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Author: uk newbie
Date: 2005-03-06 15:30
hi people,
ive just started the flute, and have been having some trouble getting the second octave through blowing.
The thing is the only way ive been able to get the higher notes consistently has been to use my wrists to tilt the flute towards me. Is this bad technique? I've heard that usually you're meant to use tilt your chin fowards to change the air direction. Is the way I'm using a bad habit?
thanks for any advice you can give,
sam s.
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Author: D.C.
Date: 2005-03-06 17:12
I've playing flute for a couple years now. Do NOT tilt the flute in towards you!! I know it's very very tempting, but it also means that your tone quality will change (not in a good way) and the note will go flat. This is hard, but all you can do is practise lots. Once you practise more and more, your embouchure becomes more refined. Also, try turning the flute outwards and moving your bottom teeth back a little. That helps. The most important part is to keep your emobouchure relaxed and very small. Then, trying slurring low E to 2nd octave E, low F to second octave F, low G to second octave G, etc. Be sure to increase wind speed too. Whew...good luck!!
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Author: Jon
Date: 2005-03-08 15:44
The best advice i can give you is blow more air. not so much for like doiuble ff but more amounts and morew volumes of air. that will help you more than you know.
and it will help you lung capacity if you take in more.
musically yours,
Jon
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Author: Joel Clifton
Date: 2005-03-16 18:37
You need a thin stream of air for all notes. The high notes, especially, don't really work if you just blow air into the hole. It must be a narrow, accurate, steady stream of air. For the higher notes the angle is almost the same (no head-tilting) but the airspeed should be faster. There may be a tiny change in angle, but that should be done with your mouth, and the change is almost nonexistant. If you roll the flute toward or away from you, the pitch will change, which is not what you want. If you roll forward the pitch will drop and vice-versa.
As an interesting post-note, to get the high notes out quietly you actually use a faster, narrower airstream, not a slower airstream which might seem more logical.
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Author: Jessi
Date: 2005-05-27 00:31
Take it from someone who has had 6 years of practice.
It is not nesicarily a bad habbit, but you shouldn't be doing it. Try to make your lip hole smaller and roll your flute out the slightest bit, but still keeping good posture. By the way, what notes are you having trouble reaching?
If you still can't play those notes, try eating a grape fruit before practicing. It helps to pucker up your lips to give better tone quality for higher notes.:)
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