My 4th octave F works ok here but I have a fingering for the high F# that I have yet to reach. Actually I'm afraid of breaking the family Goebels (Hummels).

Nice chart. Yes, in theory, any woodwind should be able to do four octaves. Well in theory at least - playing it might be a TAD hard. I give up at around C7, mostly because I just don't usually play music that has notes up that high, preferring rock and jazz much more lately.

I know most of the flute lit. and one doesn't see these notes above the high D very often, perhaps in some ultra modern atonal piece you might...but not too many other places

And why subject your audience to that sort of thing anyway?

Listen to the Cuban salsa/Latin jazz flute players that play F4 with ease. They had to battle trumpets, and are incredible! The C4 is in the normal range, not screechy, but to be played with a beautiful tone. Don't attempt the altissimo register until you can do this!

Bilbo is correct, again...rarely are those notes required and often come out as spit...

I can hit C7 and im the only one in the middle school that can

I once hit a 4th octave E...I was talking on the phone when I hit it.

I'm much more impressed that you can talk on the phone and play the flute at the same time than I am that you can hit high notes.

Let me hijack this thread a bit momentarily and change the question slightly. How do you or would you react to pieces that involve a high Db? (That's the Db three octaves and a half-step above middle C.)

give me the fingerings and i could probally mange but not before my sister kicked me out of the room for hurting her ears because she gets annoyed when i play D3(1st D above the stave)in jingle bells

umm... i play in a school orchestra and frequently use D7-F7, aka the high D's-F's.. i thought it was common to use those..! C8 is used in scales..

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maybe im confused..

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heres a good fingering chart:

http://www.gemeinhardt.com/pdf/fluteFingering.pdf

Judging by your fingering chart, I think you're an octave off. Your chart goes to the D three octaves and a major second above middle C. This is the standard three-octave normal usable range given by most orchestration books plus one whole step. If we call middle C C4, as the other members have been, then our high C as shown on the chart is C7.

oh right thank

I once hit a 4th octave E...I was talking on the phone when I hit it.

I'm much more impressed that you can talk on the phone and play the flute at the same time than I am that you can hit high notes.

Lol. I actually was talking on a cell phone and put it on speaker because my friend wanted to hear me play so I let her hear it. =)

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The quote before I said "lol" was by Scotch by the way. =D

The fingering list is so cool. Using the names there, i can get up to C 8. I have a study with a jump from e7 to b7. That was kinda hard to play!

The fingering list is so cool. Using the names there, i can get up to C 8. I have a study with a jump from e7 to b7. That was kinda hard to play!