John McAllister
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Flute

Warm-Ups and Fundamentals

(youngest players)
(middle/early high school players)
(flute specific material in flexibility portion)

(middle and advanced players)

Technique

Crush Your Scales
Page of Patterns
"Crush Your Scales" is an individual pass off-type resource to systematically teach students their scales. These do not work for full band like most of my other resources. These would be good for private lessons or supplementary material. I've given them to students to progress on their own as well. The exercises are designed to be purely technical, so if they're playing their instruments correctly (check out the warm-ups section) and have a fingering chart... they should be able to do so.
These are pages of patterns in different key signatures. Originally developed as a full band resource, this is only the flute pages. There is a page for all twelve key signatures. The idea is to learn all the same patterns in every key. As you're practicing these, it's a good idea to go ahead and start thinking of them in terms of scale degrees and not just the note you're playing (know both!)
crush your scales - volume i
Page of Patterns - Full Flute
*​Non-South Carolina folks, I designed these specifically to align with SCBDA Region Band (middle school level) Auditions, so that's what dictated the ranges for the scales.

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Flute Duets I (VE)
Flute duets (VE)

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  • Start Here
    • Blog
  • Music
    • Concert Band - VE
    • Concert Band - E
    • Concert Band - ME
    • Expandable Chamber Project
    • Marching Band
    • Jazz
    • Chamber Music
    • Christmas/Holiday
  • Instruments
    • Flute
    • Oboe
    • Bassoon
    • Clarinet
    • Saxophone
    • Trumpet
    • Horn
    • Trombone
    • Euphonium
    • Tuba
    • Percussion
  • Free Resources
    • Let's Read Music
    • Band Theory
    • Warm-ups
    • Scales and Technique
    • Arrangements
    • Sight-Reading
    • Jazz Center
    • Band Games
    • Strings!
    • Recruitment Materials
    • Other Resources
    • Coronastress Relief
    • Posters
    • Clip Art
    • Free Christmas
  • Cinematic Series
    • Complete Warm-Ups Sets
    • Long Tones
    • Flexibility
    • Articulation
    • Scales
    • Page of Patterns
    • Counting
    • Play Alongs
    • Music Humor
  • Me