Kenneth Chia's Beginner Flute Course

Kinabalu Flute Centre

Kenneth Chia's Beginner Flute Course

Kenneth Chia, a veteran flute instructor with over 25 years of experience teaching at all levels, guides you through his comprehensive Soundslice course containing 231 slices that will give you a firm foundation in basic flute playing.

Kinabalu Flute Centre

Classical

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Hello, and welcome to Kenneth Chia's Guide to beginner flute! This is a comprehensive course featuring 231 slices, each a stepping stone to a firm foundation in beginner Classical flute performance. Read full description…

Hello, and welcome to Kenneth Chia's Guide to beginner flute! This is a comprehensive course featuring 231 slices, each a stepping stone to a firm foundation in beginner Classical flute performance.

As a beginner flutist, by the end of this course you will be able to:
- Learn the proper way to set up your flute and produce a good tone.
- Learn the secret to holding the flute without strain to your fingers
- Learn the proper way to sit and stand with the flute
- Simple breathing exercises to help the quickness and deepness of your breaths.
- Play all notes from low D up to high A-flat. (there's a fingering chart in Files area for notes outside this range)
- Confidently play in 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 6/8, and 3/8 time signatures
- Play with accurate rhythms, aided by Kodaly syllables
- Handle key signatures up to 4 sharps and 4 flats
- and most of all, have FUN with the success of learning the art of playing the flute with a veteran teacher with over 25 years experience teaching to all levels!

This beginner flute course is also excellent for Piccolo as well!

Mr. Kenneth Chia holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Flute Performance from Carnegie Mellon University ('98) under Julius Baker, and a Master's Degree in Flute Performance from Indiana University - Bloomington ('00) under Thomas Robertello. A veteran flute studio teacher and performer from New York City, Mr. Chia is now teaching in face-to-face and online lessons from the island paradise of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.

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Full course is 158 minutes across 231 parts

Lesson 0: The Beginning

Lesson 0-1 Introduction to the Course

Lesson 0-2 Flute Anatomy and Our First Sounds

Lesson 0-3 Putting the Flute Together

Lesson 0-4 Holding and Balancing the Flute Properly

Lesson 0-5 How to sit and stand properly while playing the flute

Lesson 0-6 Breathing Exercises

Lesson 1: Whole Notes - Whole Rests

Lesson 1 Preparation

Lesson 1-1

Lesson 1-2

Lesson 1-3

Lesson 1-4

Lesson 1-5

Lesson 1-6

Lesson 1-7

Lesson 1-8

Lesson 1-9

Lesson 2: Half Notes - Half Rests

Lesson 2 Preparation

Lesson 2-1

Lesson 2-2

Lesson 2-3

Lesson 2-4

Lesson 2-5

Lesson 2-6

Lesson 2-7 - Melody

Lesson 2-8 - Counting Study

Lesson 3: Quarter Notes - Quarter Rests

Lesson 3 Preparation

Lesson 3-1

Lesson 3-2

Lesson 3-3 - Melody

Lesson 3-4

Lesson 3-5 - In Waltz Time

Lesson 3-6 - Waltz Melody

Lesson 4 - New Notes - Rhythmic Studies

Lesson 4 Preparation

Lesson 4-1 - Dotted Half Notes (I)

Lesson 4-2 - Dotted Half Notes (II)

Lesson 4-3 - Dotted Half Notes (III)

Lesson 4-4 - Interval Study

Lesson 4-5 - Extending the Range

Lesson 4-6 - First Duet

Lesson 4-7 Lightly Row

Lesson 4-8 - Study in Thirds

Lesson 5: Development

Lesson 5-1

Lesson 5-2

Lesson 5-3

Lesson 5-4 - Melody

Lesson 5-5 - Melody in 3/4

Lesson 5-6 - Good Night, Ladies

Lesson 6: High Note Study

Lesson 6 Preparation

Lesson 6-1

Lesson 6-2 - C-Major Chord

Lesson 6-3 - C-Major Chord

Lesson 6-4 - C-Major Scale

Lesson 6-5 - C-Major in Thirds

Lesson 6-6

Lesson 6-7 - Chord Study

Lesson 7: F-Major Studies

Lesson 7 Preparation

Lesson 7-1

Lesson 7-2 - F Major Chord

Lesson 7-3

Lesson 7-4 - F Major Scale

Lesson 7-5 - Melody in F Major

Lesson 7-6 - Duet in F-Major

Lesson 8: Eighth Note Studies

Lesson 8 Preparation

Lesson 8-1

Lesson 8-2

Lesson 8-3 - Long Long Ago - Key of C

Lesson 8-4 - Long Long Ago - Key of F

Lesson 8-5 - Folk Song

Lesson 8-6 - Technical Study

Lesson 9: Dotted Quarter Notes

Lesson 9 Preparation

Lesson 9-1 - Bb Major Chord

Lesson 9-2 - Bb Major Scale

Lesson 9-3

Lesson 9-4 - Dotted Quarter Notes (1)

Lesson 9-5 - Dotted Quarter Notes (2)

Lesson 9-6 - America in Bb

Lesson 9-7

Lesson 9-8

Lesson 10: G Major Studies

Lesson 10 Preparation

Lesson 10-1

Lesson 10-2

Lesson 10-3

Lesson 10-4

Lesson 10-5

Lesson 11: Development

Lesson 11-1 Eighth Rest Studies (1)

