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Scarborough Fair

Traditional English (17th c.)

🎵 A Minor⏱ 90 BPM🎼 18 notes

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How to play it on winds

🪈 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. A4 → A4 → E5 → E5 → E5 → B4 → C5 → B4 → A4 → E5 → G5 → A5
    🪈 Flute fingering (sounds 8va up)A5: T ● ● ○ ○ ○ ○ ·A5: T ● ● ○ ○ ○ ○ ·E5: T ● ● ● ● ● ○ ·E5: T ● ● ● ● ● ○ ·E5: T ● ● ● ● ● ○ ·B5: T ● ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ·C5: T ● ● ○ ● ○ ○ PB5: T ● ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ·A5: T ● ● ○ ○ ○ ○ ·E5: T ● ● ● ● ● ○ ·G5: T ● ● ● ○ ○ ○ PA5: T ● ● ○ ○ ○ ○ ·
    💨 Breathe at the end of each phrase — never in the middle of a held note.
  2. G5 → E5 → F#5 → D5 → E5 → E5
    🪈 Flute fingering (sounds 8va up)G5: T ● ● ● ○ ○ ○ PE5: T ● ● ● ● ● ○ ·F#5: T ● ● ○ ● ● ○ PD5: T ● ● ● ● ● ● PE5: T ● ● ● ● ● ○ ·E5: T ● ● ● ● ● ○ ·
    💨 Breathe at the end of each phrase — never in the middle of a held note.
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