Tilting: What's the deal with flute posture anyway? Nina Perlove explains.
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- Should my flute be held parallel to the ground? The answer might surprise you! What about playing face-front to the audience? Who is that guy playing flute with Miss Piggy? And why is a picture of Nina's dog in this video anyway?????? Watch this mini masterclass for the answers to all these questions.
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She really was like the first music TH-camr and it’s amazing
Aw thanks!
In Hungary we are taught the tilted posture from the very beginning, I couldn't imagine playing my flute any other way. :)
Read my post above, about the vertical line in the middle of your face: the flute must be perpendicular... if you keep perpendicular, then you can tilt wherever you want.
Awe your dog is adorable. My pup's name is Piper too 😄
Maybe that's why the fabulous Michael McGoldrick plays across his shoulder? The sound he gets is amazing, much to the dismay of other players who, even now, say that this shouldn't be done? Great video as always and you can hear the sound difference when you change the posture. :)
I just discovered your videos while looking for more info on singing into the flute. Great playing and sound. Thank you .
You are right, Nina! It works! ☺
Thank you Nina very much
I agree with your concept Nina. For me , it is always about how to get the best sound possible. Each student is different and I work with their individual posture needs.
This was extremely useful. Instant results. Thank you so much for sharing.
Doriot Anthony Dwyer once demonstrated in a master class how much the sound is affected by tilting the neck. That puts a kink in the air column. To keep the air column kink free, tilt from the upper body, not from the neck!
AWESOME.... THANKS. I have already tried this and it does work!
I love your videos and should watch them more often! Atm I don't have a flute teacher (again! I don't seem to keep my teachers - it's not me, honest - either I move house or they do) so I think I would learn new things from your videos! Thanks for taking the time to produce them and help us learners out!
+Cerdd_Wen if you ever have any questions head over to our channel we would be glad to help!
Simply put folks: the flute must be perpendicular to a vertical line dividing your face, with of course, the embouchure, centered. Everything else, doesn't matter. As long as the flute is set like that (90 degress) then you can be sideways, lying, tilted, whatever (except underwater). How I figure that out ? Simply, I stood in front of a mirror and adjusted the posture until the notes were coming out with ease.
Of course, when you become proficient, this is something that will be registered in your muscles and because you are proficient, you can compensate for small deviations.
NINA LOVE YOUR VIDEOS, I LOVE FLUTE, FLUTE FOREVER.
Superb tips, Nina! Thanks for sharing your expertise with us.
your so great my story is I had to pick an instrument for band and she told me to have it perfectly straight and I have very bad arm strength and its very hard for me thank you very much I should show her this so she can understand! I like how well you explain you are so awesome !
Your arms will get stronger the more you play. I picked up my flute again after not playing it for almost 20 years and I was surprised how hard it was on my arms and back and my fingers.
Thank you. I enjoy listening to you, yours sounds so much better!
Love your videos Nina. And it's just so funny to watch your cheeks quake as you do vibrato hahaha
Great video, and What a beautiful piece you chose to end the video, you seem to have good taste for flute passages, you could post about that 😊
I've been playing for almost 15 Years and I do the slight left posture ever since I was 11, I think that's one reason I always had issues with marching band because I was told to keep my flute straight. I tried. I failed. My head naturally tilts to the left. xD
Thank you for this. We all have different lips, teeth, some of us use a side embouchure....i always put ergonomics first and adjust headjoint position from there. This is great...I’ve always turned to the side, I guess as a natural response to what my lungs and shoulders wanted. Sometimes too even from the best flute makers the embouchure hole can be slightly skewed which definitely means the angle of the flute has to go with it
Did I hear some „Träumerei“ by Robert Schumann??? I LOVE that piece!
Thanks for the great lesson.
I could definitely hear the difference!
Muchas gracias Nina!! Muy claro y aplicable! saludos
That's Awesome!!! Oh yeah, you look really pretty also ♥ Your dogs name is Piper!!!