Lesson 11-2 Eighth Rest Studies (2)

Lesson 11-3 Eighth Rest Studies (3)

Lesson 11-4 Technical Studies

Lesson 11-5

Lesson 11-6 - Staccato Melody

Lesson 12

Lesson 12 Preparation

Lesson 12-1 Silent Night

Lesson 12-2 - O Come, All Ye Faithful

Lesson 12-3 - The First Noel

Lesson 13: D-Major Studies

Lesson 13 Preparation

Lesson 13-1

Lesson 13-2

Lesson 13-3 - Melody in D-Major

Lesson 13-4 - Chord Studies

Lesson 13-5

Lesson 13-6 - Blue Bells of Scotland

Lesson 14: Slurs

Lesson 14 Preparation

Lesson 14-1

Lesson 14-2

Lesson 14-3

Lesson 14-4

Lesson 15: Rhythmic Studies

Lesson 15-1

Lesson 15-2

Lesson 15-3

Lesson 15-4

Lesson 16: Counting Studies

Lesson 16-1

Lesson 16-2

Lesson 16-3

Lesson 16-4 Duo Plaisir

Lesson 17: Alla Breve

Lesson 17 Preparation

Lesson 17-1

Lesson 17-2

Lesson 17-3

Lesson 17-4

Lesson 17-5

Lesson 18: Minor Scale Studies

Lesson 18-1

Lesson 18-2

Lesson 18-3

Lesson 18-4

Lesson 18-5

Lesson 18-6

Lesson 18-7

Lesson 18-8

Lesson 18-9

Lesson 19: 6/8 Rhythms

Lesson 19 Preparation

Lesson 19-1

Lesson 19-2

Lesson 19-3

Lesson 19-4

Lesson 19-5

Lesson 19-6

Lesson 20: Eb Major Studies

Lesson 20 Preparation

Lesson 20-1

Lesson 20-2

Lesson 20-3

Lesson 20-4

Lesson 20-5

Lesson 20-6

Lesson 21: Rhythmic Studies

Lesson 21-1

Lesson 21-2

Lesson 21-3

Lesson 22: Sixteenth Notes

Lesson 22 Preparation

Lesson 22-1

Lesson 22-2

Lesson 22-3

Lesson 22-4

Lesson 22-5

Lesson 22-6

Lesson 23: Sixteenth Note Studies

Lesson 23-1

Lesson 23-2

Lesson 23-3

Lesson 23-4

Lesson 24: Dotted Eighth Notes

Lesson 24 Preparation

Lesson 24-1

Lesson 24-2

Lesson 24-3

Lesson 24-4

Lesson 24-5

Lesson 24-6

Lesson 24-7 Joy to the World

Lesson 25: Triplet Studies and Trills

Lesson 25 Preparation - Triplets

Lesson 25 Preparation - Trills

Lesson 25-1

Lesson 25-2

Lesson 25-3

Lesson 25-4

Lesson 25-5

Lesson 25-6

Lesson 26: Syncopation

Lesson 26 Preparation

Lesson 26-1

Lesson 26-2

Lesson 26-3

Lesson 26-4

Lesson 27: Reading Development

Lesson 27 Preparation

Lesson 27-1

Lesson 27-2 - Ballet Scene Duet

Lesson 28: d-minor studies

Lesson 28-1

Lesson 28-2

Lesson 28-3

Lesson 28-4

Lesson 28-5

Lesson 29: A-Major/f#-minor Studies

Lesson 29 Preparation

Lesson 29-1

Lesson 29-2

Lesson 29-3

Lesson 29-4

Lesson 29-5

Lesson 29-6

Lesson 30: Articulations

Lesson 30-1

Lesson 30-2

Lesson 31: Rhythmic Chord Studies

Lesson 31-1

Lesson 31-2

Lesson 31-3

Lesson 31-4

Lesson 31-5

Lesson 32: Chromatic Scale Studies

Lesson 32 Preparation

Lesson 32-1

Lesson 32-2

Lesson 32-3

Lesson 32-4

Lesson 32-5

Lesson 33: Rhythm Studies

Lesson 33-1

Lesson 33-2

Lesson 33-3

Lesson 34: Ab-Major Studies

Lesson 34 Preparation

Lesson 34-1

Lesson 34-2

Lesson 34-3

Lesson 34-4

Lesson 34-5

Lesson 35: Rhythmic Variety Studies

Lesson 35-1

Lesson 35-2

Lesson 35-3

Lesson 36

Lesson 36 Preparation

Lesson 36-1 Petite Duet

Lesson 37: E-Major Studies

Lesson 37 Preparation

Lesson 37-1

Lesson 37-2

Lesson 37-3

Lesson 37-4

Lesson 38

Lesson 38-1

Lesson 38-2

Lesson 38-3

Lesson 39

Lesson 39 Preparation

Lesson 39-1

Lesson 39-2

About the artist

Kinabalu Flute Centre

@KennethChia · Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

Kenneth Chia is a flutist from New York who now lives in beautiful Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. He holds a Bachelor's Degree from Carnegie Mellon University and a Master's Degree from Indiana University in Music. He manages Kinabalu Flute Centre.

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