The D major scale on flute is the scale of the key of D or two sharps. This implies that its tonic note is D natural. D major is relative to the key of B minor, parallel to the key of D minor, dominant to the key of A major, and subdominant to the key of G major. Below is a two octaves scale of D major on flute and how it sounds;
How to play the D major scale on the flute, its notes, and fingering chat
You can only play a D major scale of two octaves on the flute, being between the ranges of D4 to D6. You need to use a fingering chart or a particular pattern to play the D major scale on the flute. Below is a guide and finger chart of how to play the D major scale on the flute;
First octave D major scale notes (D4 – D5) fingering chart for flute
To play the first octave (D4 – D5) D major scale on the flute, you have to sharpen the F note and C note. Your fingering needs to be accurate in other to produce a perfect scale. Below is a chart for the first octave D major scale on the flute;
Second octave D major scale notes (D5 – D6) fingering chart for flute
To play the second octave (D5 – D6) D major scale on the flute, you have to sharpen the F note and C note. Your fingering needs to be accurate in other to produce a perfect scale. Learning the scale might be hard for beginners. You will also have to tighten your lips to produce higher-pitched notes. Below is a chart for the second octave D major scale on the flute;
Concert D major scale
While playing the D major scale, or playing a composition written in D major for the flute in a concert, you will have to sharpen the F note and C note unless where indicated to be naturalized. This means that all notes except the F note and C note are played naturally while playing this scale on the concert flute, Indian or Bansuri flute, Native American flute, pan flute, Arabian flute, and any other flute.
If you play an alto flute or any other transposable flute, you can play the D major scale without any transposition. But while running the D major scale with another instrument that is not transposable, you will then have to transpose to the right key in other to sound the same with them in pitch.
D major scale flute notes and arpeggio
The D major scale can be played up to two octaves on a C flute, or the standard concert flute. The first note of this scale on the C flute is the D natural note on the first ledger space below the treble clef which in the range is the D4.
The notes or alphabets that you will play to get this scale correctly include; D, E, F♯, G, A, B, C♯, D. The two-octave arpeggio of this scale has its notes as D, F♯, A, D, F♯, A, D, A, F♯, D, A, F♯, D.
Notable flute compositions in D major
- 10 Variations for Flute, Book 2 by Charles Kreith
- 11 Flute Sonatas by Johann Benda
- 2 Duos pour 2 Flûtes, Op.148 by Joseph Küffner
- 6 Flute Quartets by Johann Matthias Sperger
- 6 Flute Sonatas, Op.3 by Giovanni Benedetto Platti
- Allegro for Flute and Violin, G.4 by Georg Gerson
- Concertante for 2 Flutes and Orchestra by Anton Bernhard Fürstenau
- Concertino for 2 Flutes and 2 Horns in D major, MWV 8.10-15 by Johann Melchior Molter
- Concertino for 2 Flutes in D major, MWV 10.30 by Johann Melchior Molter
- Concertino for Flute, Viola and Double Bass in D major, M.B.27 by Johann Matthias Sperger
- Concerto Bravoure for Flute in D major by Johann Friedrich Klöffler
- Concerto for 2 Flutes and 2 Horns in D major, MWV 5.16-17 by Johann Melchior Molter
- Concerto for 2 Flutes and Calchedon, TWV 53:D1 by Georg Philipp Telemann
- Concerto for 2 Flutes and Harpsichord in D major by Frederick II
- Concerto for 2 Flutes in D major by Simoni dall Croubelis
- Concerto for 2 Flutes in D major, GWV 315-316 by Christoph Graupner
- Concerto for 2 Flutes in D major, QV 6:1 by Johann Joachim Quantz
- Concerto for 2 Flutes, FaWV L:D9 by Johann Friedrich Fasch
- Concerto for 2 Flutes, Violin and Cello, TWV 54:D1 by Georg Philipp Telemann
- Concerto for Flute and Oboe, FaWV L:D11 by Johann Friedrich Fasch
- Concerto for Flute, Harpsichord and Continuo, TWV 42:D6 by Georg Philipp Telemann
