I've always regretted not choosing flute sooner just because I was afraid of getting bullied for playing a "girly" instrument (hilarious to think about now as an adult), but my friend recently gave me her old flute so I'm having a lot of fun learning! All of your videos have been really helpful. Played clarinet up until middle school and ended up becoming a trombone/euphonium player in high school ever since. Can't wait to add flute to my repertoire!
@@gatozarin Southern California. I think it's silly too, actually especially in hindsight and all the male flute players I've ended up meeting over the years anyway.
@@mr_mykalit’s very common in the US. I am in a similar boat. I played piano growing up and percussion in band (snare, marimbas, xylophone). I’ve now just decided to learn to play the flute (2 weeks in) and having a blast. 😊😊😊
As an growing up teenager in developing countryside, i really envy(on positive way) to student at developed country. Because in my country, very rare to find a club band. . because the financial budget is not focused on just one thing, the government must equalize the financial budget.. . I start to learn flute since 3weeks ago , i am an adult, i hope i will play better and better, and hoping my future children love music too, and they want to play instrument, so i can play it together with them or playing it with my grandson/daughter soon
WOW WOW WOW! You should be teaching at Julliard. Such an incredible explanation. Learned things I haven't encountered in a video or teacher explanation. This video is world class, and all flute students need to view. I will review video over and over again to make sure I totally understand. BTW: I hit 4th octave E or E7 this morning.
Wow! Super High E?! Awesome! Thanks so much and let me know if you have any questions. I know there is a lot of info packed in here, so I could maybe make a follow up video if anything needs further explanation.
Thank you so much Suzuki san. I'll be 64 years old at the end of this month and will receive my first flute just before my birthday. I have never played the flute before or really any instrument. I picked the flute because it's relatively quiet compared to other instruments as i live in Tokyo. Most of all because i love to whistle and it's not much louder than my normal whistling voice. Also, i chose an instrument to help stimulate my brain as i'm getting older. Your explanation gives me such hope for playing this instrument. The way you describe volume and pressure using the lip aperature and mouth cavity is exactly the way i whistle. Although playing flute and whistling are not nearly the same, these concepts you explained are nearly identicle to what i do to whistle. Please don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that it will be easy to play the flute. Your video instruction gives me hope that i may at least be able to make a tone on my instrument when it arrives. Thank you again Suzuki san and i will be watching your channel religiously.
That's so interesting about whistling! Happy practicing with your new flute! I am hoping to visit Tokyo in the fall. Please let me know if you have any good flute spots to visit!
I have been playing for years and this video taught me so much! Thank you SO much for the amazing content and support of the flute community. We appreciate YOU!!!!!
I love how the flute reflects the underlying maths of the harmonic series. One of my favourite examples is how many fingerings for the 3rd octave work. For example, the fingering for D6 basically opens the holes for both G4 and D5. Therefore the most stable pitch becomes the "lowest common harmonic" of G4 and D5. That makes D6, because it is the 3rd harmonic of G4 and the second harmonic of D5.
You have an absolute GIFT. The way you speak and explain things so PERFECTLY, your voice, inflections and rate of speech are so easy to receive and process. I just tried to watch several videos and just couldn't get into them. Just hope you know how appreciated you are. ADMIRABLE. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
I’ve been playing for some years; you have articulated and clarified things for me which I’ve never quite understood. Absolutely brilliant video and you are an outstanding teacher. I wish you’d been mine. Thank you.
Finally someone who has explained the registers and how to produce them, that I can understand. Im not a musical dummy BTW. As a teenager I played euphonium in a Championship level brass band and travelled across Europe playing in competition’s and concert’s. THANK YOU.
Awesome! So glad this made sense to you. Sounds like a blast traveling around Europe with your band. I am headed there in a little over a week for vacation...can't wait!
Excellent! Saxophonists doubling on flute really ready for this when it showed up in my UA-cam feed. Clarinet experience had me beginning to think of the flute in registers, for sure the bottom one.
This video is truly a gem in flute instruction! It articulates so many crucial pieces of information that I find often get overlooked in favor of more vague intuitive explanations such as simply ‘supporting with the core’. And, it does all of that without being overly technical or abstract! Bravo!
The most useful video ever ! I'm just learning the flute, and this video answered all the pending questions I had about registers. All the things I wasn't too sure to understand. This is a precious guide on how to practice air flow, thanks a lot !
