Look Listen Play

Flute for Students

A colorful visual beginner workbook for the concert flute

Look • Listen • Breathe • Play

NISMCAA | Book 5

Your flute journey

Learn to make a first sound, find a comfortable position, use selected fingerings and play short melodies. Each lesson gives you a visual guide and a practical task. Learn at your own pace with a flute teacher.

This book is for the standard C concert flute. Begin with B4 A4 G4 and C5. Add lower F and E, middle D5 and a G major scale when you are ready.

My name: __________________________________

My school: __________________________________

My teacher: _________________________________

My first goal: _________________________________

How to use your book

1. LOOK at the picture and find the same parts with your teacher.

2. SAY the note names and count the rhythm.

3. TRY the steps slowly with comfortable breaths and rests.

4. PRACTICE the next page and show what you learned.

Ask for help with mouth shape, balance, assembly and finger placement. Stop if playing hurts or makes you dizzy. Your teacher can adapt tasks and choose a suitable flute or curved headjoint.

Your lesson route

Each lesson has a teaching page and a practice page. Tick it when you can show its skill.

○ 01 Meet your flute · 9

○ 02 Make a music space · 11

○ 03 Explore the headjoint · 13

○ 04 Find your first sound · 15

○ 05 Aim the air · 17

○ 06 Breathe and rest · 19

○ 07 Headjoint sound games · 21

○ 08 Put the flute together · 23

○ 09 Check the alignment · 25

○ 10 Stand to play · 27

○ 11 Sit to play · 29

○ 12 Support the flute · 31

○ 13 Place both hands · 33

○ 14 Read a fingering picture · 35

○ 15 Play your first B · 37

○ 16 Add A · 39

○ 17 Add G · 41

○ 18 Travel through B A G · 43

○ 19 Meet C · 45

○ 20 Feel four steady beats · 47

○ 21 Long notes and short notes · 49

○ 22 Count the quiet beats · 51

Reference and writing pages begin on page 97.

Your next lessons

Each lesson has a teaching page and a practice page. Tick it when you can show its skill.

○ 23 Start notes gently · 53

○ 24 Join notes smoothly · 55

○ 25 Read the treble staff · 57

○ 26 Play a first melody · 59

○ 27 Add lower F · 61

○ 28 Add lower E · 63

○ 29 Meet middle D · 65

○ 30 Find F sharp · 67

○ 31 Explore higher notes · 69

○ 32 Climb the G major scale · 71

○ 33 Share a beat in two · 73

○ 34 Explore loud and soft · 75

○ 35 Plan your breathing · 77

○ 36 Listen for matching pitch · 79

○ 37 Solve a first note problem · 81

○ 38 Build a useful practice habit · 83

○ 39 Ask and answer in music · 85

○ 40 Compose a little tune · 87

○ 41 Play with other people · 89

○ 42 Care for your flute · 91

○ 43 Prepare a mini performance · 93

○ 44 Celebrate your progress · 95

Reference and writing pages begin on page 97.

See two playing positions

Headjoint view: the plate sits beneath the lower lip. Air travels across the oval hole. Start with the headjoint before using the whole flute.

Seated view: feet supported, relaxed shoulders and room for the flute to your own right. Bring the stand to a comfortable reading position.

Find the main finger touches

L1 L2 L3 mean left index, middle and ring fingers. R1 R2 R3 mean right index, middle and ring fingers. The left hand is nearest your mouth.

The left thumb B key and right little finger D sharp lever have their own instructions in every fingering picture. These numbers label finger touches, not every key cup or rod.

Read a rhythm block

Each bar has four beats. Play the letter for the length written beneath its block. A wider block lasts longer. REST means keep counting quietly and breathe normally.

Here: B A G A | B B for two beats REST. Clap and speak before playing. These simple beat grids prepare you for reading standard notation; they are not full musical scores.

LESSON 01 • LOOK AND TRY

Meet your flute

Discover a sideways woodwind instrument.

1. Find the headjoint, body and footjoint.

2. Notice the lip plate and the key cups.

3. Listen to your teacher play a short flute phrase.

Listen: A clear tone can sound light, warm or bright.

Check: Stay comfortable. Take a normal rest and ask for help when needed.

LESSON 01 • PLAY AND CHECK

Try it yourself

1. Point to each section without touching a key.

2. Tell a partner where the sound begins.

3. Draw a flute and label its three sections.

Ready for more? Describe the flute sound with two words.

School connection: Naming instrument parts practices accurate vocabulary.

○ I tried it ○ I can show it ○ I want help

One thing I noticed: __________________________

My next small step: ___________________________

LESSON 02 • LOOK AND TRY

Make a music space

Prepare a comfortable place to learn.

1. Choose a clear space away from chair edges.

2. Place your music stand where you can read comfortably.

3. Keep the fitted case open on a stable surface.

Listen: Listen for the quiet before the first note.

Check: Stay comfortable. Take a normal rest and ask for help when needed.