My grandpa just gave me a flute as a present and I'm trying to learn, I kind of got a sound for a split second, but then I tried and tried again and I got very light headed. Super helpful tips. Tysm.
@StickzMen Do you mean different pitches? The harder you blow, the higher the pitch will be. That's how sound/pitch/frequency works. I'll put it on my videos-to-make list so I can explain it more. :)
Love all your videos. Your "down to earth demeanor" and approach will help students feel receptive and not like you are a teacher "talking down" to them. I guess that you and I share the same sense of humor. Thanks again for sharing and keep em' coming.
Hey Joanna, thanks for the great advice, my 9 year old daughter is learning rapidly, and gets a lot of benefit from your videos. On the other hand, she just asked me "Daddy, why does she giggle about the word - BLOW" What on earth should I tell her?
Your slide whistle antics reminded me of a time back in about 1990 or so when I attended a concert by the Duke Ellington Orchestra under the direction of Mercer Ellington (Duke's son). During one piece the flutist, given to showmanship while soloing, removed the head joint from his flute and continued to play using only the head joint and using his right hand to play the correct notes. Needless to say he received lots of applause. His intonation was dead on. I still don't know how he did it because his right arm was extended with his right hand pretty far from the head joint. Dude knew that flute!!
Sixth grade band! Thanks for the extra help, my mom and grandma play well so I am very grateful to have a lot of people to talk to. This makes me feel like we're on the same level :]
I got my first flute today. Yes a silver flute. Today is my first time ever playing and i am very excited to learn, be good and great on this. I love it so much! And yout videos has given me amazing tips!! About the cleaning, about how important it is to take care of the keys etc!! And how to blow and make sound etc haha and your videos are entertaining, you are extremely cute and totaly lovable :D Thank you so much for your videos!!
@romdanbonzie Really depends from person to person. Even flutists who have ended up becoming professionals tell stories about how it took them over a month to get a sound out! But I have had plenty of students who got it on the first try! As for a good sound, you will always be developing that. Tone is organic--it changes with you, with different environments, with different feelings... that's why tone is my favorite thing to work on! :)
If I'm not mistaken, I believe this is my Yamaha 225SI. :) Does it look similar to the Blessing? I haven't tried that one before. Also, I'm so glad to have been of help! You can ask me more questions on my Facebook page too! :)
Thank you so much!! I am in band currently and I was struggling on how to blow into the flute. This video helped me a lot and I give credit to you and this video!! 😊
i started playing the oboe a couple of years ago and havent touched a flute since (i love my oboe and my time is consumed by that) and i plan on relearning it so this helped!
You helped me so much! I am a musician who plays many instruments but my main instrument is french horn (brass player) and besides the mandatory recorder in elementary school i haven't played wood wind instruments. After getting my own flute through a GREAT deal (20 bucks for a concert flute that is in GREAT condition) I figured I should learn to play it. This video was a great help and after only watching this i was able to get sound from my flute. THANK YOU
Yep, great tips! Just haven't had time to get to all those points yet, although I'm working on it. ;) Covered a few more breathing tips in my "Flute Breathing" video!
Got my flute today and decided to get ahead and know how to set it up, and everything else, all i couldnt do was make a sound, now thanks to you I'm completely ahead for a whole week :D
You are awesome! I just got my flute today. Now, I think it's gonna be much more fun than I think it will be. That "Mary had little lamb" is super cool! :)
When I first started playing flute 5 years ago, forming a flute embrasure was difficult because I have a birth defect called a cleft lip, so it makes my stream of air off centered and bigger. So I had to teach myself the best embrasure for me. The way my band teacher was teaching everyone else how to play the flute didnt work for me. :( I have got pretty good at the flute over the years, but I am having problems with sounding airy and tone. Watching your videos really helped me though! Because I study how you form you embrasure and how the flute makes a sound to replicate it to the best of my ability. Your videos really helped me improve my flute technique! I do have a question for you, have you ever heard of circular breathing? Can you do it?
so I usually play alto and tenor saxophone and I just got a flute from my cousin because she doesn't use it any more and this is so so so so different from both of those instruments! so happy there is about a zillion videos about it! thanks!
this really helps, thanks, i tried playing right off the bat with no knowledge of how to blow and kept getting flat notes for the first four notes, it was really awkward, hopefully after doing this a few times ill clear those up
i have to play my flute tmr at school and a didn't know how to play it thanks for the advice u helped alot now i just need to know the fingerings for mary had a little lamb
I just started blowing into it and it seems like a hit of miss whether it makes a flute sound...hopefully just more-and-more practice will get me better at it.