I m a self taught flutist. Your video is so useful especially to a flutist like me. I love the Pavane you played so effortlessly and yet it is so beatiful. I always use Pavane to check my lip and tongue positioning and support. Sometimes i couldnt complete the 1st sentence in one breath then i will realise i need some adjustment. Thank you so much Lance.
I think many flutists struggle with these basic principles as hardly anyone ever really explains it to starting flutists. Thereby many of us get stuck with bad habbits that not to been unlearned. I only really got this not so long ago. Great video
I'm so glad that you shared this, how amazing. I played the flute in elementary school. Now I'm looking to pick it up as an adult. Things that I wish I knew, and am happy to learn about, now.
Just had a flute delivered from Amazon today and found this video very helpful. Thanks! So far I've seen familiar similarities in structure with with a saxophone (my childhood instrument), but having multiple registers is a different thing. Hard to get those low notes out.
I watch this video every day when I’m warming up. This video helped me hit low C & B almost effortlessly, thank you soooo much! This is fantastic advice and makes so much sense!!!
The register change on the flute is between C# and D. That's when you go from all holes open to all holes closed again, except the first two notes in 2nd register are vented to aid the performer so you don't have to "overblow" till you hit the E. The venting does not make them part of the first register. You can try opening and closing the vent hole, blowing to the fundamental and back to the harmonic and you'll quickly understand what partial these notes are played on. (You can vent the E too by leaking (I think it's) the 2nd trill key if you want; that doesn't change what register it's in either, and it can be a useful cheat in a pinch especially for bass flute or contrabass as the register change gets trickier on low flutes. (You could also start the second register early using harmonics at C (or B if you have a B foot), finger the low C (or B) and overblow to the 2nd register early, with or without opening a vent hole in the middle of the pipe; this does change what register the note is in.))
That’s great! The riser is the first place your air interacts with the flute so focusing on that connection should be very beneficial. Happy practicing!
I was auditioning for a solo in which my director asked I go up an octave instead, and this helped so much in sustaining and having quality tone with a C4! While its not as high as other notes its so great to finally get it. Thank you!
How do you explain things so clearly? This makes me excited about playing. I'm really blown away by how awesome this is. Thank you so much for sharing your phenomenal pedagogical talents! Also, have you thought about doing live streams? Or online workshops? I would sign up!
Truly, the more I listen to and go over and break down this video...it just makes me want to practice more and more... Job well done. Thank you for taking the time.
first things first. Super informative video. I've watched several times. Serious question from an amateur. Have any of you ever broke wind while playing in the high register? One day after having lunch at Mama Enchiladas I couldn't help but... Dust the trombone section. And while I'm at it, one day, a kid says Dad, when I'm an adult I want to be a trombonist. And his father quickly replies son, pick one or the other, you can't be both....
This helped SO much. Thank you. I am returning to woodwinds after a long time away, and it seems my low register is taking its time returning. Your demonstrations reminded me how to fix it, and I'll keep coming back to this video until I master it. Others haven't even touched the reasons behind the issue, but you did and it works for me.
Previously I learned only the fact that middle E is the first note of 2nd register, from other flutist's video. Now I understand why it is, and how I can demonstrate it. Indeed, middle A didn't come out when I blew quicker with the fingering of middle D. It was high D that came out. That's a great explanation. Thanks.
@@LanceSuzuki Suzuki-san, I'm a Japanese guy with very short hair like yours. So, we have at least 3 things in common (Japan, Flute & short hair) 🙂 It seems that the register of flute is not widely mentioned in flute education in Japan. Knowing that middle E blongs to a different register from which D# belongs to can make a difference, I think.
This is by far the most useful video i've yet found on UA-cam regarding the flute! I've only just begun learning and this is tremendously helpful in my understanding of note production :) Thank you very much!
Thanks lance enjoy your tutorials ,my problem is i have a perfect middle register ,and slightly forced upper , and very weak lower ,as i have to relearn now that i have dentures, but i get a lot from your lessons thanks
Oh my god, that song at 4:00.. I never thought I'd hear this song again. I use to play it on the flute many many years ago.. whay is it? I can't remember!
Because I have started studying a flute called shinobue (japanese flute), youtube showed me your videos. I kinda wish you teach shinobue ahah. Great vidéos, I don't know if it applies for shinobue but it can be useful if so.
Thank you for this incredibly informative and well-taught lesson. I have included all your register concepts in my journal and will continue to refer to them as they are the clearest and most sensible tips for articulating in all registers! I’m now a subscriber!