- Concerto for Flute, Oboe and Bassoon by Johann Friedrich Reichardt
- Concerto for Flute, Strings and Basso continuo in D major, RV 783 by Antonio Vivaldi
- Duet for Flute and Euphonium in D major, Op.3078 by Stephen W. Beatty
- Duo concertant sur ‘La flûte enchantée’ by Léon Delahaye
- Duo No.16 for 2 Flutes by Stéphane Burkhart
- Duo pour Guitare et Violon ou Flûte sur une Romance favorite Russe, Op.27 by Pietro Pettoletti
- Festive Flutes by Everett Titcomb
- Flute Concertino in D major by Franz Seraph Cramer
- Flute Concertino No.5, Op.103 by Johann Wilhelm Gabrielski
- Flute Concertino, Op.60 by Carl Gottlieb Reissiger
- Flute Concerto by Franz Anton Hoffmeister
- Flute Concerto d’Airs connus, Op.5 by François Devienne
- Flute Concerto in D major by Braun
- Flute Concerto in D major by Christian Cannabich
- Flute Concerto in D major by Johann Anton Filtz
- Flute Concerto in D major by Baldassare Galuppi
- Flute Concerto in D major by Friedrich Hartmann Graf
- Flute Concerto in D major by Christian Karl Hartmann
- Flute Concerto in D major by Christian Gottfried Krause
- Flute Concerto in D major by Johann Hermann Köhler
- Flute Concerto in D major by Nicola Antonio Porpora
- Flute Concerto in D major by Alessio Prati
- Flute Concerto in D major by Federico Maria Sardelli
- Flute Concerto in D major by Friedrich Schwindl
- Flute Concerto in D major by Mathias Stabinger
- Flute Concerto in D major by Anton Stamitz
- Flute Concerto in D major No.1 by Johann Friedrich Klöffler
- Flute Concerto in D major GraunWV Cv:XIII:101 by Johann Gottlieb Graun
- Flute Concerto in D major GroF 127 by Johann Stamitz
- Flute Concerto in D major GroF 1643 by Johan Agrell
- Flute Concerto in D major GroF 231 by Anton Stamitz
- Flute Concerto in D major GroF 337 by Francesco Biscogli
- Flute Concerto in D major GroF 436 by Franz Anton Hoffmeister
- Flute Concerto in D major GroF 440 by Franz Anton Hoffmeister
- Flute Concerto in D major GroF 443 by Franz Anton Hoffmeister
- Flute Concerto in D major GroF 742 by Antoine Mahaut
- Flute Concerto in D major GroF 743 by Antoine Mahaut
- Flute Concerto in D major GUN 19 by Johann Baptist Wendling
- Flute Concerto in D major GWV 310 by Christoph Graupner
- Flute Concerto in D major GWV 311 by Christoph Graupner
- Flute Concerto in D major GWV 312 by Christoph Graupner
- Flute Concerto in D major K.314/285d by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Flute Concerto in D major MWV 6.12 by Johann Melchior Molter
- Flute Concerto in D major Op.10 by August Eberhard Müller
- Flute Concerto in D major Op.20 by August Eberhard Müller
- Flute Concerto in D major Op.6 by Christian Wilhelm Westerhoff
- Flute Concerto in D major P.34 by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
- Flute Concerto in D major QV 4:1 by Johann Joachim Quantz
- Flute Concerto in D major QV 5: Anh.8 by Johann Joachim Quantz
- Flute Concerto in D major QV 5:41 by Johann Joachim Quantz
- Flute Concerto in D major QV 5:45 by Johann Joachim Quantz
- Flute Concerto in D major QV 5:46 by Johann Joachim Quantz
- Flute Concerto in D major QV 5:51 by Johann Joachim Quantz
- Flute Concerto in D major RV 427 by Antonio Vivaldi
- Flute Concerto in D major RV 428 by Antonio Vivaldi
- Flute Concerto in D major RV 429 by Antonio Vivaldi
- Flute Concerto in D major by Johann David Heinichen
- Flute Concerto in D major Schrank II/33/72 by Anonymous
- Flute Concerto in D major SchW A1:001 by Johann Adolph Scheibe
- Flute Concerto in D major SchW A1:006 by Johann Adolph Scheibe
- Flute Concerto in D major WK 48 by Carl Friedrich Abel
- Flute Concerto in D major WV 343 by Georg Christoph Wagenseil
- Flute Concerto No.1 by Friedrich Hartmann Graf
- Flute Concerto No.1 in D major by François Devienne
- Flute Concerto No.1 in D major by Antoine Sallantin
- Flute Concerto No.2 by Giuseppe Maria Cambini
- Flute Concerto No.2 in D major by Amand Vanderhagen
- Flute Concerto No.3 by Giuseppe Maria Cambini
- Flute Concerto No.4 in D major by Frederick II
- Flute Concerto No.4 in D major by Antoine Hugot
