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Music Instruments Flute

Learn to Play the Flute: Beginner Basics to Intermediate

Learning to play the flute is incredibly rewarding, but getting started is a challenge. Let MusicProfessor help!
Bestseller
Rating: 4.6 out of 54.6 (1,248 ratings)
5,195 students
Created by MusicProfessor Online Music Lessons
Last updated 3/2019
English
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • Assemble and care for a flute
  • Form a correct, strong flute embouchure
  • Read and interpret music notation
  • Play dozens of popular melodies and songs
  • Perform multiple Major scales
  • Recognize and play nearly every note on the flute
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Requirements

  • Working Flute

Description

|| COURSE DESCRIPTION ||

Learning to play the flute is incredibly rewarding, but getting started is a challenge. 

That's where MusicProfessor can help you make the most of your practice. Start from opening your case for the first time and progress all the way to playing your first melodies. Master all of the techniques necessary to become a great flutist. On the way, you'll also learn music theory and musicianship skills. 

And save money while you study with us! Private lessons are expensive. Each MusicProfessor Flute course provides an entire year’s worth of lessons, for a fraction of the cost, and at your own convenience.

Join over 1200 students and begin your studies today!


|| COURSE FEATURES ||

  • 100+ video lessons
  • Downloadable sheet music
  • Animated fingering charts
  • Flute-specific troubleshooting tips and advice
  • Flute equipment recommendations 
  • Dozens of melodies and songs
  • Technique-building exercises
  • Major scales and scale exercises
  • Music Theory basics, including how to read music 

MusicProfessor's curriculum is used in nearly 100 schools and school districts throughout the United States and by more than 18,000 students and music teachers throughout the world. Nowhere else can you find the level of detail and professional instruction of MusicProfessor's curriculum. 


|| NOTABLE REVIEWS ||

“I think the instructor is excellent. Great presentation and sense of humor during the lessons.”

    -Ted Petit

“I love the warm, friendly presentation style of the teacher.”

    -Clare Lynch

“The lessons are taught with patience, humor and considerable knowledge. This brings confidence to the student and in my case makes feel at ease with the course and the instrument. The detailed explanations and friendly tone gives the feeling of one on one student/ teacher relationship. Though I am only part into the course it has introduce vital techniques that will be the foundation to correct flute playing. Thank you!”

    -Paul Ward


|| A SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT TRADITIONAL WOODEN FLUTES ||

If you are looking for instruction on how to play traditional wooden flutes, please know that our course is intended solely for classical Western type flutes. Wooden flutes can vary greatly in tuning and fingering which means it's likely that all of our content will sound totally different than what you're producing on a wooden flute. However, you can also learn a ton of important foundational flute elements from our Beginning Flute course. With that in mind, please proceed with caution.


|| THE INSTRUCTOR ||

Lisa Garner Santa currently serves as Artist-Performer and Professor of Flute at Texas Tech University where she enjoys a diverse career as teacher, recitalist, soloist, and chamber musician. Performance highlights include the world premiere of Mike Mowers Concerto for Flute and Wind Ensemble and a Carnegie Hall debut recital featuring Chamber Works for Flute. 

As an active member of theNational Flute Association, Dr. Garner Santa recently served as Program Chair for the 2011 convention in Charlotte, NC, and continues to serve as a member of the NFA Executive Committee. She has been a featured performer at the Boston, Atlanta, Phoenix, Dallas, Nashville, Kansas City, and Las Vegas conventions as well as an adjudicator and/or coordinator for many NFA events and competitions including the High School Soloist Competition, the NFA Newly Published Music Competition, the NFA Professional Flute Choir Competition, and as the NFA General Competitions Coordinator. 

As a pedagogue, Lisa Garner Santa presents masterclasses throughout the United States and abroad. Recent international exchanges include masterclasses at the Royal College of Music in London, England and Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand. Presentations and performances at various regional and national conventions include invitations from theTexas Music Educators Association, the Texas Music Teachers Association, the National Association of Wind and Percussion Instructors, and theCollege Music Society. Her research and pedagogical articles are frequently published in The Flutist Quarterly, Flute Talk, and The Instrumentalist. 