Thank you for the video! The video was really well done and all the techniques well explained. I am having problems with the low registers and know your videos will help me with that and more. Will keep watching... thx
Hey Lance - As always, thorough & informative.... & timely for me as I have recently been focusing on readjusting my lip placement. Have heard of aiming the airstream up or down against the riser, but never about the proximity of the 'back wall of the riser' as a specific technique. I get what you mean about it increasing velocity as a product of distance. Will definitely spend some time experimenting with that... Thx - be well...
That's great! Yes, I think that, in many ways, the riser is always the end goal. Your sound in any register flows from how your air interacts with the riser. Happy practicing!
I was looking for flute tips, but I'm in love with your speech. You are so clearly to me (brazilian). You're such a brilliant teacher. Thanks for this master class.
Fantastic videos my friend! Very thorough, professional, detailed & well explained :) I played Tenor sax most of my life / a few years ago I sold it and switched to flute (I play Coltrane and be-bop / jazz) Life happened and I took a long break. Just getting back into playing flute and came across your videos. I'd love to ask you, have you seen James Galways video on the embouchure? He explains to fold your bottom lip up, then roll it over your finger and go pooo. I find that I naturally form a nice embouchure when playing, however if I try James's method everything goes to hell so to speak lol... Very curious what your thoughts are regarding his embouchure recommendations.
This video is so interesting!!! I’m a flute beginner, but I played violin in high school and I remember harmonics and how pretty they were. Can’t wait to try these on my flute! Thank you for sharing 💜💜💜
I just bought a Selmer Aristocrat flute off eBay, so I won't have it for over a week. However, I'm trying to learn as much as I can about it. I play many other instruments, including clarinet and many brass instruments, so of course I'm already familiar with harmonics. I didn't realize until now that a flute doesn't have an octave key, but uses the blowing technique to reach higher ranges. I know the low register uses the 1st partial (fundamental), the middle register uses the 2nd partial,.. but does the high register use the third and only the third, or are higher partials used for still higher notes? At least with brass instruments, the number of partials available is theoretically infinite but most people probably don't play much beyond the eighth or maybe the tenth. The clarinet's octave key jumps from the first to the third, but I guess the highest notes (i.e., those above the written C two lines above the treble staff) actually employ higher partials. In any case, thank you for an informative and extremely useful video! BTW, I like your method of dividing the notes into their respective registers based upon the registers into which they fall rather than an "arbitrary" means of assigning them.
Boa noite tudo bem. Sou brasileiro parabéns pelo seu trabalho no UA-cam. Vc poderia me ajudar. Estou com uma pequena dificuldade no grave para a região media e aguda. Tenho certeza com seus auxílio vou melhorar muito. Aguardo retorno abraço
Hi, my middle f is always very airy, if i can get it at all! i simply cannot find the sweet spot and i have changed speed,pressure and mouth shape, but no success :-(
4:43 Dude. Are you throwing out the devil horns with purpose? Do you know you're doing it? I'd like to give you the benefit of the doubt. Watch your hand signs. No matter what anyone tells you-this is the devil horn sign. Turn from all appearance of evil. You play beautifully.
Can anyone identify the excerpt at approximately 12:00 minutes into this video? It’s been bugging me. I’m sure I know it but I just can’t put my finger on it.
Thank you Lance Suzuki, what a wonderful video on air and breath control and air speed. I don't think I have ever had this taught to me and this is so simply taught by you. This is such valuable instruction.
A great session which as a self taught flautist, I'll be returning to again n again. Pavane (from online free flute music)- my too soft low notes always leaves me breathless; I'll try it again using this lesson. Thanks! BTW I also enjoyed your lesson on vibrato (very encouraging yet mystical), and am now on "triplet" pulses :))
Latest..I tried the keep one finger gap between back teeth etc and it worked. Low C and C# were easier to reach and better in tone. Thanks! Hoping/looking for a video on the elusive high B natural eventually
Great video! I wonder if the flute would truly be a fit for anyone despite anatomical differences like someone with extremelly big lips, tongue tie, and low capacity lungs or will those features represent challenges that can be overcome. Wish I could find information addressing these issues. I only found one journal article on how tongue tie can interfere with flute playing. I think this is a topic that should be discussed before choosing a musical instrument.
