My daughter started 6th grade and chose the flute. She will be 11 in November. Your video's are fantastic. She actually sat through each video you made. They are simple yet very informative. Each example you have provide works. Bye the way she is a swimmer too..yay! Thanks for your help
AHH. You're really good! My band teacher heard me playing the flute at one point apparently and he said I may be able to swtich! YAY! And I've been playing for 4 months. Your videos really did help inspire me:)
I played the trumpet, which requires a lot of air! One thing I learn from my band teacher is to breath by "expanding your stomach", not through the upper part of the chest ... :D
That's actually a really great question, hahahahaha--I am currently pursuing a master's degree in flute performance, so I'm basically playing all the time. It's my school and work, so... yeah, basically all the time. I do have routines, but I change it up often so I can practice different and new skills. And thank you for the support!!! I'm glad I make you smile!! :D
thank you so much for mentioning about the fact that your students who tend to be swimmers have better control of their breathing- i've been wondering for forever now because i play flute and im currently in marching band plus the only sport i do is swim and swimming can be hard, just like playing the flute (because a lot of air is required for both) at times. this was a curiosity of mine for quite some time now. thanks for covering about this even though this is the second vid i watched today of your channel. im really glad i subscribed.
It does't matter how long I can hold my breath for! The second I apply it to the flute I find I'm still releasing all the air too quickly... HOW do you improve this?
i used to have the same problem. My music teacher taught me how to control it. (Sorry in advance if this dosen't make much sense.) So, when you take a big breath, you have to let it out in small intervals. You sort of have to store it in your chest when you do this. In order to get out a good sound that is in tune, you don't use more air, you speed it up. The same goes for going to play piano. You would naturally assume you need less air. That's not the case. You use the same amount of air, just less fast.(?) in order to keep your pitch when playing soft you need lots of air, but not so fast. Basically, fast air for higher notes, and slower air (but not too slow) for lower notes. Its hard to explain over text. I also find it helpful to flex your core when having to hold out a note for and extended amount of time. Another trick, is to tilt your head up when playing the flute because this action alone speeds up your air. Lifting your eyebrows helps and lifting your feet off of the ground is a good trick. So when you play the flute, you have to control your air in small intervals and store the rest for later use. I hope this is somewhat helpful. Practice makes perfect!
Jim Harrell, So what about playing high notes piano? You said that playing piano requires slowing down your air, not using less air, but you also said that you slow down your air to play lower notes.
I have a wooden whistle that was capped off on the end and has a hole drilled in the side so you can play it as a traverse flute. It is My hardest whistle to play because you can't just blow into it. It is a matter of using your diaphragm muscle to push breath to get it to sound right. It's more a matter of controlled breath. NOT blowing. It was hard to play, so I leaned into it hard for a week. My diaphragm muscle hurt like you would not believe. It takes a lot of control. A lot of reminding Myself to BREATHE. I keep getting winded and at times dizzy. I keep saying to Myself, "You can't play if you don't breathe". It's a great training tool and it sounds pretty good too. Maybe better than My Tin Whistles or My Maple fifes.
Simplesmente você é a melhor professora de flauta que já vi. Contudo, também é a única que já vi... mas isso não importa, o que importa é que você é incrível, obrigado. (o idioma que escrevo é em português, pois estou com preguiça de traduzir)
Ha! I totally did the Vader thing :D Just wanted to say your videos are the best. I'm musical but never played the flute. Trying to help my daughter learn (they only have band practice once a week :( ) and your style of teaching is excellent for us. Keep making these babies!!!! Thanks so much.
Your so talented! how often do you practice? or do you have a specific routine? Great humor i couldn't help but smile everytime i watch one of your videos. :)
Hey! First of all, I love ur videos! I'm only just starting flute. I was wondering if you could make a video about some great flute breathing excersices? Thanks!!!!!
Hi, I've been play the flute now for 3 years, I've always had breathing problems. Playing does hurt my chest. My band teacher told me to fill in my lower stomach. Any more tips?
I'm a guy and I tried but it's just not possible could you give us guys some advice of what to do in this situation? Becuase we don't wear bras and even If we did we couldn't fill them.
