Flute

FLUTE SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT #1
a) Watch VIDEO #1 and VIDEO #2 at  for a review of setup and tone.
b) Watch VIDEO #3 "Long Tones"-it starts on a high A, but start at YOUR highest comfortable note. Send me a recording (audio or video) of you playing some long tones using the same pattern as shown in the video. Just one minute of recording is fine. If you need a metronome and/or tuner you should be able to find something online for free to help.
c) Watch VIDEO #4 "How I fixed my student's high notes in 10 minutes" and choose a scale which you struggle with getting a high note. A major scale, a chromatic scale, whatever you like! It just has to have a note in it that is hard for you to play because it is high. Send me a recording (audio or video) of you playing the scale that is challenging for you. Just one minute of recording is fine.


VIDEO 1: Headjoint placement





VIDEO 2: LIP PLATE of flute: How to get it in EXACTLY the right spot!


VIDEO 3: Long Tones-it starts on a high A, but start at YOUR highest comfortable note


VIDEO 4: How I fixed my student's high notes in 10 minutes (1. stop blowing so hard, blow softly 2. tighten your embouchure 3. higher notes make a tiny pout -bring the lips forward 4. "hear" those high notes


VIDEO 5: How to Instantly Get a CLEARER SOUND on the Flute (Instant Fix #3)


VIDEO 6: The Air Stream and Vibrato (release and relax your airstream)



VIDEO 7: Tuning C#/Db (the 2nd and 3rd ones on your flute- HINT change your embouchure and air)



VIDEO 8: Double Tonguing (Step 1: play all slowly and slurred; Step 2: articulate with "HA" but not with your tongue - it takes a lot of support and a focused embouchure;  Step 3: single articulation with tongue that is enriched by extra support Step 4: Isolate just the backstroke of the tongue (the "Ka" from "TaKa" and do it again Step 5: Backwards Double Tonguing: instead of Taka Taka, do Kata Kata". Step 6: Do it the normal way "Taka Taka"