Great question. The short answer is that I have seen and heard fabulous players with a wide range of physical attributes. In the past, people were often discouraged from playing flute based on the shape or fullness of their lips. I highly disagree with this approach. I think that if you want to play the flute, go for it! With time and practice, you will figure out how to navigate the unique attributes of your body and how they interact with the flute to make tone.
@@LanceSuzuki Thanks for the reply and the much needed encouragement. I have a mild case of tongue-tie and at the moment it seems highly improbable that I will ever be able to conquer triple tonguing. I will keep working at it and even if I don't ever get to do it, I will not give up because there's still so much I can play with the flute. I just love the sound of this beautiful instrument! And BTW, you are a wonderful flute player and teacher!
Superbly explained, Lance! Thoroughly enjoyed it and learned quite a bit! I never played the flute but I play keyboard, chromatic harmonica and Melodion. Thinking of learning flute and I think I stumbled onto the best channel here quite by chance! Just subscribed to your channel! I regularly post instrumental cover songs on my UA-cam channel. I think it’ll take me quite a while before I can add flute to my repertoire. But you have really drawn me in to trying the flute now! Thank you for inspiring me!
I mostly play jazz on the flute but I strive for a very clean, classical sound. Your video will be very helpful in that regard and I will return to it often as I continue to hone my sound. Now, I have an off-topic question: what is the melody in your middle register example?
Here I am, watching and practicing along with this video for probably the 50th time. This is such gold information and really helps me warm up for a practice.
I've always regretted not choosing flute sooner just because I was afraid of getting bullied for playing a "girly" instrument (hilarious to think about now as an adult), but my friend recently gave me her old flute so I'm having a lot of fun learning! All of your videos have been really helpful. Played clarinet up until middle school and ended up becoming a trombone/euphonium player in high school ever since. Can't wait to add flute to my repertoire!
You are inspiring
Thank you.
could you tell me where you're from? SO weird hearing that in some places some instruments can be considered as more "girly"
@@gatozarin Southern California. I think it's silly too, actually especially in hindsight and all the male flute players I've ended up meeting over the years anyway.
@@mr_mykalit’s very common in the US. I am in a similar boat. I played piano growing up and percussion in band (snare, marimbas, xylophone). I’ve now just decided to learn to play the flute (2 weeks in) and having a blast. 😊😊😊
As an growing up teenager in developing countryside, i really envy(on positive way) to student at developed country. Because in my country, very rare to find a club band.
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because the financial budget is not focused on just one thing, the government must equalize the financial budget..
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I start to learn flute since 3weeks ago , i am an adult, i hope i will play better and better, and hoping my future children love music too, and they want to play instrument, so i can play it together with them or playing it with my grandson/daughter soon
WOW WOW WOW! You should be teaching at Julliard. Such an incredible explanation. Learned things I haven't encountered in a video or teacher explanation. This video is world class, and all flute students need to view. I will review video over and over again to make sure I totally understand. BTW: I hit 4th octave E or E7 this morning.
Wow! Super High E?! Awesome! Thanks so much and let me know if you have any questions. I know there is a lot of info packed in here, so I could maybe make a follow up video if anything needs further explanation.
Thank you so much Suzuki san. I'll be 64 years old at the end of this month and will receive my first flute just before my birthday. I have never played the flute before or really any instrument. I picked the flute because it's relatively quiet compared to other instruments as i live in Tokyo. Most of all because i love to whistle and it's not much louder than my normal whistling voice. Also, i chose an instrument to help stimulate my brain as i'm getting older.
Your explanation gives me such hope for playing this instrument. The way you describe volume and pressure using the lip aperature and mouth cavity is exactly the way i whistle. Although playing flute and whistling are not nearly the same, these concepts you explained are nearly identicle to what i do to whistle. Please don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that it will be easy to play the flute. Your video instruction gives me hope that i may at least be able to make a tone on my instrument when it arrives. Thank you again Suzuki san and i will be watching your channel religiously.
That's so interesting about whistling! Happy practicing with your new flute! I am hoping to visit Tokyo in the fall. Please let me know if you have any good flute spots to visit!
@@LanceSuzuki Please tell me what kind of spots. Music shops, venues or just places to practice outside. I will look around for whatever you prefer.
I have been playing for years and this video taught me so much! Thank you SO much for the amazing content and support of the flute community. We appreciate YOU!!!!!
I love how the flute reflects the underlying maths of the harmonic series. One of my favourite examples is how many fingerings for the 3rd octave work. For example, the fingering for D6 basically opens the holes for both G4 and D5. Therefore the most stable pitch becomes the "lowest common harmonic" of G4 and D5. That makes D6, because it is the 3rd harmonic of G4 and the second harmonic of D5.
