

[@maniestacio9245]

PLEASE do a video sharing your thoughts on how best to practice using the Bb shake key! 🙏

[@muzboz]

Thanks for this! I was looking over all the fingering options, and trying them out the other day, and noticed how much better your F# suggestion was, so it was great to see you talk through all these options and why various options are better than others. :)

[@Mosy26]

Thank you, you answered the question I had about two months ago since I do not have a lot on flute, I really appreciate it sometimes because of the positions it was difficult and when I looked for them on the internet, for example, the flat E came out differently from how they showed it to me.

[@edsmith8831]

Hi, I played the Flute in my younger years. I lived in Ballard played all my school years. I started to pick it up again after about 45 - 50 years. Who's counting. I took my lessons from Stan Boarson really enjoyed it. Being the only guy playing Flute sometime teased. I remember a lot but I need brush up with reading notes and finger placements for notes. I will fallow you. I like how you explain everything on playing the Flute. Thank you. I have nothing but time now being retired. Thanks again.

[@WeirdYetNiceChaot]

Thanks so much :) . I've just learned that I've always been playing the high G sharp and B flat wrong... I always fingered full G and full A...

[@TheFlutePractice]

Glad you found it helpful! 😄

[@howtotutorials3695]

When I was younger I used to get stuck with her the D-flat and G and possibly even E flat

[@k.ravishankar5063]

Very useful

[@petitroque1499]

Baby finga 🙃 Love your accent Tnx for the tips 🙂

[@Fmajor7]

😱 I'm guilty of the High Bb! 😂 Welp, time to get to work. 🌟

[@carynbrame4904]

Cool, I really couldn’t hear the differences here on the video, but I do hear it when I play those questionable keys. Funny thing about the Bb key, I wasn’t taught that 40 years ago and the band teacher was my flute teacher and he played trombone lol. I’m amazed I learned anything, unfortunately I remember some old bad habits 😕

[@renatogoyzuetasaenz]

Thanks!!! ....please upload a Trinos flute in all notes. The Trinos flute position depends the tune or maybe if is Yamaha. Powell , selmer etccc? Please coment in this video. Thanks a lot

[@germanhayles9194]

According to the Pellerite book the right hand little finger is up for the High Bb. I don't always go by the book. I have my own fingering for the c# above Bb that you won't find in the Pellerite. Is your fingering based on whether or not you're using a C or B-foot joint?

[@BeccasBracelets.j]

So i have been playing for 2 years now and they taught me all the fingerings, with the 2 buttons where the thumb goes, is there a difference playing the Bb button and the other one at the same time instead of just the Bb button, im just wanted to know if im doing it right (sorry if this doesnt make sense)

[@jarofjam3967]

I often use the Bb keys because a lot of times in my music the long Bb wasn't good. I use it often from G to Bb because it really distorts the tone with that nasty sound u get from going from Bb to G and vice versa. I've also used it for fast passages. However in standard I use the long Bb, such as for scales and just ordinary things

[@ivybrowning9830]

i should probably play Bb differently... i can’t lol

[@sandralinares1579]

I need a new flute D; I'm fighting my flute more than I need to... Come on santa yamaha yfl 222!

[@1015SaturdayNight]

Huh I learned back in the 80s that high Bb is pinky down. Interesting

[@TheFlutePractice]

I also learned it that way, but there does seem to be some variation there!

[@1015SaturdayNight]

@@TheFlutePractice now look y'all I'm old and easily confused and now we have 1000 alternate fingerings LMAO

[@accessorizeglam7212]

Can u share your flute chart

[@julied9263]

I'm just relearning from the start after 40 years. I still have my Artley flute from when I was 12 but just bought a Jean Paul 430. Do you have a fingering chart you'd recommend that would have what you think are the best/"correct" fingerings? Thanks!!

[@plouf1969]

I am surprised that the F# is a common mistake - I got the wrong F# only because I play the clarinet (where the B uses that fingering)

[@TheFlutePractice]

I see it so often 🙈🙈🙈I think it’s just a lot easier!