Thank you very much! Nobody is help me like you. And this simple trick with finger is absolutely helpful...yes...everything what you trot out and share.
And when you release the air, do you produce a 't' or 'tk' sound ? The first would be produced with your tongue against the teeth and the second as well but with a throaty motion straight after?
JustAnotherFlutist Hi i got my flute today and i got a perfect note on the first try and continue to get a great note on the head piece is this normal?
Ugh. I've been practicing for 2 days but still haven't perfected my embouchure DX I need help, you seem like a very skilled and comedic flute player (:
Let me see first of all I am a violinist and I also played viola but I do want to state that your tutorial video was fantastic really really good I can't say enough about enjoying it I was wondering about the head joint and how to blow I seen other ones on people putting piece of paper in their hand and then blown it off yours was very instructional so now that I know when I finally by my flute I should just use the head joint for the first two weeks if you could have next time when you do that one if you do a part 2 of how to blow his then do you have them do an extreme close-up of your lips and just Define word sweet spots on the little hole where you got a blow across it not into it like on an angle I understand I get what you're trying to do but do have really super duper close up of your lips as it touches the sweet spot on the on the head joint where the holes at thank you Robert other than that it was fantastic you're very instructional the video was very clean very nonchalant a liked it and I can't wait to see the the head of the department that you're in for the flutes office and all looks good I'm going to watch the rest of your videos are very very good Robert Haller January 14th 2019 thank you it's fantastic job look very nice too very well tired and dressed very neat and clean and I can't wait to see the rest of your videos thank you remember close-ups of certain things will help thank you
+Rafael Antonio Reyes Actually what happens that If I am not closing any hole it will work fine but If i will close then it won't give any sound but i think it should give.
What sound do you make when you blow? As in what letter(s)? I know for Ocarina you make the sound "Tu" and i've heard people say that you make a "P" sound for Flute
Haha, I totally just replied your other comment on my "Flute 101" video to direct you to this video, but obviously you're smarter than me and looked it up yourself! ;D I'm glad this helped you!
this was way more helpful then the other video I watched it just told you how to play and thx for putting out this video it really helped because I just started band
Hi, have just started trying to learn the flute but although I can get sound from the mouthpiece section as you are in the vid, but when I put the instrument together...nothing? not a 'sausage'..or any sound even? any ideas what's happening?
This was so helpful! I just got the flute yesterday for school, and my teacher didnt explain it very well.Do you have a blessing usa flute? Cause your case looks very similar to mine :)
Thanks for this. This is day 2 of trying to teach myself using a book. Yesterday I sounded like I was blowing into a hose pipe. I'll try this. So do I blow or make a hissing noise. I've tried making T noise but it doesn't work.
I have been playing the flute for four years and for some reason whenever I blow air through my flute my top lip basically folds underneath my top front teeth. (if that makes any sense at all) It's the only way I can play, and while I can hit every note I feel it may effect my tone quality. I have tried to play likee most people before but I can't. Any advice?
i went to the band practice today i learned how to play the flute too, but i keep having trouble putting my lips right, i dont really know where to put my lips right on the hole. And when i breath, my head starts to feel dizzy, any tips pls? thank you so much if you can help me :)
thank you soo much like i am trying to learn how to play a flute and i just couldnt blow into the actual hole of the flute so i am greatful for this tutorial video it helps alot :)
@ JustAnotherFlutist sorry I couldnt find my comment... but I just wanted to let you know that thanks to you making this video I am now first chair! =D And I am the very first person out of all the flute players in my band to get a decent sound! Again Thanks! ;) and keep making your videos cuz...uh.. Im Subscribing! =D
@BrokenByAChord Well, that depends on what you want to do. If it's just for fun or if you can't afford lessons, I don't see a problem in learning via TH-cam tutorials. But if you really want to learn well without making potentially bad habits and if you can afford them, lessons are great because they are meant to be tailored to each student. There are some things that can only be learned face-to-face with a teacher. But maybe I'm just biased because I'm a teacher, haha! ;)
Haha ^_^ it only took me a few minutes to blow properly since I had a really good teacher next to me, but I had no idea you could play Mary had a little lamb using only that. lol, I only practiced the low breathing.
