(The section on embouchure formation is excellent (Carol teaches at Luther College and her book is used for basic pedagogy classes. Resources: Teaching the Flute A Method for Instruction Remind them that it takes time to develop a good vibrato. Students need to be able to control this in a calm fashion before being able to play with vibrato effectively. When they have mastered that move to 2 all the way to 8. It needs to be loud to be effective With the flute have them play a 1 and do one “SH” for each beat. A simple method to help them learn vibrato is to get them to say a sustained “SHSHSHSH”Īnd it feels like ab crunches with sustained air. Vibrato Many students will learn this if they take private lessons BUT not all do. Lifting the head can also help accomplish a good soft dynamic. Need to play with a steady, concentrated airstream. The tendency is to play flat when playing soft. Students often over blow because they think these notes are hard Inability to control soft tones: The air stream needs to be more concentrated. The aperture is too big and they aren’t listening. Often the airstream is not steady and you can do some exercises to help this! They are not controlling the airstream and need to listen better. Too much embouchure hole is open and they play sharp. The bottom lip is covering too much of the lip plate. What you might hear from your flutes Small or puny tone:Īlmost always the tone is not supported or the lip plate is rolled in. This app includes fingerings, trills (extremely useful), terms and some audio. This is called Flute in Reach and can be found on the itunes app store. Make sure they are seating to play in the most comfortable positionįingerings and trills Make sure student understands how to properly execute these with the correct fingerings! Yes.there is an app for this: Seat your best player on the conductor’s tight so the best sound can be heard by the rest of the section. Keep their stands tall enough so they keep their heads tall Sitting in an ensemble Give your flute players enough space to hold their flutes up. Hand position helpers Bo pep produced several inexpensive add ons to help students keep their hands in the correct position. Make sure they are sitting in a comfortable position to play with correct technique. You can do some quick visual “checks” by: Make sure they are holding their heads tall.Ĭheck the right hand thumb (it is very important in terms of balancing the flute) The fingers should be curved and relaxed. Wrists are bent the wrong way or not enough. They play with their elbows too far in or out. Students often do the following: They align the foot joint rod with the flute body rod. Hand Position To play with good hand position it is important to find the balance point that is comfortable for each student. This is fairly extreme and nothing else needs to be The pictures below illustrate few problems many encounter in the band room. Incorrect posture leads to out of tune/tone flute playing! Posture and instrument carriage Posture will help students to breathe more efficiently and hold the This can often be a visual check if you know what to look for They re playing with their heads down.e They are rolling in or out too much They are not supporting their tone They are not demonstrating correct instrument carriage They are playing out of tune at the end of phrases or when playing soft They roll the head joint too far in. They are covering too much or too little of the lip plate. Performance problems encountered with flute players at every level are: The aperture is too big causing an airy tone. I often use the syllable “poo” to help students attain that embouchure formation. Make sure to put the lip plate under the pink part of the bottom lip. The lower lip is loose, almost like a out and the upper lip is somewhat firmer. Very young flute players struggle to hold the flute and often develop incorrect technique that can be difficult to correct as they mature.Įmbouchure The correct embouchure will find the lips in a relaxed and somewhat natural position with the corners pulled back slightly.
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