If in a future video you could give some advice how to improve the tone (or recommend exercises, even from the Trevor Wye book) especially for the higher notes that would be great. I'm not satisfied with my middle register at all :)
Joanna, help, please. My tone is awful! Could you make a video how the emboucher and tilt of the flute affect the tone? Help please! Thanks, you're the man!
I just started playing the flute yesterday and I can play about 6/7 notes, but when I play them in a song (like Marry Had a Little Lamb or Hot Cross Buns) they come out sounding REALLY breathy. No joke, it seriously just sounds like wind. What do I do!?
Help! I m a beginner,i swim pretty well, and I can blow for twenty seconds, but when I try to do a scale on the flute, it lasts for only 3 seconds or so, and I get light headed. Any tips?
2:33 one word...GUILTY :-D my father (he plays the trumpet and teaches kids in the local brass band) keeps telling me...long tones (when i practice with the head joint). i can blow into a flute for only a couple of seconds. just started a couple of day now. trying to apply the breathing techniques i learned when i was in a choir. thanks for your tips. they really help.
The difference is the saxophone creates resistance for you to blow against. The flute has no resistance so your job as a flutist is to create resistance. Take your deep breath and create support by pushing against your stomach muscles and controlling how fast the air comes. Right now all your air just comes in on its own. You have to control it. Hope this helps!
how do you make a rounder tone on, for example, Carmen Act 3, Entr'acte? I keep getting a really sharp sound and its bugging me and my exam is next week. help!!
Hey, maybe it is called an abdominal breathing ;). What an interesting thing it would be to play the music as human with free feeling harmonizing the compose and inner view through the ability to produce a sound of the split air passage with the cylindrical object.
My issue is not running out of breathe - it's sort of the opposite. I find that I sometimes have residual air at the phrase end. If I don't have enough for the following phrase, I feel a sensation of needing to exhale a large quantity. This probably makes no sense, and the answer is sure to be PLAN the breathing/phrasing, but let me add that I'm not a classical player, but an improviser and don't always know the length of the upcoming phrase. If this makes any sense at all, I'd appreciate your thoughts. In short, it NEVER feels like I'm simply breathing in and out....there's always too little or too much air in my lungs. ??? Great vid.
Ok Hi . My band has to play colors of the wind and Groovee and Engines and resistance can you please play them so I can see how it sounds ... And 4 more ..
I love your personality...Nice video, I gave you a thumbs up...I play the Native American flute and it is much easier than the flute you play but I will still benefit from your great tips.....
I think this video is awesome! :D Quick question: How would you approach breathing in something as technical as the Ibert Concerto (I'm working on this for auditions as a transfer student)?
I HAVE A Q. DO YOU HAVE A VIDEO OR MAKE ONE IF YOU HAVE TIME ABOUT...WHEN CHANGING FROM A NOTE TO ANOTHER PPL USUALLY DO A LITTLE DANCE ON THE NOTES AND THEN GO ON TO THE NEXT ONE. DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? MOVING ON FROM 1 NOTE TO THE NEXT PUT YOU DO A LITTLE DANCE ON THE OTHER NOTES AND THEN PASS ON TO THE TARGETED NOTE I GUESS THAT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEAR THANKS IN ADVANCE
you're so cute xD this has helped me so much, you have no idea, i actually have trouble breathing because of my lungs but this helped me alot x) thanks
don't worry it is my first year and it happens to me to just keep calm all or moest people have that problem it is called light headed witch means my are running out of air and and all you need to do is just stop playing for a minit and you will be better ut if not just ask to get water hope that helps :)
That dark Vader thing helped me a lot...
i can blow out for 36-38 seconds at most but i can only make a sound on the flute for at most 5 seconds!
+Decarlett TheCat
*takes world's deepest breath*
*holds out a note for 6 seconds*
サラ Thanks
Decarlett TheCat for what
サラ I held it for 6 seconds lol
+Decarlett TheCat ikr
You've have made your tutorials so delightful and easy to follow for someone like myself who hasn't played the flute in many years. Thanks again
My daughter started 6th grade and chose the flute. She will be 11 in November. Your video's are fantastic. She actually sat through each video you made. They are simple yet very informative. Each example you have provide works. Bye the way she is a swimmer too..yay! Thanks for your help
AHH. You're really good! My band teacher heard me playing the flute at one point apparently and he said I may be able to swtich! YAY! And I've been playing for 4 months. Your videos really did help inspire me:)
I'm a male flutistttt:) You're one of my role models, and you always make me laugh! Thank you!
