- Blowing into the flute:
- Don't tense up your lips. Let it be lose.
- Imagine blowing like a ballon slowly deflating. It's like using your whole torso to gently blow into it.
- Embouchure technique
- Rotating flute outward makes the notes sharper and a little harsher, and inwards flatter and softer.
- Blowing harder also makes notes sharper and louder, and softer flatter.
- Good flautist place flute a little inwards (not by too much), and play a little louder while keeping the notes soft.
- However, do what's best for good sounding note. It's all practice.
- Embouchure placement
- Place the embouchure directly above the embouchure hole.
- For higher notes, make embouchure smaller and blow air faster.
- Fingers
- Cover and uncover the holes in the flute gently with the fingers, without moving finger too much up and down.
- Fingers should be gently resting in the holes, not pressing down with force.
- Make sure you see how your fingers look when you play the flute.
- Head
- Don't tilt your head forward or backward. It should look like you are heading straight, and graceful.