Fife Book With Fingering

 Fife ingering cha t

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Always make sure your fingers co er the holes with no gaps - check this in t e mirror or get a friend to check your fing  rs

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Blow softly for the low E and D

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Keep your outh tiny for the high

B

A

G

Lesson 1  BA&G

Busy Bee Bu - sy

Bee

Fuz - zy

Bee

Buz - zy

Bee

Au Re- voir 

Ant

Afternoon Ant Af - ter-noon

Ant

How do you

do

Gorgeous Grapes Gor-geous Gorgeous Grapes

Jui-cy Jui-cy

Grapes

Eat them eat them

all!

Melody

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B

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2

Lesson 2 

 Fun Pieces

Moderato

Andante

Allegro

Merrily

Au Clair De La Lune

Bouncy Ball 

3

Lesson 3 Slurs

Adagio

Easy Etude

Moderato

Medium Mazurka

Andante

 Wicked Waltz

4

Lesson 4

More Rhythms Crotchets - 1 beat Tea Tea

Tea

Tea

Quavers - 1/2 beat Cof  - fee Cof  - fee

Minims - 2 beats

Milk 

Cof  - fee   Cof - fee

Milk 

Try clapping these rhythms before playing...

Tea

Tea

Milk 

Cof -fee Cof -fee Cof -fee

Milk Milk 

Cof - fee

Tea Tea Tea

Cof - fee

Milk 

Milk

Milk 

Tea

CoffeeCoffeeTeaTea TeaCoffeeTeaCoffee

Tea Tea Tea

5

Lesson 5

 Fun Pieces Adagio

Moderato

 Flying Away

Knock Knock Knock 

Knock knock knock 

rat- a - tat- a -tat - a

Andante

knock rat -a -tat -a

rat- a - tat- a -tat - a

knock knock knock 

is there a - ny - bo - dy

Sailing on the Sea

ring,

home?

6

Lesson 6 Low E

Adagio

 Warming Up

Allegro

Olde Leicester

Allegretto

I'm

I'm

Singing in the Shower

sing-ing in the

sing-ing in the

show - er  

show - wer

la

La

la

la

la

la

la

la

Laaaa!

la

7

Lesson 7  Low D

Moderato

Presto

Allegretto

Getting Warmer...

Roundabout

 Fairground 

8

Lesson 8 High C 

Allegretto

 This note is called a dotted  minim and is worth 3 beats

Mirror Image

 The Grand Old Duke of York 

Look carefully at the rhythm - don't play this too fast!  Allegro

Andante

 Finger Twister! 

9

Lesson 9

Extra Pieces

Old MacDonald 

Moderato

Adagio

Sliding 

 These signs mean repeat this section.

Super Tonguing Practice

Practice slowly at first and speed up as you get better

10

Lesson 10 High D

High D Exercise  This exericise might seem hard first of all, but keep practicing and it will get easier

Jingle Bells

11

Lesson 11  Extra Pieces

Oh When the Saints go Marching In

Smooth Grooving 

Sailing 

12

Lesson 12  Notes with dots on are called  Staccato

Maestoso

Staccato notes and should be played short and spiky

Little March

 Funky Caterpillar Funky

Little Finger Workout!