- Flute Concerto No.5 Op.52 by Anton Bernhard Fürstenau
- Flute Concerto No.6 in D major by François Devienne
- Flute Concerto No.9 in D major Op.54 by Tranquille Berbiguier
- Flute Concerto No.9 Op.100 by Anton Bernhard Fürstenau
- Flute Concerto on ‘Airs Connûs’ by Giuseppe Maria Cambini
- Flute Concerto Op.129 by Cesare Ciardi
- Flute Concerto Op.24 by Johann Wilhelm Wilms
- Flute Concerto Op.283 by Carl Reinecke
- Flute Concerto Op.56 by Luigi Hugues
- Flute Concerto Op.7 by Stephan Helmut Immanuel Kessler
- Flute Concerto TWV 51:D1 by Georg Philipp Telemann
- Flute Concerto TWV 51:D2 by Georg Philipp Telemann
- Flute Duet in D major by Franz Anton Hoffmeister
- Flute Quartet by Léon Kreutzer
- Flute Quartet in D major by Leopold Hofmann
- Flute Quartet in D major by Johann Friedrich Klöffler
- Flute Quartet in D major by Johann Georg Lang
- Flute Quartet in D major by Ignazio Raimondi
- Flute Quartet in D major by John Thomson
- Flute Quartet in D major DTB 16 D 7 by Christian Cannabich
- Flute Quartet in D major DTB XV/1.12 by Ernst Eichner
- Flute Quartet in D major K.285 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Flute Quartet in D major Mn.73 by Lukas Florczak
- Flute Quartet in D major Op.1 No.1 by Christian Cannabich
- Flute Quartet in D major Op.19 No.1 by Franz Anton Hoffmeister
- Flute Quartet in D major by Johann Christian Bach
- Flute Quartet in D major by Johann Christian Bach
- Flute Quartet in D major by Franz Anton Hoffmeister
- Flute Quartet No.1 Op.37 by Friedrich Ernst Fesca
- Flute Quartet Op.12 by Anton Reicha
- Flute Quartet Op.13 by Franz Krommer
- Flute Quartet Op.15 by Johann Evangelist Brandl
- Flute Quartet Op.17 by Peter Hänsel
- Flute Quartet Op.25 by Peter Hänsel
- Flute Quartet Op.5 by Heinrich Soussmann
- Flute Quartet Op.50 by Eugène Walckiers
- Flute Quartet Op.6 by Carl Anton Philipp Braun
- Flute Quartet Op.75 by Franz Krommer
- Flute Quartet Op.8 by Bernhard Henrik Crusell
- Flute Quartet Op.84 by Johann Andreas Amon
- Flute Quartet Op.93 by Franz Krommer
- Flute Quartet-Suite in D major by Simoni dall Croubelis
- Flute Quintet in D major H.5905/1 by Franz Anton Hoffmeister
- Flute Quintet in D major Op.51 No.1 by Friedrich Kuhlau
- Flute Quintet in D major Op.66 by Kaspar Kummer
- Flute Quintet in D major VB 188 by Joseph Martin Kraus
- Flute Quintet No.2 in D major Op.60 by Johann Evangelist Brandl
- Flute Quintet Op.122 by Leonhard von Call
- Flute Quintet Op.21 by Jan Brandts Buys
- Flute Sextet in D major by Giovanni Battista Cirri
- Flute Sonata ‘Rococò’ by Dragan Karolic
- Flute Sonata by Dragan Karolic
- Flute Sonata in D major by Carl Friedrich Abel
- Flute Sonata in D major by S. J. Endres
- Flute Sonata in D major by Johann Adolph Hasse
- Flute Sonata in D major by Johann Gottfried Müthel
- Flute Sonata in D major by Giuseppe Sammartini
- Flute Sonata in D major by Federico Maria Sardelli
- Flute Sonata in D major by Jiří Čart
- Flute Sonata in D major D-KA Mus. Hs. 1112 by Anonymous
- Flute Sonata in D major D-SWl Mus.1424 by Arcangelo Califano
- Flute Sonata in D major DelK 03.2.22a by Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht
- Flute Sonata in D major DelK Deest by Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht
- Flute Sonata in D major DK-Sa R119/R120 by Anonymous
- Flute Sonata in D major by Karl Heinrich GraunWV B:XVII:54
- Flute Sonata in D major by Karl Heinrich GraunWV Cv:XVII:75
- Flute Sonata in D major by George Frideric Handel HWV 378
- Flute Sonata in D major Op.1 No.1 by Martin Friedrich Cannabich
- Flute Sonata in D major Op.1 No.4 by Anna Bon
- Flute Sonata in D major Op.1 No.6 by Martin Friedrich Cannabich
- Flute Sonata in D major Op.50 by Johann Nepomuk Hummel
- Flute Sonata in D major Op.77 by Georg Abraham Schneider
- Flute Sonata in D major PB 327 by Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
- Flute Sonata in D major QV 1: Anh.10a by Johann Joachim Quantz
- Flute Sonata in D major QV 1:42 by Johann Joachim Quantz
- Flute Sonata in D major S-Skma by Anonymous
- Flute Sonata in D major S-Skma C1-R by Arcangelo Califano