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You answered my questions perfectly. Learning again after 35 years
Wonderful! Thanks for watching and best wishes in your musical journey! ❤️
You have an absolute GIFT. The way you speak and explain things so PERFECTLY, your voice, inflections and rate of speech are so easy to receive and process. I just tried to watch several videos and just couldn't get into them. Just hope you know how appreciated you are. ADMIRABLE. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
Thanks so so much!!!
This video was VERY helpful, and your teaching style is clear, concise, and engaging. Thank you!!
Wonderful. Thanks so much!
I’ve been playing for some years; you have articulated and clarified things for me which I’ve never quite understood. Absolutely brilliant video and you are an outstanding teacher. I wish you’d been mine. Thank you.
Thanks so much, Andrew and happy practicing!
Finally someone who has explained the registers and how to produce them, that I can understand. Im not a musical dummy BTW. As a teenager I played euphonium in a Championship level brass band and travelled across Europe playing in competition’s and concert’s. THANK YOU.
Awesome! So glad this made sense to you. Sounds like a blast traveling around Europe with your band. I am headed there in a little over a week for vacation...can't wait!
@@LanceSuzuki I really did enjoy my time with the band. Hope your trip is a great one, enjoy the freedom after the last year or so.
Gamechanger! 3th year flute player and instant uppgrade to both low and high register! Thank you :)
Awesome! I’m so glad to hear it!
Excellent! Saxophonists doubling on flute really ready for this when it showed up in my UA-cam feed. Clarinet experience had me beginning to think of the flute in registers, for sure the bottom one.
This is one of the most informative flute instructions I have seen on UA-cam, or anywhere. Thank you!
Great! Thanks so much!!
This video is truly a gem in flute instruction! It articulates so many crucial pieces of information that I find often get overlooked in favor of more vague intuitive explanations such as simply ‘supporting with the core’. And, it does all of that without being overly technical or abstract! Bravo!
Thanks, John!!
The most useful video ever ! I'm just learning the flute, and this video answered all the pending questions I had about registers. All the things I wasn't too sure to understand. This is a precious guide on how to practice air flow, thanks a lot !
Wonderful! So glad it helped and happy practicing!
I m a self taught flutist. Your video is so useful especially to a flutist like me. I love the Pavane you played so effortlessly and yet it is so beatiful. I always use Pavane to check my lip and tongue positioning and support. Sometimes i couldnt complete the 1st sentence in one breath then i will realise i need some adjustment.
Thank you so much Lance.
I'm a self taught beginner it's so encouraging to see others
your videos are insanely helpful. i bought a flute 3 days ago and im learning alot
I think many flutists struggle with these basic principles as hardly anyone ever really explains it to starting flutists. Thereby many of us get stuck with bad habbits that not to been unlearned. I only really got this not so long ago. Great video
Thanks a lot! Yes, these concepts are so important!
Brilliant, wish i'd known this at music college! Only thought about aperture, this is great, thanks.
Again an amazing lesson !! Thanks sooo much !!
Hey Lance, thanks for this. Good discrimination between pressure, volume and velocity. Great discussion.
Great! Thanks so much!
I'm so glad that you shared this, how amazing. I played the flute in elementary school. Now I'm looking to pick it up as an adult.
Things that I wish I knew, and am happy to learn about, now.
Awesome! It's great that you are rediscovering the flute. I wish you the best in this journey!
Wonderful video! Really concise clear explanation! Please make a separate video on low notes. 🙏🏻
I LOVED THIS BIG HELP - THANK YOU THANK YOU
Just had a flute delivered from Amazon today and found this video very helpful. Thanks!
So far I've seen familiar similarities in structure with with a saxophone (my childhood instrument), but having multiple registers is a different thing. Hard to get those low notes out.
I watch this video every day when I’m warming up. This video helped me hit low C & B almost effortlessly, thank you soooo much! This is fantastic advice and makes so much sense!!!
