MUSI 6285
Practical Application 2
Earl Cato
A Flute Supplement
To Flute, or not to Flute
Begin with Tone
Building muscle memory and feel
1.Take your head joint and hold it in cradle position using your thumb and index fingers
Make sure the embouchure hole is parallel to the floor, level and facing the ceiling
2. With your eyes closed, pretend you are spitting rice.
3.Start to moving the head joint to you lips and repeat several times
1. Now take your head joint and cover the open end 2. Relax your face and shape your mouth as if saying "whee"....while you say "too" with your lower lip dropping down slightly at the corners.
1. Now take your head joint and cover the open end 2. Relax your face and shape your mouth as if saying "whee"....while you say "too" with your lower lip dropping down slightly at the corners.
1. Place the lip plate so that the lower lip rolls out slightly and covers approximately 1/3 of the embouchure hole. Make certain the head joint is parallel to your lips.
2. Take a full breath and blow over the embouchure hole, aiming a thin stream of air at the far edge of the hole while whispering the syllable "too". Use a mirror to check your embouchure.
3. Take a full breath of air through your mouth and play a long, steady A
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