The E major scale on flute is the scale of the key of E natural or four sharps. This implies that its tonic note is E natural. E major is relative to the key of C-sharp minor, parallel to the key of E minor, dominant to the key of B major, and subdominant to the key of A major. Below is a two octaves scale of E major on flute and how it sounds;
How to play the E major scale on the flute, its notes, and fingering chat
You can only play an E major scale of two octaves on the flute, being between the ranges of E4 – E6. You need to use a fingering chart or a particular pattern to play the E major scale on the flute. Below is a guide and finger chart of how to play the E major scale on the flute;
First octave E major scale notes (E4 – E5) fingering chart for flute
To play the first octave (E4 – E5) E major scale on the flute, you have to sharpen the F note, C note, G note, and D note. Your fingering needs to be accurate in other to produce a perfect scale. Below is a chart for the first octave of the E major scale on the flute;
Second octave E major scale notes (E5 – E6) fingering chart for flute
To play the second octave (E5 – E6) E major scale on the flute, you have to sharpen the F note, C note, G note, and D 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 E major scale on the flute;
Concert E major scale
While playing the E major scale, or playing a composition written in E major for the flute in a concert, you will have to sharpen the F note, C note, G note, and D note unless where indicated to be naturalized. This means that all notes except the F note, C note, G note, and D 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 E major scale without any transposition. But while running the E 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.
E major scale flute notes and arpeggio
The E 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 E natural note on the first line of the treble clef which in the range is the E4.
The notes or alphabets that you will play to get this scale correctly include; E, F♯, G♯, A, B, C♯, D♯, E. The two-octave arpeggio of this scale has its notes as E, G♯, B, E, G♯, B, E, B, G♯, E, B, G♯, E.
Notable flute compositions in E major
- Concerto for Viola d’amore, Oboe d’amore and Flute by Georg Philipp Telemann
- Flute Concerto in E major by Christoph Förster
- Flute Concerto in E Major GT 1.E05a by Giuseppe Tartini
- Flute Concerto in E major GWV 320 by Christoph Graupner
- Flute Concerto in E major QV 5:107 by Johann Joachim Quantz
- Flute Concerto in E major QV 5:108 by Johann Joachim Quantz
- Flute Concerto No.4 Op.51 by Ferdinand Büchner
- Flute Concerto TWV 51:E1 by Georg Philipp Telemann
- Flute Quartet Op.57 by Friedrich Dotzauer
- Flute Sonata by Michael Elphinstone
- Flute Sonata in E Major by Jiří Čart
- Flute Sonata in E major BWV 1035 by Johann Sebastian Bach
- Flute Sonata in E major H.506 by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
- Flute Sonata in E major Op.15 by Richard Rössler
- Flute Sonata in E major SpiF 55 by Frederick II
- Flute Sonata No.1 by Martín José Rodríguez Peris
- Quartet No.1 for 4 Flutes Op.68 by Georg Abraham Schneider
- Sonata for Flute d’amour in E major D-RH Ms 988 by Anonymous
- Trio No.1 for Flute Clarinet and Piano Op.2 by Adrián Fuentes Flores
- Variations for Flute and Piano in E major B.9 by Frédéric Chopin