In recognition of her creative teaching, she was awarded the Texas Tech Big 12 Fellowship as well as the Texas Tech Alumni Association New Faculty Award and is also an elected member of Texas Tech University’s prestigious Teaching Academy. 

With co-authors Matthew Santa and Thomas Hughes, Lisa Garner Santa developed theFlute/Theory Workout, a method that efficiently introduces full-range scalar and chordal flute technique while introducing music theory fundamentals at the same time. The Workout, which comes with an entertaining accompaniment CD, is available throughCarolyn Nussbaum Music Co., and Flute World. 

Dr. Garner Santa holds performance degrees from West Texas State University, Florida State University, and The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. Her teachers to whom she is eternally grateful include Carol Wincenc, Charles DeLaney, Sally Turk, Helen Blackburn. 

In addition to her active role as a flutist, Lisa Garner Santa is also a certified Kripalu Yoga Instructor and member of theYoga Alliance. She teaches Yoga for Musicians at the TTU School of Music and Kripalu Yoga classes at various locations throughout Lubbock.

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Who this course is for:

  • Students looking to catch up
  • Students looking to get ahead
  • Adult Learners
  • Absolute Beginners
  • Music students who can't access a private teacher

Featured review

Ken Francis Villa
Ken Francis Villa
47 courses
4 reviews
Rating: 5.0 out of 511 months ago
Very easy and straight forward to follow so far! I think it needs a little more detail in transitioning to low and high notes. After 2 days for trial and error, I eventually got it though! Details on which keys to press is hard to see on my iPad because I cannot zoom in and only the sheet music is enlarged. My PC allows me to switch the larger window though. This issue is for Udemy to fix though.

Course content

10 sections • 108 lectures • 5h 46m total length

  • Preview00:21
  • Parts of the Instrument
    11:51
  • Air and Embouchure
    15:40
  • Preview08:52
  • Exercise 1.1 - Head Joint Exercises
    04:23
  • Exercise 1.2 - Head Joint Exercises
    06:24
  • Exercise 1.3 - Head Joint Exercises
    03:42

  • Introduction
    00:38
  • Recap
    05:07
  • Pulse
    05:23
  • Exercise 1.1 - Counting
    03:42
  • Exercise 1.2 - Counting
    01:42
  • Exercise 1.3 - Counting
    01:06
  • Preview03:14
  • Staff
    01:54
  • Exercise 2.1 - Register and Rhythm
    03:25
  • Exercise 2.2 - Register and Rhythm
    01:40
  • Exercise 2.3 - Register and Rhythm
    01:24
  • Exercise 3.1 - Super Flutist
    02:39
  • Exercise 4.1 - Super Flute
    01:59
  • Exercise 4.2 - Super Flute
    01:16

  • Introduction
    00:37
  • Recap
    03:59
  • Exercise 1.1 - 3/4 Time
    02:25
  • Exercise 1.2 - 3/4 Time
    00:53
  • Exercise 1.3 - 3/4 Time
    01:13
  • Putting it Together
    05:55
  • Playing Position
    07:13
  • Preview01:41
  • Sitting Position
    02:31
  • Notes B, A, G
    10:21
  • Exercise 2.1 - Half and Whole Rests
    02:24
  • Exercise 2.2 - Half and Whole Rests
    01:49
  • Exercise 2.3 - Half and Whole Rests
    01:58
  • Exercise 2.4 - Half and Whole Rests
    00:39
  • Melody 1.1 - 'Buns'
    03:18
  • Melody 2.1 - 'Lamb'
    03:11
  • Melody 3.1 - Skipping Around - Quarter Rests
    00:39
  • Taking it Apart
    07:08

  • Introduction
    00:27
  • Recap
    03:16
  • Note C
    03:48
  • Exercise 1.1 - Sea of C
    01:18
  • Exercise 2.1 - B 2 C
    01:10
  • Exercise 3.1 - 'Easy as ABC' - Dotted Half Notes
    01:26
  • Exercise 4.1 - Trills
    03:45
  • Octaves
    04:32
  • Ledger Lines
    01:44
  • Exercise 5.1 - Octaves
    00:51
  • Melody 1.1 - Soaring - Dotted Half Rests
    03:07

