THREE FLUTE EMBOUCHURE GOALS - Flute Tube 39
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- čas přidán 18. 02. 2021
- In today's episode, we talk about embouchure goals: ideas to help you relax, stay forward (and symmetrical), and keep a small hole between your lips.
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Focusing on coming forward, rather than on avoiding tension, is a very useful concept! It is difficult to avoid something while we’re thinking about it.
I feel like my sound in the lower register will benefit so much from this!
Playing in the low register with a "high register embouchure" has been so helpful for me!
Yes, we simply tend to over-adjust. As with nearly everything that can produce extra tension!
I cannot thank you enough for this video. Oh my goodness, I learned so much! I feel like I've been doing everything wrong, but I have hope that I can fix things. Off to practice now!
I'm glad it's useful, but don't let it feel like you're doing everything all wrong - that's not the intention! 😂 Happy Fluting!
@@AprilClaytonflute I came to that conclusion before the video and that is why I sought it out. The video could be my salvation, lol
@@suzanneprior3251 I'm glad CZcams sent you this way, then! Best wishes and I hope you stick around!
Yet another great video!! That tip with the spaghetti is especially useful. Can't wait to put your advice into practice. Thanks.
So glad it was helpful! Thanks for the comment!
These are very helpful reminders for myself, but also helpful information I can use moving forward as a teacher! I'll especially have to try the spaghetti example next time I'm working with young flutists! Thanks for the great video!
So many great tidbits of information! I’ve never thought of the necessity to have relaxed lips in order for them to vibrate better and improve resonance, but it totally makes sense! Thanks again for a great resource video 👍🏻👏🏻
We're generally more tempted to tighten our tongue, jaw, and throat, but yes - relaxed lips make a big difference, too!
The uncooked spaghetti tool is new to me! I also liked how you clarified that we do need to be very big and open on the inside AND have the small aperture and forward, relaxed embouchure too. Very helpful for playing and teaching!
Glad if it's helpful, for playing and/or teaching!
This is SUCH an important video! Thank you so much! I want all my students to know all of these things. Relaxed and full with a small aperture seems like such a contradiction, yet it's amazing.
I like how these videos cause me to put so many of my ideas together about the given topic. Glad if that also makes it helpful for you!
Very good
Thanks! 😊
Hi April, Wow, you're such an amazing teacher. The muscle control and breathing are also important when it comes to violin. it's amazing how we share similarities between totally different instruments. LOL keep up the great work my good friend❤👍👍👍
Thanks so much for the note! It's great to hear from you and yes, interesting there are those similarities playing our different instruments. I'm looking forward to your next video as well! All best wishes.
Thank you so much April for another soooooo usefull and intersting video! I gotta say that i am very concerned about my asymetric embouchure and i've asked and looked litterature about this and almost found nothing. So this is interesting! I will definitely add this to my daily practice. Also, i've been practicing the paradigm of holding the flute horizontaly instead of verticaly and....it worked!!! I haven't resolved my right hand problem but it's sooooooooooooooooo much better than before! I already play more equally and it's soooo easier! Thank Dr Clayton!
I'm so glad to hear these videos are useful for you! Pressure is off to have a completely symmetric embouchure, but I always think it's good and helpful to move in that direction. Good luck with flute - and everything!
Amazing flute teacher! Thank you for sharing your skills 👏👏👏
This was so helpful! I definitely realized that I do the smile thing all the time. I have to stop, think about relaxing my lips, and then readjusting. Thanks!
Yes, it's tempting - and with reason - not because we're crazy! But important to figure out how to stop. 👍
Streaming and enjoying.
Thank you!
Looking forward to your next movie!
Thanks so much!
This is such a good video and I love sending it to my students that are also working on their aperture. I think I’m going to bring spaghetti and coffee straws with me to our lessons together! It’s amazing how much more efficient we can be with our air when our aperture is smaller!
Good tips! Especially like the pasta recommendation!
I've liked to think of that for a long time - glad if it's helpful!
I love using coffee straws for shrinking my embouchure! It’s good to know that uncooked spaghetti is another alternative. I’m currently using a de-puffed q-dip end but that is probably too big.
This video is amazing! I have learned so much! Also I love the coffee straw idea, I didn’t realize how small the aperture really was. I loved the visual of opening up on the inside while still keeping the aperture small. Great tips!
Streaming from another account. Great content as always.
Thanks!
What a great video! I need to get more coffee straws to practice having a small aperture! I think the challenge for me is to not tighten my lips as I have a small aperture. I'm excited to practice with it more this week and save more air!!
If only our lessons were in person, I'd give you AS MANY coffee straws as you want!! Later! :D
This is an excellent, clear resource... thank you!
Glad if it's helpful! 👍
Very informative!
Thanks, I hope so! 😀
Very good!👍
Thanks!
Again a very good video April, Your presents are very good. It"s a very good video to learn as a fluteplayer well done
Fantastic!!!
Thanks, I hope it's helpful!!
very nice!
Brilliant
great!
wonderful!
Thanks for watching!
Amazing!!!
Thanks so much!!
Very beautiful
Have you ever heard of "flute off the lip" embouchure?
This is great - my tone can be very inconsistent depending on a lot of variables, this will help next time I practice. I will dig that little plastic coffee stirrer out of my flute kit (I found it after watching your flute tube on circular blowing)…. My mouth tension is directly proportional to the difficulty of whatever I’m trying to play. PS Do you know what DeBost is talking about when he brings up “finger tonguing?”
Hi April! Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge with us! I’m really enjoying your videos 🤩. I was told by multiple teachers that I have a “teardrop/cupid’s bow” and that playing to the side was okay for this reason. I’ve just gotten comfortable with that but am always looking to improve my playing. Do you have any tips/suggestions for fortifying those muscles? Do you think it’s possible to retrain my mouth muscles to be able to form the proper aperture for a centered embouchure?
Thank you once again for your insight and generous spirit!!
- Shane M.
Hello Shane, and thank you for the note! I would have to take a good look at you in person before I committed to exactly what you should do. But if you have a noticeable teardrop/cupid's bow it is entirely possible that it would be better to stay slightly to the side with your aperture, as your teachers have told you. I would just try to move as close to the center as you are able without having that get in the way of your airstream. You DO want your aperture to be round/almond shaped, and not have a teardrop right in the middle of the aperture where it would change that shape. BUT, although being centered is the ideal, almost none of us are completely centered since playing the flute is such an asymmetric activity. 😊 Have you seen and heard Denis Bouriakov play? I hope so! He is a wonderful player, and also one of the most asymmetric I've ever seen! Good luck with everything! Nice to "meet" you here! 👍
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Quick question: I tend to feel like when I move my embouchure forward, my jaw closes as well. How can I keep my jaw open and my embouchure forward without pinching my lips?
Hi Daniel! I'd get used to feeling that your jaw and lips are independent. Move your jaw up and down while keeping your lips relaxed, but together. Then, with your jaw open, just let yourself open a tiny hole between your lips without tightening anything.
are these technicalities applicable to indian bamboo flute ? getting sound is much difficult
That's a good question! I would think at least somewhat, but I can't call myself an expert on that.... good luck!