Major Scales & Modes

for flute

F Major

Jennifer Cluff 2009

Note: Extended scales:

1 = Ionian

Play all-slurred for the first few days of learning any scale, then add metronome.
Listen for TONE, finger evenness, clarity, musicality and free expression.

2 = Dorian

4 = Lydian

3 = Phrygian

6 = Aeolian

5 = Mixolydian

7 = Locrian

F Major scale with turnaround.

Alternate all-slurred even scales with improvised new rhythm versions, adding articulations as you go.
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extended scales & their modes

Extended scale

1 = Ionian

Remember to play with excellent flute TONE quality at all times. Add pauses as needed.

2 = Dorian

3 = Phrygian

4 = Lydian

5 = Mixolydian

6 = Aeolian

slide RH4
7 = Locrian

E Major scale with turnaround.

Alternate all-slurred even scales with improvised new rhythm versions, adding articulations as you go.
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extended scales & their modes

Extended scale

1 = Ionian

Dotted-eighth followed by sixteenth (and its reverse) are good rhythms to create even fingerings

2 = Dorian

pause opt.

3 = Phrygian

4 = Lydian

5 = Mixolydian

6 = Aeolian

7 = Locrian

Eb Major scale with turnaround.

Alternate all-slurred even scales with improvised new rhythm versions, adding articulations as you go.
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extended scales & their modes

Extended scale

1 = Ionian

Changing to triplet rhythms or dotted rhythms and changing starting notes

2 = Dorian

3 = Phrygian

4 = Lydian

6 = Aeolian

5 = Mixolydian

D Major scale with turnaround.

7 = Locrian

Alternate all-slurred even scales with improvised new rhythm versions, adding articulations as you go.
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www.jennifercluff.com

extended scales & their modes

Extended scale

1 = Ionian

Unfamiliar scales can be practised slowly, in small groupings, with many pauses added for breathing

2 = Dorian

3 = Phrygian

4 = Lydian

5 = Mixolydian

6 = Aeolian

7 = Locrian

Db Major scale with turnaround.

Alternate all-slurred even scales with improvised new rhythm versions, adding articulations as you go.
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extended scales & their modes

Extended scale

1 = Ionian

Easy scales can be performed with faster tempi than more difficult scales

2 = Dorian

3 = Phrygian

4 = Lydian

5 = Mixolydian

6 = Aeolian

C Major high octave

7 = Locrian

*High C trill fingering: Play high B natural and open thumb key for fast passage work.
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www.jennifercluff.com

extended scales & their modes

1 = Ionian

Extended scale

Once you know a scale very very well, play it by memory and listen very closely as you improvise.

2 = Dorian

3 = Phrygian

4 = Lydian

5 = Mixolydian

6 = Aeolian

7 = Locrian

G Major scale with turnaround.

Alternate all-slurred even scales with improvised new rhythm versions, adding articulations as you go.
copyright J. Cluff 2009
www.jennifercluff.com

extended scales & their modes

1 = Ionian

Extended scale

Play highest or lowest notes with pauses added over them to perfect TONE quality.

2 = Dorian

3 = Phrygian

4 = Lydian

5 = Mixolydian

6 = Aeolian

7 = Locrian

Ab Major scale with turnaround.

Alternate all-slurred even scales with improvised new rhythm versions, adding articulations as you go.
copyright J. Cluff 2009
www.jennifercluff.com

extended scales & their modes

1 = Ionian

Extended scale

If tone is lowest register is weak, take time to make it powerful in TONE.

2 = Dorian

3 = Phrygian

4 = Lydian

5 = Mixolydian

6 = Aeolian

7 = Locrian

A Major scale with turnaround.

Alternate all-slurred even scales with improvised new rhythm versions, adding articulations as you go.
copyright J. Cluff 2009
www.jennifercluff.com

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extended scales & their modes

1 = Ionian

Extended scale

Use dotted rhythms and triplets to perfect un-evenness in scales

3 = Phrygian

2 = Dorian

4 = Lydian

5 = Mixolydian

6 = Aeolian

7 = Locrian

Bb Major scale

Alternate all-slurred even scales with improvised new rhythm versions, adding articulations as you go.
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1 = Ionian

Extended scale

Uneven finger swtiches can be visually anaylzed to match the action of pairs of fingers.

2 = Dorian

3 = Phrygian

4 = Lydian

5 = Mixolydian

6 = Aeolian

7 = Locrian

B Major scale.

Alternate all-slurred even scales with improvised new rhythm versions, adding articulations as you go.
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extended scales & their modes

Extended scale

1 = Ionian

Practise the highest and lowest point of the scale more often.
You can create beauitful fragments out of scale tops and tails.

2 = Dorian

3 = Phrygian

4 = Lydian

5 = Mixolydian

6 = Aeolian

7 = Locrian

F# Major scale with turnaround.

Alternate all-slurred even scales with improvised new rhythm versions, adding articulations as you go.
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Seventh Chords for Flute

by Jennifer Cluff 2009

G Major - G minor

Maj7

same pitches as
major scale; 1, 3, 5, 7

lower 7th by
a semi-tone

V7

lower 5th by
a semi-tone

halfdim7

Maj7

F# Major - F# minor

Next line,
lower 3rd by
a semi-tone

min7

lower 5th by
a semi-tone

halfdim7

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Next line:
lower 7th by
a semi-tone

V7

lower 3rd by
a semi-tone

min7

Seventh Chords for Flute

Maj7

V7

lower 7th by
a semi-tone

lower 3rd by
a semi-tone

min7

lower 5th by
a semi-tone

halfdim7

E Major - Eminor

lower 7th by
a semi-tone

Maj7

V7

lower 3rd by
a semi-tone

min7

halfdim7

lower 5th by
a semi-tone

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Eb Major - Eb minor

Maj7

lower 7th by
a semi-tone

V7

lower 3rd by
a semi-tone

lower 5th by
a semi-tone

min7

halfdim7

D Major - D minor

Maj7

lower 7th by
a semi-tone

V7

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lower 5th by
a semi-tone

min7

halfdim7

lower 3rd by
a semi-tone

C# Major - C# minor

Seventh Chords for Flute

lower 7th by
a semi-tone

Maj7

V7

lower 3rd by
a semi-tone

min7

halfdim7

lower 5th by
a semi-tone

C Major - C minor

Maj7

V7

lower 3rd by
a semi-tone

lower 5th by
a semi-tone

min7

halfdim7

G Major - G minor REVIEW

Maj7

min7

V7

halfdim7

lower 7th by
a semi-tone

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Seventh Chords for Flute

Maj7

same pitches as
major scale; 1, 3, 5, 7

lower 7th by
a semi-tone

V7

lower 3rd by
a semi-tone

min7

lower 5th by
a semi-tone

halfdim7

A Major - A minor

Maj7

V7

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halfdim7

min7

Seventh Chords for Flute

Maj7

V7

min7

halfdim7

B Major - B minor

Maj7

V7

min7

halfdim7

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