Nina, way cool, that was the best example of diaphragmatic vibrato pulsing I've ever seen from an on line teacher . At around 6:00 we can see you cheek puffing. Strictly speaking I don't know if I'm to old to learn new tricks or not but I just can't do that. Though I can see it would be the only way to vibrato with a recorder or Native American type instrument.
I don’t think it would be the only way to vibrato on a Recorder.
I wish you were our band teacher
Now granted, I was in Marching Band for a year, but this was true even before and still 3 years after: it just feel WEIRD to tilt my head! So yeah I also just have my flute parallel to the floor
I am inspired by the posture of James Galway and Jean-Pierre Rampal.
Best video ever!
Luigi Juarez Thanks, Luigi.
Funny using Rampal as an example when his flute is tilted in a lower angle than his lips. Not saying that it isn't good advice to try to keep things in line (like James Galway for example).
Excelente...saludos desde Venezuela...
thx, for that the great advice
The tilt sound so much nicer, but how does it really work though
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Excelent
What's this song's name?
I want to play this song following your lesson.
Or the Corgi head tilt, which they do for their entire lives.
Very good! Could you tell me what do you think about circular breathing. Should we adopt it or use it incidentally?
I was wondering why your cheeks move to your vibrato?
i was wondering too!
Its more resonant. when your cheeks puff out you are creating more space in your mouth. The more space you have in your oral cavity the more resonant your sound will be.
Tradarius Luckett yes! And I also feel that it aids in preventing tension in the embouchure and jaw, which only adds to a more beautiful sound
thnks a lot
My kids are asleep. I'm about to wake them up with my practice.
i think Piper is cute
Have you done a video on vibrato? I have never been able to do it.
Come on. Dont learn from her. She inflates her cheeks. The vibrato comes alone like singing a tune that you really like. Let your emotions come with it and it will appear alone without learning how. Let it flow. Sing. If you want first. Do a vibrato singing a song. Trespass it to the flute. That's it. Practice. Nothing more than that but dont inflate your cheeks. Only if you have food inside your mouth.
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Hi Nina, what about Denis Bouriakov at the 2017 flute fair (it’s on TH-cam)playing La Campanella with the flute all the way to the left of his nose/lips?
FLORIDA FLUTERY I watched the video and although I can’t get a close enough view to be sure, my experience tells me that he likely plays with what is often called a side or offset embouchure which is quite common although his may be a little further off of center than what you are used to seeing. The flute then must be aligned to wherever the opening of the lips are- even if it means the flute looks asymmetrical. Judging by his beautiful sound- he clearly has proper alignment. But I don’t like to speak for other flutists. He is a master of the craft so send him a message and ask him to discuss!
Nina Perlove Nina thank you so much for that in depth and thoughtful reply. You are absolutely the best! Please keep playing and teaching and stay safe.
do you have a video that deals with vibrato?
How many years have you been playing?
Emma Wilson I've been playing flute for more than 10 years. Ok, more than 20 years. Well actually, more than 30 years. I'm going to stop there!!!!!!
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Nina ....you are so great!!! i will never be a good musician...:( i would like to know ...what's the music name that you are playing from min . 6.10...thanks a lot...greetings from italy ...w la musica . SEMPRE !
+amelie poulain That's Träumerei by Robert Schumann, quite a lovely piece of music. :)
can someone tell me what this piece is
Goodbye To Childhood.
In Spanish? Please, Please!!
Well, one size doesn't fit all, especially on wind instruments. Teachers that teach all their students the same way are just not good teachers, hence youtube lessons are mostly worthless unless this is addressed.
Sorry i dont get why tou are infkating your cheeks at playing. I never did that and my vibrato feels comfortable and resonant and excellent. I never saw another flute player doing that. Your sound is a little airy for ny taste. Not a clean sound at all. Not a solid sound and you are playing with an expensive flute. Though i play with a Yamaha 225 S II i get a better sound. Sorry. Please anyone agreed with me???
Nonononono. Please do people in your section a favor and don’t play tilted. The person next to me plays with a tilt in their flute and their spit dripped on my leg 😫😫😫😖😖
It's not spit. It's condensation.
Tell us about the lips and why yours are 'pushed toward your LEFT, thank you.
you remind me my ex girlfriend
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