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Can you guess these orchestral flute melodies

Can you guess these orchestral flute melodies?

Jul 11, 2023

Are you ready to see if you know these 4 orchestral flute excerpts? I'll bet that you know at least one of them!

Can you guess these orchestral flute melodies?


Welcome to guess the flute tune. I've got four orchestral this time. Orchestral pieces all written for flute, and I would like to see which ones you recognize. Tell me in the comments below which ones you know.

* Scroll to the bottom of this page to find out the answers!

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Okay. Here's Number Two. This is quite a famous one and challenging with breathing. So if you know the name of this and the composer, by the way, include the name and the composer if you know it.

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Okay. Number Three, here's this one. I love using that as a demonstration piece for when I'm teaching different techniques to flute students in the Flute Academy.

Okay. Number Four. I've chosen this one because I'm playing it in a concert soon with an orchestra. That might be a slightly more challenging one. It's a famous piece, but the solo is less well known.

Orchestral flute music

So let me know in the comments which of these pieces, you know by name and composer. The clue is, as you know, they're all orchestral and all written specifically for flute.

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Here are the answers!

1. Pavane, Faure
2. Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, Debussy
3. Morning Mood, from Peer Gynt Suite, Grieg
4. Symphony 9, New World, Dvorak

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