mel
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Post by mel on Mar 26, 2017 23:52:09 GMT
So I just had my first lesson with a teacher. Before that I'd learned myself and thought that you need to adjust the blowing angle lower to get higher notes (get more air into the flute) because that worked for me. The teacher told me to blow straight over the dizi and adjust the angle upwards. I managed to do that during the lesson yesterday but find it quite hard now.
Is it completely wrong to have a lower blowing angle? Why does it seem easier for me to do it that way and harder to do it right? I can get the higher notes with a high angle but I need to blow very strongly, which wastes air and I run out of breath. That doesn't happen with a low angle O.o
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Post by az0116 on Mar 27, 2017 1:18:14 GMT
Maybe someone w/ more experience can chime in here. But anyways, what's worked for me for higher registers to is the higher angle but also a tighter embouchure at a faster air flow speed. There's a point where it sounds like I killed a dying bird and I waste a lot of air, and then if tighten up my embouchure or the angle or speed, it gets to a purer sweeter note. I actually can hold the higher notes longer than the lower ones at that pt because not as much air escapes. Also the jawboning video in this article helped me w/ angles: jennifercluff.blogspot.ca/2009/05/jaw-motion-for-flute-is-your-jaw.html |
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Post by edcat7 on Mar 27, 2017 17:34:06 GMT
Hi Mel, I don't understand when your teacher advises to blow over the dizi; surely most of air doesn't enter the dizi. If you hear "whooshing" sounds you know you haven't got the embouchure correct. AZ0116 has the right idea for the higher octaves and for the first octave the flow of air is pointed roughly 45 degrees downward.
At this early stage of learning I would advise you have the dimo stretched tightly or use sellotape instead.
Ed
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mel
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Post by mel on Mar 28, 2017 4:43:15 GMT
If the low octave is 45 degrees, what should the angle be for higher notes?
I can play them at 90 degrees angle; it just seems more effort/air goes into it!
Maybe if I learn this way for a while, I'll get used to it and it becomes easier?
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Post by edcat7 on Mar 28, 2017 7:36:04 GMT
To play the higher octaves you blow 45 degrees up. I would watch your teacher and YT videos to see how it's done and then practise in front of a mirror.
I'm glad I started my tuition on a hulusi and when I thought I had mastered the basics I asked my teacher to introduce me to the dizi. Had I started on the dizi I would have been quite frustrated.
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mel
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Post by mel on Mar 29, 2017 6:58:43 GMT
Uh, I'm confused. You said if you blow over the flute, the air won't get in. But you suggest blowing 45 degrees up. What am I missing?  Videos I've seen seem to be blowing straight too, or maybe a bit upwards. Do you know a good video that explains it clearly? |
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Post by meoweth on Mar 31, 2017 19:17:05 GMT
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zoom
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Post by zoom on Apr 11, 2017 14:36:56 GMT
1.- Keep your lips like smiling
2.- soft blowing...
3.- roll you flute in and out to find the best position...
4.- most important... be patient... keep practicing...
need more help? ask me...
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mel
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Post by mel on Jul 23, 2017 22:56:07 GMT
Update to this: turns out it also matters where on your lip the edge of the blowing hole is. The usual advice I've seen is to line up the edge of the lip with the edge of the hole. But for people with thicker lips that doesn't work, as the air will then blow over the flute. Solution is to shift the flute upward, more like in the middle of the outer part of the lip. That worked for me; I can actually do clear high 3s now |
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