I played the trumpet, which requires a lot of air! One thing I learn from my band teacher is to breath by "expanding your stomach", not through the upper part of the chest ... :D
When you talked about the bit about people impersonating Darth Vador, I actually laughed out loud. I'm a new flutist and this was helpful! Subscribed!
Oh my goodness! This was so helpful! I have always had bad breathing but the Darth Vader analogy helped me so much!
That's actually a really great question, hahahahaha--I am currently pursuing a master's degree in flute performance, so I'm basically playing all the time. It's my school and work, so... yeah, basically all the time. I do have routines, but I change it up often so I can practice different and new skills. And thank you for the support!!! I'm glad I make you smile!! :D
thank you so much for mentioning about the fact that your students who tend to be swimmers have better control of their breathing- i've been wondering for forever now because i play flute and im currently in marching band plus the only sport i do is swim and swimming can be hard, just like playing the flute (because a lot of air is required for both) at times. this was a curiosity of mine for quite some time now. thanks for covering about this even though this is the second vid i watched today of your channel. im really glad i subscribed.
It does't matter how long I can hold my breath for! The second I apply it to the flute I find I'm still releasing all the air too quickly... HOW do you improve this?
I have the same issue.
i used to have the same problem. My music teacher taught me how to control it. (Sorry in advance if this dosen't make much sense.) So, when you take a big breath, you have to let it out in small intervals. You sort of have to store it in your chest when you do this. In order to get out a good sound that is in tune, you don't use more air, you speed it up. The same goes for going to play piano. You would naturally assume you need less air. That's not the case. You use the same amount of air, just less fast.(?) in order to keep your pitch when playing soft you need lots of air, but not so fast. Basically, fast air for higher notes, and slower air (but not too slow) for lower notes. Its hard to explain over text. I also find it helpful to flex your core when having to hold out a note for and extended amount of time. Another trick, is to tilt your head up when playing the flute because this action alone speeds up your air. Lifting your eyebrows helps and lifting your feet off of the ground is a good trick. So when you play the flute, you have to control your air in small intervals and store the rest for later use. I hope this is somewhat helpful. Practice makes perfect!
Jim Harrell, So what about playing high notes piano? You said that playing piano requires slowing down your air, not using less air, but you also said that you slow down your air to play lower notes.
This is old, but, try making your airstream thinner
You must control how fast you blow your air. It comes with experience
I have a wooden whistle that was capped off on the end and has a hole drilled in the side so you can play it as a traverse flute. It is My hardest whistle to play because you can't just blow into it. It is a matter of using your diaphragm muscle to push breath to get it to sound right. It's more a matter of controlled breath. NOT blowing. It was hard to play, so I leaned into it hard for a week. My diaphragm muscle hurt like you would not believe. It takes a lot of control. A lot of reminding Myself to BREATHE. I keep getting winded and at times dizzy. I keep saying to Myself, "You can't play if you don't breathe". It's a great training tool and it sounds pretty good too. Maybe better than My Tin Whistles or My Maple fifes.
Awww, that's great! I'm glad I was of help. :) All the best!
Thank you so much from doing this video I'm starting the flute on Monday It would be amazing if you could do more of these videos
Thanks a lot, Teacher Joanna! Informative, formative and ENTERTAINATIVE!
Simplesmente você é a melhor professora de flauta que já vi.
Contudo, também é a única que já vi...
mas isso não importa, o que importa é que você é incrível, obrigado.
(o idioma que escrevo é em português, pois estou com preguiça de traduzir)
Ha! I totally did the Vader thing :D Just wanted to say your videos are the best. I'm musical but never played the flute. Trying to help my daughter learn (they only have band practice once a week :( ) and your style of teaching is excellent for us. Keep making these babies!!!! Thanks so much.
That Darth Vadar example really helped.
I always find myself laughing real hard watching your videos! And I've been getting really great tips from you. Subscribed!
Hi Joanna! Long time, no see. Love this video! Not only fun but educational. I'm thinking the word "delightful" is a fitting description.
