 The Fingering Forum
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Author: Chris Ransom
Date: 2000-08-19 06:36
Hey,
Lately I've been having a bit of trouble getting E3 cleanly. I'm getting D3 really easily, but when I try to play E3 it's either coming out really breathy and no sounding nice at all, or it's just coming out as A2. If I try to blow harder, I get like an A another octave higher, but never E3 cleanly. Can someone please give me some advice?
Thanks a bunch,
Chris.
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Author: Kyle Jubenville
Date: 2000-08-20 23:22
E3 on the flute is probably in my opinion, one of the most problematic notes on the instrument. It is great on a Piccolo, but a concert Flute, well, thats another story. The only really good way to get it to come in is to play it A LOT do lots of scales and arpeggios, and if you can play the note on some other instrument that has that octave, Preferably a piano of some sorts, so that you can get the tone in your head, cause once you have memorized the tone of E3 and what it sounds like, then your embechoure will automatically adjust appropriately. But practice practice practice is the best advice I can give on getting that note to come out.
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Author: Jim Tarbet
Date: 2000-09-13 19:08
I'm new here and have only picked the flute up again recently with a son starting the flute. It's been a while, at least 35 years but I'll give it a try. I'm almost tone deaf at that level now.
Hitting the high notes (above D3) is difficult and straining. Get a good, deep breath and tighten up the embouchure almost until it hurts. At that high frequency, you won't need much volume and you won't be able to breathe without losing your form.
Depending on how close you are hitting, try to roll the flute just a bit and it will come in easier.
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Author: Ellie
Date: 2001-04-09 01:20
yes- roll the flute. If it is an option, may i suggest getting a flute with a split-e key? My new flute has one, and my old flute doesn't. My e3 used to sound halfway decent, but quite airy. My new one- it has a beautiful tone. The key is not actually an extra key. it is a lever attached to an existing key that makes some keys go down separately, rather than together like on a standard flute. You don't actually ahve to know anything different to play a split-e flute. All the fingerings are the same, besides trilling 3rd octave g-a. check sneezy.org/wfg for alternative fingerings.
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