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Fingering Puzzle - April 09
Written by Owen Auger   

For each note printed along the top of the grid below, work out its standard flute fingering and follow the flute key list on the left to circle the correct letters underneath the note (the first column has been shaded for you) . Once you have finished, read the circled letters from left to right, top to bottom to read a quote from Shakespeare’s Hamlet .

Flute fingering puzzle

"...do you think I am easier to be played on than a pipe? Call me what instrument you will, though you can fret me, yet you cannot play on me."
Hamlet, Act III, Scene II

flute cube-puzzle

Music Cube

Which of the three nets can be folded to form the cube shown.

 

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Flutes Around the World

Match these flutes with their countries.

  1. Dizi - China
  2. Bansuri - India
  3. Fue - Japan
  4. Sring - America
  5. Diple - Serbia
  6. Palendag - Phillipines
  7. Washint - Ethiopia

Owen Auger,flute auckland NZOwen lives in Wellington, NZ and is working in the energy industry. He has played in a number of concert bands and has conducted the North Shore Youth Symphonic Wind Band. He is also a keen advocate and player of jazz flute.