Can u please help me with my flute breathing excersises??
Brava, competente e simpatica: Il massimo. Complimenti per la lezione. :)
Your so talented! how often do you practice? or do you have a specific routine? Great humor i couldn't help but smile everytime i watch one of your videos. :)
2:28 That's it.... that's what I needed to understand.... there it goes all the other videos I watched, this made it
Hey! First of all, I love ur videos! I'm only just starting flute. I was wondering if you could make a video about some great flute breathing excersices? Thanks!!!!!
I have to play Concerto No. 2 too for an audition
I love your vids! Please keep up the great work. This really helped me.
Hi, I've been play the flute now for 3 years, I've always had breathing problems. Playing does hurt my chest. My band teacher told me to fill in my lower stomach. Any more tips?
Keep posting! Your videos are so helpful. THANK YOU
at swim (team) we have to do brathing sets and most time doing a 50m (2 laps) with one breath! its really fun!! ☺☺
Excellent Adele impersonation! Very informative and entertaining video. Though a guy, I think I need to go buy a bra. LOL Thanks.
I'm a guy and I tried but it's just not possible
could you give us guys some advice of what to do in this situation?
Becuase we don't wear bras and even If we did we couldn't fill them.
i imagine swimming at least on a weekly basis would help your breath control and capacity>? Do you swim to increase your flute play?
So I just got my flute 4school and don't know how to play but when I saw this video it helped me alot
Oh my gosh!!!!!!! You're HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ps. I did do they dark vader thing! Hahaha! Thanks for the vid!:)
Please make a vidoe about.how to get high and low notes please, u r the best flute teacher ever!!:)
This was so beautiful and helpful, thank you! Definitely subscribing
If in a future video you could give some advice how to improve the tone (or recommend exercises, even from the Trevor Wye book) especially for the higher notes that would be great. I'm not satisfied with my middle register at all :)
LOL, it's not quite that late (or early...) over here. I'm on the west coast. ;)
Can you do a video on circular breathing?
can you please do a video comparing the materials of piccolos and maybe even the brands? Thanks :D
Very information and entertaining.
You gave me a very nice time! Thanks for the funny and great video. :)
Oh and you are a wonderful flute player...I hope all of your dreams come true.
When you are playing high notes, do you need to keep your stomach punched in and flat, or expanded like when you take in a breath?
thank you for helping me for a beginer♡
Haha, don't know. ;) Still formulating what I'll do for the next one... :)
Joanna, help, please. My tone is awful! Could you make a video how the emboucher and tilt of the flute affect the tone? Help please! Thanks, you're the man!
I just started playing the flute yesterday and I can play about 6/7 notes, but when I play them in a song (like Marry Had a Little Lamb or Hot Cross Buns) they come out sounding REALLY breathy. No joke, it seriously just sounds like wind. What do I do!?
Do you have any advice on being a professional flute
You are a really good flautist
I know how to make the whistle sound, but when I try to play a note, I cant do it right. How do I make this work?
So what if I did try the Darth Vader? XD If you were my teacher I would be so good.
Help! I m a beginner,i swim pretty well, and I can blow for twenty seconds, but when I try to do a scale on the flute, it lasts for only 3 seconds or so, and I get light headed. Any tips?
why are you still not partnered with youtube? you're amazing!
Thank you! :)
If you did that same method for singing, wow, you would have one heck of a voice. Same basics to singing and singing from the diaphragm.
Glad I could help! :)
can you do a movie about high notes and registers please...
2:33 one word...GUILTY :-D
my father (he plays the trumpet and teaches kids in the local brass band) keeps telling me...long tones (when i practice with the head joint). i can blow into a flute for only a couple of seconds. just started a couple of day now. trying to apply the breathing techniques i learned when i was in a choir. thanks for your tips. they really help.
How do you play the high notes without going dramatically louder?
Hahahaha, sure. I'm actually good friends with Paul Hung, who won a spot in it in 2011. :)
can you make more lesson videos pleaseee
when you breathe in, does it also have a similar feeling when you yawn?
Cynthia Qian It feels very similar, but afterwards you should feel like you have extra air throughout your nose.
When's your next video? I can't wait! :D
I can hold for pretty long on my saxophone but not that long on the flute. What am I doing wrong?
