Likewise, the back of the tongue should not be raised to the point of creating turbulence. Likewise, during a note, the tip of the tongue should be low enough not to interfere with the air that is approaching your lips. IF this is the case, a lot of turbulence is created around the teeth, and this makes a hissy sound because of the unfocused air stream Try doing it on purpose. It is also possible that your lower jaw is not sufficiently open to allow the tips of the front teeth to be contacting the lips. To get a suitable aperture between lips, press them very slightly together. A recorder has about an inch! an oxy-acetylene flame nozzle has several inches. This length is needed to focus the air and reduce turbulence. It is likely that you are pulling your lips tight against your teeth, which greatly reduces the length of windway between your lips. (Possibly covering far too much embouchure hole, but this is incompatible with being very sharp)Īs already mentioned, lousy focusing of the airstream, so most of it is wasted making noise, by being directed in the wrong place, or by being too turbulent. and what's more, it breaks occasionally (in fact, very frequently)."ĭefinitely blowing the air too fast. Not enough embouchure hole covered, &/or blowing the airstream too high, &/or (actually almost certainly including) blowing the air too fast. " However, I have a problem because of that my sound on a headjoint is very sharp (almost a 3/4 tone higher than it should be). Not to come across as a "know it all" but on this specific topic I know of which I speak.īy the way, it is "aperture" not "apeture". A nuanced movement of the lower lip is not going to address the problem at this stage of this player's experience-the suggestions I made based on 32 years of experience teaching begininning woodwind players will. My comments were directed to an inexperienced player who is playing 3/4 of a step higher pitch on the headjoint than his teacher and is getting an extremely airy sound. Just watch when a fine player plays a long tone that has a diminuendo to pianissimo for the slight raise of the head as the note ends. Of course an accomplished performer on flute keeps this movement to a minimum, but it is done never the less. A slight movement of the head is all that is required to make a significant correction to the focus of the air and the pitch of the tone produced. This accomplishes a pitch (airstream focus) change in two ways-it directs the airstream slightly downward and it very slightly increases the amount of the lower lip covering the hole which in turn has the effect of bringing the strike plate nearer the aperature of the lips. This involves changing the hand position so I prefer raising or lowering the head slightly. Many teachers teach to roll the flute in and out to adjust the intonation on specific notes. Perhaps you missed the word slight in my post. Is that possible that I'm overblowing the flute and therefore forcing the sound with the incorrect force of blowing?Ĭlick to expand.Dear "not to be a jerk", If I use smaller amount of air (not to be confused with the breath support), the sound is much cleaner, and I can sustain it for longer time (12-15 seconds, in opposite to 7-8 secs when I'm using the 'saxophone amount of air'), not to mention that the pitch settles in the right place. On the tenor saxophone I'm playing Dave Guardala MB II which requires a lot of air to sound good, so maybe it's a bit too much for the flute.
My teacher didn't played saxophone ever, so she can't figure out what's going on, but I suspect that I'm trying to use too much air - to achieve volume comparable to tenor saxophone. However, I have a problem because of that my sound on a headjoint is very sharp (almost a 3/4 tone higher than it should be) and what's more, it breaks occasionally (in fact, very frequently) and has a lot of hiss. I've borrowed old Armstrong from my friend, and started to practice on a headjoint with the teacher. After 7 years of playing on tenor & soprano saxes I've decided to learn flute. I have a question concerning doubling on flute.
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