

It helps clarify finger patterns for flutes in different keys. This Finger Patterns Microsoft Excel Workbook was written by Brent Haines of WoodSounds Flutes. If you know of other fingerings, or other flutes that use theįingerings show on the pages above, please contact me and I will add to this information. Sylphyo Native American Flute Fingering Chart for the Sylphyo electronic wind instrument by Aodyo.įor other woodwind instruments, some excellent resources on fingerings are:.


six-hole flutes tuned to the pentatonic minor scale,.In those cases, the finger diagram is shown in orange: Generally avoid the use of half-holing in the lower register, except when no other choice is possible.Show alternate fingerings in blue, such as.That fingering is used in general on Flutopedia for that note. Show one standard fingering for each note in black.Note in the second register (an interval of an eleventh from the fundamental). Provide fingerings for all the notes from the fundamental.The new approach is to provide a single set of charts that show the fingerings for the notes of the chromatic scale on the Native American flute. Those earlier charts are provided below for historical reasons. However, it became impossible to track all the fingerings of makers. However, many additional notes are possible on most Native American flutes, and the fingerings for those additional notes varies from maker to maker (and often among different flutes from the same maker).Įarlier versions of this section of Flutopedia attempted to provide the fingering charts for each maker.

You can typically run up this scale with the fingerings Most Native American flutes made since the early 1980s play the pentatonic minor scale with a standard fingering pattern.