I used to be in band and I play percussion and this year I want to play flute and thanks to this video because I have struggling on how to blow an air and make a good sound hwhe
Help :( I'm having a very hard time with this thing. As soon as I start blowing, the sound gradually and quickly turns high pitched. What am I doing wrong?
I agree! Clarinet fingering seems a hell of a lot easier to me... that may just be because I play clarinet though, I guess to a flutist clarinet fingering would be weird.
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I play Tuba...and now im trying to learn flute....It's like learning Russian when I only speak Yiddish.
Um, im sorry? What?
Nolan Norris Dude I'm doing the same thing xD
Nolan Norris Don't feed the troll.
Nolan Norris same but with clarinet to flute 😂 yours is worse though
Kaitlin_Vlogs mines is nothing to flute
OMG this is so much help to me! I can't even blow a single sound out of it before I watched but now I can make a acceptable tone! Thank you so much!
My grandpa just gave me a flute as a present and I'm trying to learn, I kind of got a sound for a split second, but then I tried and tried again and I got very light headed. Super helpful tips. Tysm.
OMG THX SO MUCH I WAS PISSED AT MY FLUTE THEN WATCHED THE VID AND SAID YYYYAAAAAAAEEEEEEEEEEE
I just recently got a Chinese Dizi...same principle. Thank you! My neighbors hate me now haha
Ah, yes, join the club of the friendly neighborhood musicians that are hated by all their neighbors! :D
JustAnotherFlutist You make it sound as though it's a good thing to be hated
:(
JustAnotherFlutist thank u fpor ur vid because of u i learned how to bloe in to my flute
Simon Pogiugnyse if their hate is based on pure envy .... maybe :D
@StickzMen Do you mean different pitches? The harder you blow, the higher the pitch will be. That's how sound/pitch/frequency works. I'll put it on my videos-to-make list so I can explain it more. :)
Love all your videos. Your "down to earth demeanor" and approach will help students feel receptive and not like you are a teacher "talking down" to them. I guess that you and I share the same sense of humor. Thanks again for sharing and keep em' coming.
Thank you so much! I’m doing a rental at school and I didn’t know how to blow it but now a beautiful sound comes out!
Thanks for the tips cuz I really need them for grade 6 band. I'm doing the flute and for the past hour and a half, I've been trying to blow into it!!!
Hey Joanna, thanks for the great advice, my 9 year old daughter is learning rapidly, and gets a lot of benefit from your videos. On the other hand, she just asked me "Daddy, why does she giggle about the word - BLOW"
What on earth should I tell her?
Say "You'll know when you're older"
Do you want to say that she will learn about the word fast too?
Tell her you will understand when ur older
Oh, for gods sake Eddy
why DOES she?
Your slide whistle antics reminded me of a time back in about 1990 or so when I attended a concert by the Duke Ellington Orchestra under the direction of Mercer Ellington (Duke's son). During one piece the flutist, given to showmanship while soloing, removed the head joint from his flute and continued to play using only the head joint and using his right hand to play the correct notes. Needless to say he received lots of applause. His intonation was dead on. I still don't know how he did it because his right arm was extended with his right hand pretty far from the head joint. Dude knew that flute!!
Great video! I can finally make a good sound on the flute after hours and hours trying. Thanks for the advice.
Sixth grade band! Thanks for the extra help, my mom and grandma play well so I am very grateful to have a lot of people to talk to. This makes me feel like we're on the same level :]
can you please make a tutorial on tonguing notes? i look up to your tutorials ¨̮
I got my first flute today. Yes a silver flute. Today is my first time ever playing and i am very excited to learn, be good and great on this. I love it so much! And yout videos has given me amazing tips!! About the cleaning, about how important it is to take care of the keys etc!! And how to blow and make sound etc haha and your videos are entertaining, you are extremely cute and totaly lovable :D Thank you so much for your videos!!
really loved your trick.. of putting finger.. never thought that was a way to change the sound!!