Amazing!! ❤️
This is amazing! I wish there were resources like this for trombone
Trombone is a mystery to me! How do you remember where the slide goes every time?! 🤯
The register change on the flute is between C# and D. That's when you go from all holes open to all holes closed again, except the first two notes in 2nd register are vented to aid the performer so you don't have to "overblow" till you hit the E. The venting does not make them part of the first register. You can try opening and closing the vent hole, blowing to the fundamental and back to the harmonic and you'll quickly understand what partial these notes are played on. (You can vent the E too by leaking (I think it's) the 2nd trill key if you want; that doesn't change what register it's in either, and it can be a useful cheat in a pinch especially for bass flute or contrabass as the register change gets trickier on low flutes. (You could also start the second register early using harmonics at C (or B if you have a B foot), finger the low C (or B) and overblow to the 2nd register early, with or without opening a vent hole in the middle of the pipe; this does change what register the note is in.))
thanks so much... helpful on the back wall especially as I have never focussed on that before. I will look forward to working with that idea
That’s great! The riser is the first place your air interacts with the flute so focusing on that connection should be very beneficial. Happy practicing!
So articulate! so clear! I want you to be my teacher please! I suffer from the growing pains of being a "doublist" Excellent!!!!
I was auditioning for a solo in which my director asked I go up an octave instead, and this helped so much in sustaining and having quality tone with a C4! While its not as high as other notes its so great to finally get it. Thank you!
Great! Congrats!
such stimulating tutorship, thank you
Thanks so much!
Wow I want him as my teacher
How do you explain things so clearly? This makes me excited about playing. I'm really blown away by how awesome this is. Thank you so much for sharing your phenomenal pedagogical talents! Also, have you thought about doing live streams? Or online workshops? I would sign up!
I love your teaching methodology and your graphic/titling design!
Truly, the more I listen to and go over and break down this video...it just makes me want to practice more and more... Job well done. Thank you for taking the time.
This is the most helpful flute register video that I've ever found on YT. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge!😊💙
u r my savior !
Thank You Lance. This video has given me lots of insight. You oneone of the best instructors on UA-cam.
Thanks so much! I'm thrilled you got something out of the video! Thanks for watching!
first things first. Super informative video. I've watched several times. Serious question from an amateur. Have any of you ever broke wind while playing in the high register? One day after having lunch at Mama Enchiladas I couldn't help but... Dust the trombone section. And while I'm at it, one day, a kid says Dad, when I'm an adult I want to be a trombonist. And his father quickly replies son, pick one or the other, you can't be both....
Thank you! Having so much trouble with low register and can now experiment based on your guidance!
Can’t believe I never learned this when starting the flute this will be so so much help!! 🙏
This helped SO much. Thank you. I am returning to woodwinds after a long time away, and it seems my low register is taking its time returning. Your demonstrations reminded me how to fix it, and I'll keep coming back to this video until I master it. Others haven't even touched the reasons behind the issue, but you did and it works for me.
Great! Thanks, Lynn and best of luck with your flute practice. Let me know if you have any questions in the future!
Previously I learned only the fact that middle E is the first note of 2nd register, from other flutist's video. Now I understand why it is, and how I can demonstrate it.
Indeed, middle A didn't come out when I blew quicker with the fingering of middle D. It was high D that came out. That's a great explanation. Thanks.
That’s great. Thanks for watching!
@@LanceSuzuki Suzuki-san, I'm a Japanese guy with very short hair like yours. So, we have at least 3 things in common (Japan, Flute & short hair) 🙂
It seems that the register of flute is not widely mentioned in flute education in Japan.
Knowing that middle E blongs to a different register from which D# belongs to can make a difference, I think.
Just terrific. Thanks!
Thanks!
Enjoyed very much, thank you
Thank you for your help !!
This is by far the most useful video i've yet found on UA-cam regarding the flute! I've only just begun learning and this is tremendously helpful in my understanding of note production :) Thank you very much!
Thanks lance enjoy your tutorials ,my problem is i have a perfect middle register ,and slightly forced upper , and very weak lower ,as i have to relearn now that i have dentures, but i get a lot from your lessons thanks
thank you for your instructions, I can use them.
Great!
Oh my god, that song at 4:00.. I never thought I'd hear this song again. I use to play it on the flute many many years ago.. whay is it? I can't remember!
Fauré Pavane. Thanks for watching!
@@LanceSuzuki Thanks so much for answering! Just enjoyed the whole orchestral performance of it on UA-cam. I missed it so...
Thanks so much for this!
Glad it was helpful! ❤️🎶
Thank you soon much. Can apply this immediately.
That’s great! Let me know if you have any questions in the future and thanks for watching!
i keep coming back to this video for more, this is so superb teaching. thank you vefy much!
