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RE: Second octave

Author: Maggie
Date: 2006-02-01 00:10

I had the same problem when I started... It got really frustrating. But don't give up - I started not being able to get the right note out to being 7th chair in my school's symphonic band. :-)

And Flute472 is right, I've acutally heard the "upside-down" smile embrochure called a "flute player's smile" :-)I would say (since I'm self-taught myself) to work on, along with proper embrochure, proper breath support. I don't know how much of that experience you bring from sax, but it is very very important when getting to really high notes and playing the lyric passages that the flute is most suited for. It's something nobody ever taught me and I'm still struggling with it.

Good luck to you, and I hope you enjoy playing!

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