Fife f

Always make sure

holes with no gaps
or get a friend to check your fingers

Blow softly for the low E and D

Keep your mouth tiny for the high D
Fife fingering chart
Always make sure your fingers cover the
holes with no gaps - check this in the mirror
or get a friend to check your fingers
Blow softly for the low E and D
Keep your mouth tiny for the high D
hart

your fingers cover the
check this in the mirror
or get a friend to check your fingers
Keep your mouth tiny for the high D
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Bu sy

Bee

Fuz zy

Bee

Buz zy

Bee - - -
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Af ter noon
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How do you
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Au Re voir
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Ant - - -
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Gor geous Gorgeous
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Grapes

Jui cy Jui cy
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Eat them eat them
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B A G

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B A G
Lesson 1 Lesson 1 Lesson 1 Lesson 1
(c) 2009 Nik Coley
B A & G
Busy Bee
Afternoon Ant
Gorgeous Grapes
BAG
Melody
B A G
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Merrily
Au Clair De La Lune
Bouncy Ball
Lesson 2 Lesson 2 Lesson 2 Lesson 2
Fun Pieces
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Lesson 3 Lesson 3 Lesson 3 Lesson 3
Slurs
Easy Etude
Medium Mazurka
Wicked Waltz
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Tea Tea

Tea Tea
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Cof fee Cof fee

Cof fee Cof fee
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Milk

Milk
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Tea Tea

Milk

Cof fee Cof fee

Milk - -
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Cof fee Cof fee Cof fee

Tea Tea Tea

Milk Tea

Milk - - -
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Lesson 4 Lesson 4 Lesson 4 Lesson 4
More Rhythms
Crotchets - 1 beat
Quavers - 1/2 beat
Minims - 2 beats
Try clapping these rhythms before playing...
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Knock knock knock
Moderato

knock rat a tat a

knock knock knock
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rat a tat a tat a

rat a tat a tat a

is there a ny bo dy
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Lesson 5 Lesson 5 Lesson 5 Lesson 5
Fun Pieces
Flying Away
Knock Knock Knock
Sailing on the Sea
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I'm sing ing in the
Allegretto

show er

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Lesson 6 Lesson 6 Lesson 6 Lesson 6
Low E
Warming Up
Olde Leicester
Singing in the Shower
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Getting Warmer...
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Low D
Roundabout
Fairground
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Mirror Image
The Grand Old Duke of York
h. This note is called a dotted
minim and is worth 3 beats
Lesson 8 Lesson 8 Lesson 8 Lesson 8
High C
Finger Twister!
Look carefully at the rhythm - don't play this too fast!
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Old MacDonald
Sliding
Super Tonguing Practice
Practice slowly at first and speed up as you get better
Lesson 9 Lesson 9 Lesson 9 Lesson 9
Extra Pieces
These signs mean repeat
this section.
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Lesson 10 Lesson 10 Lesson 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
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Extra Pieces
Oh When the Saints go Marching In
Smooth Grooving
Sailing
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Funky Caterpillar
Little March
Little Finger Workout!
Lesson 12 Lesson 12 Lesson 12 Lesson 12
Staccato
Notes with dots on are called
Staccato notes and should be
played short and spiky