  • Introduction
    00:32
  • Recap
    02:01
  • Notes F, E, and Bb
    08:58
  • Exercise 1.1 - Getting to know scales
    02:57
  • Exercise 2.1 - Eighth Notes
    03:22
  • Key Signatures
    00:53
  • Exercise 3.1 - No Buns Sold
    02:42
  • Melody 1.1 - Lightly Row
    01:58
  • Melody 2.1 - Ode to Joy
    00:50
  • Melody 3.1 - Polly Wolly - Pickup Notes
    03:28

  • Introduction
    00:35
  • Recap
    01:59
  • Note D
    05:05
  • Exercise 1.1 - D to E
    03:14
  • Exercise 1.2 - C to D
    02:39
  • Preview07:40
  • Exercise 2.1 - Hot Cross Buns 'High Sales'
    01:19
  • F-Major Scale
    02:47
  • Melody 1.1 - Twinkle
    01:27
  • Melody 2.1 - Go Tell Aunt Rhodie
    03:41
  • Melody 3.1 - Moon Over Ruined Castle - Dotted Quarter + Eighth
    05:42

  • Introduction
    00:26
  • Recap
    01:59
  • Note Eb
    03:27
  • Exercise 1.1 - Low Eb to High Eb
    05:24
  • Exercise 2.1 - Slurring
    06:29
  • Bb-Major Scale
    03:06
  • C-Major Scale
    04:02
  • Melody 1.1 - Los Pollitos - Repeat Sign
    02:22
  • Melody 2.1 - Shepherds Hay
    03:35
  • Melody 3.1 - Hsiao
    02:43
  • Melody 4.1 - Spring
    01:45
  • Melody 5.1 - New World
    00:52

  • Introduction
    00:26
  • Recap
    02:07
  • Note Ab
    02:35
  • Note F#
    02:07
  • Exercise 1.1 - Getting to know Ab
    03:37
  • Exercise 1.2 - Getting to know F#
    03:07
  • Eb-Major Scale
    02:22
  • G-Major Scale - Flutter Tonguing
    06:01
  • Melody 1.1 - London Bridge
    03:16
  • Melody 2.1 - Alouette
    03:08
  • Melody 3.1 - My Country
    02:06

  • Introduction
    00:30
  • Recap
    05:52
  • Exercise 1.1 - Note High D - Harmonics
    10:34
  • Note C#
    03:46
  • Enharmonics
    00:54
  • Exercise 2.1 - Getting to know C#
    03:59
  • D-Major Scale
    04:38
  • Troubleshooting C#
    02:52
  • Ab-Major Scale
    03:33
  • Melody 1.1 - Aura Lee
    03:04
  • Melody 1.2 - Aura Lee
    03:09
  • Melody 2.1 - Santa Lucia
    01:18
  • Melody 3.1 - Saints
    01:11

  • Wrapping Up
    00:38

Instructor

MusicProfessor Online Music Lessons
Online Music Lessons
MusicProfessor Online Music Lessons
  • 4.5 Instructor Rating
  • 7,076 Reviews
  • 26,346 Students
  • 48 Courses

MusicProfessor provides pre-recorded, high-quality online music lessons for students who either can't study with a private teacher or would like to further supplement their education. We do so via a massive library of lessons taught by some of the finest faculty in the country.

WOODWINDS: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Saxophone

BRASS: Trumpet, French Horn, Trombone, Euphonium, Tuba

EXTRACURRICULAR: Music Theory, Conducting, Percussion

MusicProfessor launched in 2012 with a single instrument series, 'Bassoon 101,' but has since expanded to over 12 instrument series with just over 5000 video lessons. Our curriculum is used in nearly 100 schools and school districts throughout the United States and by more than 14,000 students and music teachers throughout the world.

Nowhere else can you find the level of detail and professional instruction of MusicProfessor's curriculum. Fulfill your musical destiny by signing up today!

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