Printable Flute Fingering Chart
The complete flute fingering chart as a free printable PDF: all 37 notes from low C4 to C7 at the top of the third octave, with the thumb levers, trill keys and foot-joint keys drawn exactly as they appear on the online chart.
Download the PDFs
Flute fingerings reward a wall chart more than most — the third octave stops looking mysterious once you can see the whole ladder at once, including which notes keep the E♭ key down and which let it go.
Both PDFs are free for classroom and personal use. Print them, copy them for your class, pin them on the wall — please just do not resell them or post them as your own product.
What is in the chart
The filled chart is grouped by octave. The foot-joint keys are drawn on the low notes that use them — low C♯ and low C — and a footnote covers the B-footjoint: on a B-foot flute the gizmo key helps the top C, while this chart follows the standard C-foot fingering the sources give for C7. The published alternates are marked, including the one-and-four B♭ beside the thumb-B♭ basic. The blank worksheet prints the same three octaves with empty diagrams for tests and homework.
The full chart, online
Prefer to check a note on screen, hear it, or look up one fingering at a time? The flute fingering chart has all of it — and every note below links to its own page with the diagram, the sound and the fingering in words.
| Note | Fingering |
|---|---|
| C4 | Thumb key · left hand 1-2-3 · right hand 1-2-3 · right pinky low C key. |
| C♯4 | Thumb key · left hand 1-2-3 · right hand 1-2-3 · right pinky low C♯ key. |
| D4 | Thumb key · left hand 1-2-3 · right hand 1-2-3. |
| E♭4 | Thumb key · left hand 1-2-3 · right hand 1-2-3 · right pinky E♭ key. |
| E4 | Thumb key · left hand 1-2-3 · right hand 1-2 · right pinky E♭ key. |
| F4 | Thumb key · left hand 1-2-3 · right hand 1 · right pinky E♭ key. |
| F♯4 | Thumb key · left hand 1-2-3 · right hand 3 · right pinky E♭ key. Also usedThumb key · left hand 1-2-3 · right hand 2 · right pinky E♭ key. |
| G4 | Thumb key · left hand 1-2-3 · right pinky E♭ key. |
| G♯4 | Thumb key · left hand 1-2-3 · left pinky G♯ key · right pinky E♭ key. |
| A4 | Thumb key · left hand 1-2 · right pinky E♭ key. Also usedThumb key · left hand 1-2 · right hand 1-3 · left pinky G♯ key · right pinky E♭ key. |
| B♭4 | Thumb key · left hand 1 · right hand 1 · right pinky E♭ key. Also usedThumb B♭ lever · left hand 1 · right pinky E♭ key. |
| B4 | Thumb on the B lever · left hand 1 · right pinky E♭ key. |
| C5 | Left hand 1 · right pinky E♭ key. |
| C♯5 | Right pinky E♭ key. |
| D5 | Thumb key · left hand 2-3 · right hand 1-2-3. |
| E♭5 | Thumb key · left hand 2-3 · right hand 1-2-3 · right pinky E♭ key. |
| E5 | Thumb key · left hand 1-2-3 · right hand 1-2 · right pinky E♭ key. |
| F5 | Thumb key · left hand 1-2-3 · right hand 1 · right pinky E♭ key. |
| F♯5 | Thumb key · left hand 1-2-3 · right hand 3 · right pinky E♭ key. Also usedThumb key · left hand 1-2-3 · right hand 2 · right pinky E♭ key. |
| G5 | Thumb key · left hand 1-2-3 · right pinky E♭ key. |
| G♯5 | Thumb key · left hand 1-2-3 · left pinky G♯ key · right pinky E♭ key. |
| A5 | Thumb key · left hand 1-2 · right pinky E♭ key. Also usedThumb key · left hand 1-2 · right hand 1-3 · left pinky G♯ key · right pinky E♭ key. |
| B♭5 | Thumb key · left hand 1 · right hand 1 · right pinky E♭ key. Also usedThumb B♭ lever · left hand 1 · right pinky E♭ key. |
| B5 | Thumb on the B lever · left hand 1 · right pinky E♭ key. |
| C6 | Left hand 1 · right pinky E♭ key. |
| C♯6 | Right pinky E♭ key. |
| D6 | Thumb key · left hand 2-3 · right pinky E♭ key. |
| E♭6 | Thumb key · left hand 1-2-3 · right hand 1-2-3 · left pinky G♯ key · right pinky E♭ key. |
| E6 | Thumb key · left hand 1-2 · right hand 1-2 · right pinky E♭ key. |
| F6 | Thumb key · left hand 1-3 · right hand 1 · right pinky E♭ key. |
| F♯6 | Thumb on the B lever · left hand 1-3 · right hand 3 · right pinky E♭ key. Also usedThumb on the B lever · left hand 1-3 · right hand 3 · gizmo key. |
| G6 | Left hand 1-2-3 · right pinky E♭ key. |
| G♯6 | Left hand 2-3 · left pinky G♯ key · right pinky E♭ key. Also usedLeft hand 2-3 · right hand 2-3 · left pinky G♯ key · right pinky E♭ key. |
| A6 | Thumb key · left hand 2 · right hand 1 · right pinky E♭ key. Also usedThumb key · left hand 2 · right hand 1 · gizmo key. |
| B♭6 | Thumb key · right hand 1 · D trill key. |
| B6 | Thumb on the B lever · left hand 1-3 · D# trill key. |
| C7 | Left hand 1-2-3 · right hand 1 · left pinky G♯ key. |
Printing tips
Print the filled chart for the practice stand and the blank worksheet for the lesson notebook: filling in a week's new notes by hand is the fastest way flutists memorise the third octave. The diagrams are black-and-white by design — filled and open circles, no colour coding — so a greyscale print or photocopy is fully readable, and a laminated copy survives the flute case pocket.
Try a note in the Fingering Finder
Pick an instrument and a note and the diagram updates instantly — filled keys are the ones you press. The same finder sits on every note page, pre-set to that note.
Notes students check most
See also the flute fingering chart and the printable fingering charts index for the other instruments.
Is the printable flute fingering chart really free?
Yes — both PDFs are free, for classroom and personal use, with no sign-up or download limits.
Does the PDF match the online flute chart?
Exactly. Both are generated from the same data file, checked against the Yamaha flute fingering guide and the Woodwind Fingering Guide — all 37 fingerings agree across the two sources.
My flute has a B footjoint. Is this chart still right?
Yes for every note on it. The only difference a B footjoint makes here is at the very top: the gizmo key can help C7 speak. The chart page explains this in full; the printed chart follows the standard C-foot fingering.