Wow lance! Now we're talking! Fabulous class! I'm on my way now to practice what you preach!!! wish me luck...have a great weekend ...thanks again.😊🎶🎶
Great! Have a great weekend, Janet, and let me know how it goes! ❤️
6:04 😍🎶 Muchas gracias por esta excelente e importante clase. 6:32 😊🐦21:10👋
Thank you, doctor Suzuki.
Because I have started studying a flute called shinobue (japanese flute), youtube showed me your videos. I kinda wish you teach shinobue ahah. Great vidéos, I don't know if it applies for shinobue but it can be useful if so.
Thank you for this incredibly informative and well-taught lesson. I have included all your register concepts in my journal and will continue to refer to them as they are the clearest and most sensible tips for articulating in all registers! I’m now a subscriber!
Great facts. I understood why the middle E is so difficult. Harmonic series change there. From Japan.
Thank you for the video! The video was really well done and all the techniques well explained. I am having problems with the low registers and know your videos will help me with that and more. Will keep watching... thx
Sir , I am a music student ,Your video is extremely helpful to me , Thanks in advance
Great! I’m so glad it was helpful!
Very helpful...cant wait to try a few things you suggested..thanks Lance!!
I'm sitting in my car at 2am practicing my flute to this video 😂
Wow!! That is dedication!! Happy practicing, but also get some sleep please!
Hey Lance - As always, thorough & informative.... & timely for me as I have recently been focusing on readjusting my lip placement. Have heard of aiming the airstream up or down against the riser, but never about the proximity of the 'back wall of the riser' as a specific technique. I get what you mean about it increasing velocity as a product of distance. Will definitely spend some time experimenting with that... Thx - be well...
That's great! Yes, I think that, in many ways, the riser is always the end goal. Your sound in any register flows from how your air interacts with the riser. Happy practicing!
Fascinating! Thank you
Thank You Master!
such a sweet guy i teared up with my flute in my hands
Excelent, very accurate and helpful!
Thank you!
I was looking for flute tips, but I'm in love with your speech. You are so clearly to me (brazilian). You're such a brilliant teacher. Thanks for this master class.
>begins the lesson not with the flute but with the harmonic series
BASED! That's how you know somebody is about to teach you some good shit
Fantastic videos my friend! Very thorough, professional, detailed & well explained :) I played Tenor sax most of my life / a few years ago I sold it and switched to flute (I play Coltrane and be-bop / jazz) Life happened and I took a long break. Just getting back into playing flute and came across your videos.
I'd love to ask you, have you seen James Galways video on the embouchure? He explains to fold your bottom lip up, then roll it over your finger and go pooo. I find that I naturally form a nice embouchure when playing, however if I try James's method everything goes to hell so to speak lol... Very curious what your thoughts are regarding his embouchure recommendations.
Great lesson!
Thanks, Oleg!
Very well explained, thank you so much! Btw. what is the name of the song you are playing when introducing the low register?
By far the best video on UA-cam for this topic
Thanks so much! I'm glad you found it helpful!
Great advices! Keep giving us more😁
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This video is so interesting!!! I’m a flute beginner, but I played violin in high school and I remember harmonics and how pretty they were. Can’t wait to try these on my flute! Thank you for sharing 💜💜💜
Great! Thanks, Julie, and happy practicing! ❤️
I also played violin and now play the flute, heyy
Sir, I'm an Adult beginner and having difficulties in producing a clear tone in the middle register
First comment.Please make more videos about practice and scale
Okay. I have some videos planned in the coming weeks/months on just those topics!
Great video, Lance. What is the name of the beautiful music you used for low register?
Thanks! I believe that’s a little snippet from the Fauré Pavane.
I just bought a Selmer Aristocrat flute off eBay, so I won't have it for over a week. However, I'm trying to learn as much as I can about it. I play many other instruments, including clarinet and many brass instruments, so of course I'm already familiar with harmonics. I didn't realize until now that a flute doesn't have an octave key, but uses the blowing technique to reach higher ranges. I know the low register uses the 1st partial (fundamental), the middle register uses the 2nd partial,.. but does the high register use the third and only the third, or are higher partials used for still higher notes? At least with brass instruments, the number of partials available is theoretically infinite but most people probably don't play much beyond the eighth or maybe the tenth. The clarinet's octave key jumps from the first to the third, but I guess the highest notes (i.e., those above the written C two lines above the treble staff) actually employ higher partials.
In any case, thank you for an informative and extremely useful video! BTW, I like your method of dividing the notes into their respective registers based upon the registers into which they fall rather than an "arbitrary" means of assigning them.