@romdanbonzie Really depends from person to person. Even flutists who have ended up becoming professionals tell stories about how it took them over a month to get a sound out! But I have had plenty of students who got it on the first try! As for a good sound, you will always be developing that. Tone is organic--it changes with you, with different environments, with different feelings... that's why tone is my favorite thing to work on! :)
If I'm not mistaken, I believe this is my Yamaha 225SI. :) Does it look similar to the Blessing? I haven't tried that one before.
Also, I'm so glad to have been of help! You can ask me more questions on my Facebook page too! :)
Nice tips. It took me nearly a month to get A sound out! And that was just with the head of the flute.
Moon Writer ~ Japan really? I guess it's different for everyone. I think it helps if you have played a woodwind instrument before
After playing the clarinet for two year, it only took me 5ish tries after hearing from another flute player on how to blow and i got it xD
It took me a day for the head of flute, but I was so frustrated I started crying lol
Wow really? Maybe I’m lucky I was able to do it on my second try
Thank you so much!! I am in band currently and I was struggling on how to blow into the flute. This video helped me a lot and I give credit to you and this video!! 😊
even after watching this video i cant do it, but i am determined to do my best!
same ere' but great vid
:D
+Vivian Huang Did you do it?
Tut Of Sweden I did!! :D
Vivian H I am switching from clarinet to flute soooo... 😂 idk how easy or hard it will be but I'm determined
How's the progress now?I just started my journey of bamboo flute
i started playing the oboe a couple of years ago and havent touched a flute since (i love my oboe and my time is consumed by that) and i plan on relearning it so this helped!
Started band 2 weeks ago and I play Flute. It was really helpful because I was frusturated and these tips helped me
You helped me so much! I am a musician who plays many instruments but my main instrument is french horn (brass player) and besides the mandatory recorder in elementary school i haven't played wood wind instruments. After getting my own flute through a GREAT deal (20 bucks for a concert flute that is in GREAT condition) I figured I should learn to play it. This video was a great help and after only watching this i was able to get sound from my flute. THANK YOU
@BrokenByAChord Awesome, yay, glad I could be of help! :) If you have more questions, don't hesitate to ask! :)
Yep, great tips! Just haven't had time to get to all those points yet, although I'm working on it. ;) Covered a few more breathing tips in my "Flute Breathing" video!
this is the best flute tutorial I've seen yet! thank you :)
Got my flute today and decided to get ahead and know how to set it up, and everything else, all i couldnt do was make a sound, now thanks to you I'm completely ahead for a whole week :D
You are awesome! I just got my flute today. Now, I think it's gonna be much more fun than I think it will be. That "Mary had little lamb" is super cool! :)
When I first started playing flute 5 years ago, forming a flute embrasure was difficult because I have a birth defect called a cleft lip, so it makes my stream of air off centered and bigger. So I had to teach myself the best embrasure for me. The way my band teacher was teaching everyone else how to play the flute didnt work for me. :( I have got pretty good at the flute over the years, but I am having problems with sounding airy and tone. Watching your videos really helped me though! Because I study how you form you embrasure and how the flute makes a sound to replicate it to the best of my ability. Your videos really helped me improve my flute technique!
I do have a question for you, have you ever heard of circular breathing? Can you do it?
After all these years I had no idea about the low sound covering the end hole! Thanks Joanna.
@JustAnotherFlutist Thank you,I actually got it,i wasn't pressing the holes correctly. I recently started to learn how to play notes songs etc.
my daughter just joined band and this was perfect for her to learn. im subscribed and cant wait to show her more.
so I usually play alto and tenor saxophone and I just got a flute from my cousin because she doesn't use it any more and this is so so so so different from both of those instruments! so happy there is about a zillion videos about it! thanks!
Loved it! Gonna watch it all, just got a flute and starting to play with it before sérios learning. Will help a lot! :)
Wow, you are already on TH-cam for such a long time! Amazing, keep it up!
@GingerMints What have you tried? I make no promises that my tips will work, but I would like to try to help you!
Thank you very much. I have a REALLY hard time playing the flute. This helps A LOT!
Also, that's cool how you can make a song out of that.
this really helps, thanks, i tried playing right off the bat with no knowledge of how to blow and kept getting flat notes for the first four notes, it was really awkward, hopefully after doing this a few times ill clear those up
@Rosey Montague-Vaughan once you get into the altissimo register, then the fingerings get funky.
