FluteInfo.com - A wide variety of resources, articles, tips, and much more
The Philharmonia's Flute site - Articles, videos, sounds, and more. Use the menu on the left to explore.
SoundJunction.org - Tons of neat stuff here covering all aspects of music. Go! Explore! Enjoy!
Sound Junction's Flute page - When you're done you can explore the other instruments too!
JazzFlute.com - All things Jazz and Flute (not just jazz)
Fingering Chart - Because wrong notes turn your director's hair gray!
Flute Basics (video) - Good review for players of all ages
Flute Warm-ups - Accept the "terms" and download - A great routine for developing players
Flute Care video - Because an instrument that doesn't work correctly is like a speaker that doesn't play music!
Tips for improving your playing - From the Texas School Music Project
General
Use a metronome while you practice / Like this one better? - Online Metronome
Practice sight reading rhythms to become a better rhythm reader - PracticeSightReading.com
Staying Motivated - Good advice for everyone (not just trombonists) (.pdf file)
You play a wind instrument, not a breeze instrument! - Build your breathing abilities (.pdf file)
Notes and key signatures
Name the notes - Musictheory.net's Note Name Trainer
Speed up your note naming and fingering abilities - Music Racer
Practice naming key signatures - Musictheory.net's Key Signature Trainer
Learn key signatures using the Circle of Fifths - Circle of Fifths lessons
Intervals
What are intervals? - Learn about intervals
Practice identifing the intervals - Musictheory.net's Interval Trainer
Scales
Learn how to build a major scale - Musictheory.net's Major Scale Tutorial
Terms
What does that word mean? - Virgina Tech's Multimedia Dictionary
Compose (write) your own music
Using the computer - Free Finale Notepad Software
Using staff paper - Print your own staff paper
Flute History
The history of the flute - Flutes have existed for over 6,000 years!
Flute History (video) - From Selmer Alternate Link
A short history of all the instruments - Thinkquest
The oldest flute ever? - The famous Neanderthal Bone Flute
Science
The Science of Music - Check out their questions, movies, and exhibits! Exploratorium.edu
Watch an experimental instrument builder - Exploratorium video
Other
How flutes are made - From mostlywind.co.uk
How flutes are made (video) - From Selmer Alternate Link
The flute family - The flute family tree
Flutes around the world - The flute family tree goes global
All about the orchestra, instruments, composers, and more! - New York Philharmonic Kids Site
Perfect Pitch - Baseball meets band and orchestra!
The Celebrity Band - Find out which famous celebrities play your instrument!
Flute players in the movies - Find out which flute players can be heard in your favorite movies
Famous flutists - Explore the lives of other flute players
Even more famous flutists - Wow, there sure are a lot of famous flute players...
Artist and Composer Biographies - From 8notes.com
Music Professions - Read about some of the jobs you might enjoy
Multimedia Audio and Video
Flute Radio - All flute, all the time
Flute Radio - Click on the "Instruments" tab then on "Flute Soloists" icon - Courtesy of Accu R
The future of flute playing? - Flautist Robot (movie) - Read about it here
Jokes
Instrument Jokes - A collection of jokes for all the instruments
Dr. Duck's Music Jokes - Another collection of music jokes (Notice: This is LARGE and takes time to load)
Miscellaneous
Flute legends - Find out which Greek God was turned into a flute and more...
Flute Quotes - "A flute with no holes is not a flute, and a doughnut with no hole is a Danish" (and other gems)
Even more flute quotes and stories - Flute: "A sophisticated pea-shooter with a range up to five hundred
yards and deadly accuracy in close quarters. Blown transversely to confuse the enemy, it can be dismantled
into three small pieces for easy concealment."
The Vegetable Orchestra - Yes, I said the Vegetable Orchestra...