Thanks so much im so frustrated because i got my braces taken off and now low notes are suddenly impossible!
Navigating braces (putting on and taking off) can be really challenging with flute. Be patient, and give yourself time to readjust. Happy practicing!
Boa noite tudo bem.
Sou brasileiro parabéns pelo seu trabalho no UA-cam.
Vc poderia me ajudar.
Estou com uma pequena dificuldade no grave para a região media e aguda.
Tenho certeza com seus auxílio vou melhorar muito.
Aguardo retorno abraço
Thank you! What is the piece in the beginning of The Low Register parts? I have it in the tip of my tongue but I can't remember. Thanks again.
It's the main theme from Fauré's Pavane
Hi, my middle f is always very airy, if i can get it at all! i simply cannot find the sweet spot and i have changed speed,pressure and mouth shape, but no success :-(
❤ from syria
4:43 Dude. Are you throwing out the devil horns with purpose? Do you know you're doing it? I'd like to give you the benefit of the doubt. Watch your hand signs.
No matter what anyone tells you-this is the devil horn sign. Turn from all appearance of evil.
You play beautifully.
Can anyone identify the excerpt at approximately 12:00 minutes into this video? It’s been bugging me. I’m sure I know it but I just can’t put my finger on it.
It's the prelude to the 3rd act of Carmen by Bizet.
Thank you Lance, I learned a lot from your explanations! My tones are much better now! Greetings from Holland.
Thank you Lance Suzuki, what a wonderful video on air and breath control and air speed. I don't think I have ever had this taught to me and this is so simply taught by you. This is such valuable instruction.
A great session which as a self taught flautist, I'll be returning to again n again. Pavane (from online free flute music)- my too soft low notes always leaves me breathless; I'll try it again using this lesson. Thanks! BTW I also enjoyed your lesson on vibrato (very encouraging yet mystical), and am now on "triplet" pulses :))
Great! I'm so glad to hear about your progress. Keep it up!
Latest..I tried the keep one finger gap between back teeth etc and it worked. Low C and C# were easier to reach and better in tone. Thanks! Hoping/looking for a video on the elusive high B natural eventually
Great video! I wonder if the flute would truly be a fit for anyone despite anatomical differences like someone with extremelly big lips, tongue tie, and low capacity lungs or will those features represent challenges that can be overcome. Wish I could find information addressing these issues. I only found one journal article on how tongue tie can interfere with flute playing. I think this is a topic that should be discussed before choosing a musical instrument.
Great question. The short answer is that I have seen and heard fabulous players with a wide range of physical attributes. In the past, people were often discouraged from playing flute based on the shape or fullness of their lips. I highly disagree with this approach. I think that if you want to play the flute, go for it! With time and practice, you will figure out how to navigate the unique attributes of your body and how they interact with the flute to make tone.
@@LanceSuzuki Thanks for the reply and the much needed encouragement. I have a mild case of tongue-tie and at the moment it seems highly improbable that I will ever be able to conquer triple tonguing. I will keep working at it and even if I don't ever get to do it, I will not give up because there's still so much I can play with the flute. I just love the sound of this beautiful instrument! And BTW, you are a wonderful flute player and teacher!
Thorough treatment, and very patient explanation. Really useful.
Superbly explained, Lance! Thoroughly enjoyed it and learned quite a bit! I never played the flute but I play keyboard, chromatic harmonica and Melodion. Thinking of learning flute and I think I stumbled onto the best channel here quite by chance! Just subscribed to your channel! I regularly post instrumental cover songs on my UA-cam channel. I think it’ll take me quite a while before I can add flute to my repertoire. But you have really drawn me in to trying the flute now! Thank you for inspiring me!
4:20 the second octave c-d# notes should be considered low register notes! thank you♡
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This was pretty useful just got a new flute and I can’t play very well on it so had to relearn the basics
Thank you so much! I really enjoyed the tips for the middle register as I've been struggling with cracking these notes. Excellent!
I mostly play jazz on the flute but I strive for a very clean, classical sound. Your video will be very helpful in that regard and I will return to it often as I continue to hone my sound. Now, I have an off-topic question: what is the melody in your middle register example?
Here I am, watching and practicing along with this video for probably the 50th time. This is such gold information and really helps me warm up for a practice.
Thanks Julie! I'm so glad you are finding this video useful! Please let me know if you have any questions in the future.