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low notes
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hey im haveing problems with hitting my low notes. The lowest note i can hit is the low D. i use the right fingerings but the pich keep going up. can you help me? _also im a beginer so i had never p…
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I have to pull my lips into a fairly tight smile embouchure to get good low tones, and adjust my jaw so that the air stream is closer to the sound hold edge. Furthermore, sometimes when I find that I am having difficulty it's because I am unconsciou…
this discussion has helped a lot i can play low C now thanks guys :)
For Low C,,,you have to hook your upper lip over the emboucher and blow down into the HJ start with E then to D then C in one breath,,,once you get the vibration going you'll get it,,,,,,do it 10 min/day
Keep your hole a little bigger blow down and use slow air. And which low D are you talking about the one on the staff or below the staff. If it is the one on the staff I dont think it can go as high as the two-figher D. If it is the one below the st…
Yea it is weird because you dont really think about smiling when like 2,000 people are staring at you!
it actually helps me to play if i smile alot!! haha wierd right?
I agree with all the comments made so far. As well as these, are you sure your instrument is performing as it should?
I've been working on simple exercises on tone from Trevor Wye's book, which have helped to make my lower notes sound less like 'wa…
its weird, you just kinda have to practie getting it. If you kinda smile, but keep the corners of your mouth relaxed you should get it. I know that sounds weird, but that's what my private teacher told me and it works.
You make your embousure hold smaller for high notes and larger for low notes.
i got the same problem too and how to hit not c in low.....i got a problem doing it...
you should slow your air down. point it down into the hole, but not so much. I started band last year and still have a bit of trouble playing low C. don't worry you will do it. btw, do you mean the D that is below the first E?
hey im haveing problems with hitting my low notes. The lowest note i can hit is the low D. i use the right fingerings but the pich keep going up. can you help me?
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- im just 15 years old and i don't know much about the flute but that the reason i've joined to learn more about the flue. im in a marching band and consert band.
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- yamaha beginer
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- 1-2 years
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