The difference is the saxophone creates resistance for you to blow against. The flute has no resistance so your job as a flutist is to create resistance. Take your deep breath and create support by pushing against your stomach muscles and controlling how fast the air comes. Right now all your air just comes in on its own. You have to control it. Hope this helps!
:) You are super super helpful for me! Thank you! Aaaand you're also way too funny. XD
Funny girl!!
hahaha Thanks por the information
how do you make a rounder tone on, for example, Carmen Act 3, Entr'acte? I keep getting a really sharp sound and its bugging me and my exam is next week. help!!
Aw, thank you! :)
Hey, maybe it is called an abdominal breathing ;). What an interesting thing it would be to play the music as human with free feeling harmonizing the compose and inner view through the ability to produce a sound of the split air passage with the cylindrical object.
Thanks for your videos! They're great! Your humor makes them especially First RATE!
My issue is not running out of breathe - it's sort of the opposite. I find that I sometimes have residual air at the phrase end. If I don't have enough for the following phrase, I feel a sensation of needing to exhale a large quantity. This probably makes no sense, and the answer is sure to be PLAN the breathing/phrasing, but let me add that I'm not a classical player, but an improviser and don't always know the length of the upcoming phrase. If this makes any sense at all, I'd appreciate your thoughts. In short, it NEVER feels like I'm simply breathing in and out....there's always too little or too much air in my lungs. ??? Great vid.
You're either breathing too much or you're using too little air, which causes quietness and intonation problems.
Genericide Thanks much. I'll think that through and try a different approach. Flute on!
Ok Hi . My band has to play colors of the wind and Groovee and Engines and resistance can you please play them so I can see how it sounds ... And 4 more ..
Can you do a video on articulation? I've gone the last 3 years playing flute without knowing I couldn't tongue -.-
My less than intelligent response: LOL.
I love your personality...Nice video, I gave you a thumbs up...I play the Native American flute and it is much easier than the flute you play but I will still benefit from your great tips.....
I have a hard time getting real low notes(like middle c) out. Do you have any tips? Thanks:))) Your videos are so helpful!
Wish you where my music teacher mine is not good at teaching
how do you practice dynamic control? tips/tricks?
how to you make a sound on a flute? no matter how much videos i watch i still cant make a sound out of the flute!
I think this video is awesome! :D Quick question: How would you approach breathing in something as technical as the Ibert Concerto (I'm working on this for auditions as a transfer student)?
I HAVE A Q. DO YOU HAVE A VIDEO OR MAKE ONE IF YOU HAVE TIME ABOUT...WHEN CHANGING FROM A NOTE TO ANOTHER PPL USUALLY DO A LITTLE DANCE ON THE NOTES AND THEN GO ON TO THE NEXT ONE. DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? MOVING ON FROM 1 NOTE TO THE NEXT PUT YOU DO A LITTLE DANCE ON THE OTHER NOTES AND THEN PASS ON TO THE TARGETED NOTE I GUESS THAT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEAR THANKS IN ADVANCE
Same principles apply, but you just have to wait for your lungs to grow in order to be at full capacity. ;)
I watched this video in band I I couldent stop laughing your awesome🦄
do you have a video on tone?
What was that little ditty that she played at the end?
you're crackin me up over here. good stuff. :-)
you're so cute xD this has helped me so much, you have no idea, i actually have trouble breathing because of my lungs but this helped me alot x) thanks
Gosh i wsh i could play as good as you.
thx that really helped me
yes! you finished the phrase - it eases my ear's suspense xD lol
3:54 hahahaha priceless! Thanks for that :)
What if when you play, then you get dizzy? Do you know what that means?
don't worry it is my first year and it happens to me to just keep calm all or moest people have that problem it is called light headed witch means my are running out of air and and all you need to do is just stop playing for a minit and you will be better ut if not just ask to get water hope that helps :)
that just means you should probably get another breath. trust me, you dont want to pass out
amaizing sarah
ARE YOU TRYING TO COMMUNICATE?
wjat did i do
Do u do flute covers
Very helpful!
awsome video
What song was that u played. I quite enjoyed it.
Btw can u tell what that song is called?
THIS IS AWESOME. Thank you for your help! :)