Habanera (L'amour est un oiseau rebelle)

How to play it on winds

🎷 On the saxophone, every note below uses its real fingering — press the B/A/G + F/E/D keys in combination, and hold the 8va key for the upper register.

🪈 On the flute, the melody sounds one octave higher than written — the same shapes you already know, with the breath mark (◌) for the upper octave.

Learn it in phrases

1. D5 → C#5 → C5 → B4 → Bb4 → A4 → G#4 → G4 → F4 → E4 → D4
   🎷 Sax fingeringD5: ● ● ● · ● ● ○ +8vaC#5: ○ ○ ○ · ○ ○ ○ +8vaC5: ○ ● ○ · ○ ○ ○ +8vaB4: ● ○ ○ · ○ ○ ○Bb4: A4: ● ● ○ · ○ ○ ○G#4: ● ● ○ · ○ ○ ○G4: ● ● ● · ○ ○ ○F4: ● ● ● · ● ○ ○E4: ● ● ● · ○ ○ ○D4: ● ● ● · ● ● ○

   🪈 Flute fingering (sounds 8va up)D5: T ● ● ● ● ● ● PC#5: T ● ● ○ ○ ○ ○ PC5: T ● ● ○ ● ○ ○ PB5: T ● ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ·Bb4: A5: T ● ● ○ ○ ○ ○ ·G#5: T ● ● ○ ○ ○ ○ PG5: T ● ● ● ○ ○ ○ PF5: T ● ● ● ● ○ ○ PE5: T ● ● ● ● ● ○ ·D5: T ● ● ● ● ● ● P
   💨 Breathe at the end of each phrase — never in the middle of a held note.