- Flute Sonata in D major S.260 by Johann David Heinichen
- Flute Sonata in D major SpiF 18 by Frederick II
- Flute Sonata in D major SpiF 32 by Frederick II
- Flute Sonata in D major SpiF 61 by Frederick II
- Flute Sonata in D major SpiF 90 by Frederick II
- Flute Sonata in D major WoO by Martin Friedrich Cannabich
- Flute Sonata No.1 by Jared Destro
- Flute Sonata No.1 in D major by Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach
- Flute Sonata No.1 Op.168 by Adolf Terschak
- Flute Sonata No.10 in D major Gjedde coll. by Martin Ræhs
- Flute Sonata No.2 in D major Gjedde coll. by Martin Ræhs
- Flute Sonata No.6 in D major Schwerin coll. by Martin Ræhs
- Flute Sonata Op.3 No.1 by Giacobbe Basevi Cervetto
- Flute Sonata Op.31 by Karl Hoyer
- Flute Sonatina by Pál Járdányi
- Flute Sonatina in D major P.257 by Franz Danzi
- Flute Trio in D major Op.31 by Johann Wilhelm Gabrielski
- Flute Trio in D major Op.31 by Franz Anton Hoffmeister
- Flute Trio Op.30 by Kaspar Kummer
- Flute Trio Op.58 by Kaspar Kummer
- Flute Trio Op.64 by Raphael Dressler
- Gavotte in D major for Flute and Strings by François Joseph Gossec
- Grand Flute Quartet Op.92 by Ernesto Köhler
- Grand Trio for Flute Violin and Cello Op.35 by Eugène Walckiers
- La flûte d’Euterpe by Jean-François Marcoux
- Les trois parts d’une flute by Jean-François Marcoux
- Little Trio for Flute, Viola and Cello, Op.35 by Niels Johannes Legarth Iversen
- Marche detachée des Deux Avares, variée pour la Flute by William Reinards
- Notturno for 4 Flutes in D major by Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
- Notturno for Flute Quartet, Op.20 by Adalbert Gyrowetz
- Potpourri for Flute or Violin and Piano No.3, Op.122 by Joseph Küffner
- Potpourri for Flute or Violin and Piano No.30, Op.256 by Joseph Küffner
- Potpourri for Flute or Violin and Piano No.46, Op.283 by Joseph Küffner
- Potpourri for Flute or Violin and Piano No.65, Op.313 by Joseph Küffner
- Quartet No.3 for 4 Flutes, Op.80 by Georg Abraham Schneider
- Serenade for Flute or Violin and Guitar, Op.124 by Joseph Küffner
- Serenade for Flute or Violin and Guitar, Op.48 by Joseph Küffner
- Serenade for Flute, Viola and Guitar, Op.5 by Joseph Küffner
- Serenade for Flute, Viola and Guitar, Op.64 by Joseph Küffner
- Serenade for Flute, Viola and Guitar, Op.81 by Joseph Küffner
- Solo for Bass Flute in D major, Op.2649 by Stephen W. Beatty
- Solo for Flute and Cello in D major, Op.8 by Tebaldo Monzani
- Solo for Flute in D major by Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Wenkel
- Sonata for 2 Flutes in D major, D-KA Mus. Hs. 1112 by Anonymous
- Sonata for 3 Flutes in D major, PB 253 by Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
- Sonata for 3 Flutes in D major, QV 3:3.2 by Johann Joachim Quantz
- Sonata for Flute and Guitar, Op.24 by Michael Henkel
- Sonata for Flute Solo in D major by Michael Janusch
- Sonata for Flute, Violin, Bassoon and Continuo, FaWV N:D1 by Johann Friedrich Fasch
- Sonata for Harpsichord and Flute in D major by Johan Agrell
- Suite No.2 for 2 Flutes by Michel de La Barre
- Sérénade for Flute or Violin and Guitar, Op.97 by Joseph Küffner
- Sérénade pour Guitarre, Flûte et Cor ou Alto by Christian Dickhut
- The Flute Waltz by Henry Kleber
- Thème avec 9 Variations pour Flûte et Guitare, Op.54 by Theodor Gaude
- Thême Variées pour la Flute et Guitarre, Op.9 by Theodor Gaude
- Trio for 2 Flutes and Cello in D major, Op.7 No.1 by Franz Anton Hoffmeister
- Trio for 2 Flutes and Viola d’amore, CzaR 105 by Friedrich Wilhelm Rust
- Trio for 3 Flutes, Op.34 by Joseph Küffner
- Trio for Flute or Violin, Viola and Guitar, Op.45 by Francesco Molino
- Trio for Flute, Harpsichord and Viola in D major, Op.2737 by Stephen W. Beatty
- Trio for Flute, Viola and Cello in D major by Simoni dall Croubelis
- Trio for Flute, Viola and Cello in D major, Op.2659 by Stephen W. Beatty
- Trio for Flute, Violin and Cello in D major, Op.2899 by Stephen W. Beatty
- Variations with Introduction for Flute and Guitar by Michael Henkel
- Waltz for Flute, 2 Violins and Bass, G.21 by Georg Gerson
