How to find a balanced flute posture
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- Опубліковано 13 вер 2024
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This video is all about finding a good standing position for the flute and getting proper body alignment. There is so much than can be talked about in this video but this is really to get you only a process of starting to explore and discover how you stand and how you could be using your body more optimally.
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After seeing Jethro Tull in concert, I thought the proper posture for playing the flute was standing on one leg. 🤣😂
On a serious note, thank you for your videos. They’re a great help on my flute journey.
Another "aha" moment for me; I'm always learning something new every day.
Thank you so much for this very helpful video! You have helped me to a new level of comfort and ease to my practice ! I was experiencing painful tension that was impairing my progress and you helped me to find solutions. Thank you so much for these videos. You are providing and incredible resource to the musical community ❤
Thank you so much! This really makes me so incredibly happy to hear and I hope you just go more and more towards level of easy and joyful playing :D
Thanks so much, the part of the video about aligning the body is very important to me as I've been experiencing back pain because of my terrible posture. I knew I had to focus on getting a straighter body.
Hello and thank you for this video !!!
I would like to share an exercise to those like me, who have a tendency to stand more in a question-mark-shape than in an exclamation-mark-shape (for whatever reason, like sitting in front of a screen 8 hours a day).
- Stand with the feet 30cm apart, raise your arms horizontally to your sides, and your forearms vertically.
- Then VERY GENTLY, VERY SLOWLY bring your elbows backwards. This is not a muscular exercise, it aims to teach the verticality to your body, so you have to be highly conscious of your body. Now, while bringing your elbow backwards, FEEL how your head WANTS to tilt backwards, in order to gain comfort. Let it tilt. FEEL how the lower part of your spine WANTS to take its natural inwards curve. Let it curve inwards. FEEL how your shoulder plates WANT to ease down. Let them ease down. FEEL how your diaphragm becomes free. Enjoy it becoming free. It is like a slow motion of the natural yawn-stretch.
- Stretch this way until your elbows can't go further back. The slower the better. Feel the comfort in every cell.
- Repeat a few times
- Then, while you are playing the flute, bear this sensation of comfort in mind, and feel how it spares you from using muscles that were parasiting your sound
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Wonderful video! Turning my hips helped me to feel better, however I always have tension in my shoulders and upper back while playing, do you have any tips for that? After every session or even a few times during I have to lie on the floor for a bit to relieve the pain. Thank you!!
Hi Hailee, I think to start off with it is really helpful to know that you are not alone. Upper back and shoulder pain is a common problem on the flute. Where are your elbows when you are playing the flute? Are you able to release them down to the ground or are they helping to hold up the flute? Also, have a look at your hands. Sometimes, tight gripping hands are the problem and that tension seeps up into the shoulders. I think making sure your body is aligned with your shoulder over your feet and shoulders is also really important and goes a long way in helping release tension in your shoulders and back. Otherwise, perhaps you want to book a session with me and we can have a look at it!
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