I'm reading a book where the main character is doing this exercise, and your video helped a lot with understanding what it looks like. Thanks!
i have to play my flute tmr at school and a didn't know how to play it thanks for the advice u helped alot now i just need to know the fingerings for mary had a little lamb
I am getting a flute like, in a week, and I would really love to know any advice u might have, thanks (I love your channel)
Fantastic class but do I have to blow doward"- towards the month pice/ like on a 45 degree angle downward or straight across the aperture
You: "first things first breathing"
Me: *Pauses video* "Oh I get it you have to remember to breathe" 😂
Just started got my flute today and I already love it
I just started blowing into it and it seems like a hit of miss whether it makes a flute sound...hopefully just more-and-more practice will get me better at it.
Thank you very much! Nobody is help me like you. And this simple trick with finger is absolutely helpful...yes...everything what you trot out and share.
And when you release the air, do you produce a 't' or 'tk' sound ? The first would be produced with your tongue against the teeth and the second as well but with a throaty motion straight after?
JustAnotherFlutist Hi i got my flute today and i got a perfect note on the first try and continue to get a great note on the head piece is this normal?
Ugh. I've been practicing for 2 days but still haven't perfected my embouchure DX I need help, you seem like a very skilled and comedic flute player (:
Let me see first of all I am a violinist and I also played viola but I do want to state that your tutorial video was fantastic really really good I can't say enough about enjoying it I was wondering about the head joint and how to blow I seen other ones on people putting piece of paper in their hand and then blown it off yours was very instructional so now that I know when I finally by my flute I should just use the head joint for the first two weeks if you could have next time when you do that one if you do a part 2 of how to blow his then do you have them do an extreme close-up of your lips and just Define word sweet spots on the little hole where you got a blow across it not into it like on an angle I understand I get what you're trying to do but do have really super duper close up of your lips as it touches the sweet spot on the on the head joint where the holes at thank you Robert other than that it was fantastic you're very instructional the video was very clean very nonchalant a liked it and I can't wait to see the the head of the department that you're in for the flutes office and all looks good I'm going to watch the rest of your videos are very very good Robert Haller January 14th 2019 thank you it's fantastic job look very nice too very well tired and dressed very neat and clean and I can't wait to see the rest of your videos thank you remember close-ups of certain things will help thank you
Hi Miri.. I tried this but not working in my case.. :(
my advise is to say the word "pooh"
+Rafael Antonio Reyes Actually what happens that If I am not closing any hole it will work fine but If i will close then it won't give any sound but i think it should give.
It did not work for me at first either but try a few times and you will get it. This is very helpful
Thanks so much! Im in 4th grade and im playing the flute in band!
Thanks again for your help and support and keep up good work
When blowing into the flute is is it a constant stream of air as you change fingerings or do you blow each note, stop, then blow the next?
I just got my flute and was wondering if you could make more helping tutorials
she was first person i watched last year at begginign of 6th to learn to blow in my flute because of her vid i learned how to blow into mine
Girl I'm going through the same thing
What sound do you make when you blow? As in what letter(s)? I know for Ocarina you make the sound "Tu" and i've heard people say that you make a "P" sound for Flute
Haha, I totally just replied your other comment on my "Flute 101" video to direct you to this video, but obviously you're smarter than me and looked it up yourself! ;D I'm glad this helped you!
this was way more helpful then the other video I watched it just told you how to play and thx for putting out this video it really helped because I just started band
Haha, your tutorials are really helpful! And you're really funny as well:)
Hi, have just started trying to learn the flute but although I can get sound from the mouthpiece section as you are in the vid, but when I put the instrument together...nothing? not a 'sausage'..or any sound even? any ideas what's happening?
Do you like whistle into the flute in order to make it work or just blow? Cause every time I find myself making sound is when I whistle.
Thank you. I managed to get SOME sound out, though it's not necessarily the kind anyone would like to hear haha but will practice.
This was so helpful! I just got the flute yesterday for school, and my teacher didnt explain it very well.Do you have a blessing usa flute? Cause your case looks very similar to mine :)
Thanks for this. This is day 2 of trying to teach myself using a book. Yesterday I sounded like I was blowing into a hose pipe. I'll try this. So do I blow or make a hissing noise. I've tried making T noise but it doesn't work.
