Flute sheet music and letter notes

Every song on RetroX1 appears as sheet music, with the letter note and the fingering under every note.

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Letter notes for flute

Letter notes name the notes: C, D, E, F, G, A, B. A ♯ (sharp) raises a half step and a ♭ (flat) lowers it. On the site, choose “Notes” to see only the names, or “Fingering” to see the holes too.

How to read the score

• Pitch: the higher on the staff, the higher the note.
• Length: whole (4 beats), half (2), quarter (1), eighth (½), sixteenth (¼); a dot adds half.
• Time signature: 4/4 has four beats per bar.
• Rests: silence has a length too.

In your flute's key

The same score can be played in the original key or in your flute's key; the site marks in red any note outside the range.

Write your own score

In the full-screen score editor you write with the mouse or keyboard, listen, save in the browser and download as MusicXML.

Public-domain songs

Some of the scores to play along:

• Au clair de la lune — Tradicional francesa
• Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star — Tradicional
• Frère Jacques — Tradicional francesa
• Jingle Bells (chorus) — James Lord Pierpont
• Jingle Bells — James Lord Pierpont
• Mary Had a Little Lamb — Tradicional
• Ode to Joy (theme) — Ludwig van Beethoven
• Happy Birthday — Tradicional
• Minuet in G (part A) — J. S. Bach
• Canon in D — Johann Pachelbel
• Peasant Dance — Ludwig van Beethoven
• Gnossienne No. 1 — Erik Satie
• Greensleeves — Tradicional inglesa
• Gymnopédie No. 1 — Erik Satie
• Minuet in G (BWV Anh. 114) — J. S. Bach
• Ode to Joy (Symphony No. 9) — Ludwig van Beethoven
• Für Elise — Ludwig van Beethoven
• Prelude Op. 28 No. 4 — Frédéric Chopin
• Air on the G String — J. S. Bach
• Ave Maria — Franz Schubert
• Carol of the Bells — Mykola Leontovych
• Clair de Lune — Claude Debussy
• Maple Leaf Rag — Scott Joplin
• Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 — Frédéric Chopin
• Sonata K. 545 (1st movement) — W. A. Mozart

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