I will, cheers :)
Loved it! You're really funny! Just a question...is it normal if I can hit high notes but not low ones? I'm just a super debutant Mega beginner XD
Im picking out my instrument tomorrow and im gonna pick the flute :3 this is kinda giving me a heads up
thank you so much for the reply! i iwll try my best and practice more :D
I was struggling soooo hard but then found this vid. I can get a note out so thanks so much
Just got my flute today after school today and this video is really helpful
Good video. I can make a sound with the headjoint but I can't change the pitch with my finger, do I just need more air?
Hahahaha... now that is the most entertaining tutorials evah! Kudos!
Thank you so much for making these videos, this helped a lot
@OhMyPiano96 Haha, thank you! :D
I have been playing the flute for four years and for some reason whenever I blow air through my flute my top lip basically folds underneath my top front teeth. (if that makes any sense at all) It's the only way I can play, and while I can hit every note I feel it may effect my tone quality. I have tried to play likee most people before but I can't. Any advice?
i went to the band practice today i learned how to play the flute too, but i keep having trouble putting my lips right, i dont really know where to put my lips right on the hole. And when i breath, my head starts to feel dizzy, any tips pls? thank you so much if you can help me :)
this is perfect i just started band and i play the flute
Same
Me too XD 🎼
me to
LPS_Mesha_TV me too
me too even tho I'm piano level 8 lol
thank you soo much like i am trying to learn how to play a flute and i just couldnt blow into the actual hole of the flute so i am greatful for this tutorial video it helps alot :)
So, I'm a trombone player trying to learn flute as secondary, I am having lots of trouble with the emberchure, any tips?
I used your way of saying too and a got a clear sound straight away
Thanks for the tips. I'm just starting out on the flute it helped a lot, because I have big lips.
@ JustAnotherFlutist sorry I couldnt find my comment... but I just wanted to let you know that thanks to you making this video I am now first chair! =D And I am the very first person out of all the flute players in my band to get a decent sound! Again Thanks! ;) and keep making your videos cuz...uh.. Im Subscribing! =D
I Have a wooden flute and I'm really struggling could you help.
Why is it easy to blow into the headjoint itself, but when I put it in the instrument i dont get a sound sometimes??
I can do the low sound with my hand but I can make a sound without my hand covering the end :( any advice?
@BrokenByAChord Well, that depends on what you want to do. If it's just for fun or if you can't afford lessons, I don't see a problem in learning via TH-cam tutorials. But if you really want to learn well without making potentially bad habits and if you can afford them, lessons are great because they are meant to be tailored to each student. There are some things that can only be learned face-to-face with a teacher. But maybe I'm just biased because I'm a teacher, haha! ;)
Haha ^_^ it only took me a few minutes to blow properly since I had a really good teacher next to me, but I had no idea you could play Mary had a little lamb using only that. lol, I only practiced the low breathing.
I used to be in band and I play percussion and this year I want to play flute and thanks to this video because I have struggling on how to blow an air and make a good sound hwhe
My first day playing flute, I usually play trumpet. I can't make a sound! How is your embouchure supposed to be like?
i just started playing the flute the first time i played it i got light headed and i cant get it any tips
when I'm playing a song do I blow to the tune? or do I let the instrument holes determine the sound?
You do the same blowing for each note (or more/less with octave change) but your flute fingering should make the notes happen, not your airflow
Thanks! The advice might come in handy in case I forget something!
Hijacked my girlfriend's flute but could not get a consistent sound out of it. Your video really helped.
Thank you for making this video it REALLY helped me a lot and I hope you have a good day everyday 😊
instructions not clear: I peed in my cats litter box
Help :( I'm having a very hard time with this thing. As soon as I start blowing, the sound gradually and quickly turns high pitched. What am I doing wrong?
@StickzMen Yay! That's awesome! :D
I agree! Clarinet fingering seems a hell of a lot easier to me... that may just be because I play clarinet though, I guess to a flutist clarinet fingering would be weird.
Where did you bought that one?
Omg that finger thing I do that with my neck piece on my sax all the time. I didn't know anyone else did that 😂