5 Minute Warm-Up For Flutists In a Hurry 🎵

[@palomanegra8545]

Picked up the flute after almost 20 years not playing it and was amazed at how strong muscle memory was doing warm ups and playing things by ear. Understanding sheet music again on the other hand has been very difficult, I can't believe it was even easy for me but it is so foreign now.

[@flutechannel]

Well im happy your getting back into it. It'll take time. Grab some music and bring it on the couch or in bed and read it like you would a book. it gets your brain working and used to seeing the notes. I wish you all the best in your musical journey.

[@palomanegra8545]

Thank you so much 💗 It feels so good to play again, really enjoying your videos as they are helping sharpen my skills once again. Have a beautiful day!

[@1015SaturdayNight]

@@palomanegra8545 this is the hard part for me too. Marking notes with a pencil lol

[@tonyabrown7796]

I put my flute down for 19 years. These videos are really helping me. Thankyou for doing them.

[@flutechannel]

@@tonyabrown7796 excellent! happy practicing!

[@ivvitan]

This video proves that you are master of flute! P.S.: The camera confirms this at 3:36! 😊 Excellent warming!

[@flutechannel]

Aww Thanks I thought you would like it.

[@caryheuchert]

I’m very impressed by this video. One of the best flute demonstrations/exercises I’ve ever seen.

[@flutechannel]

Very happy you enjoyed it Cary!

[@OICU2]

I had not thought about warming up prior to playing. No wonder I was getting off to a rough start each time. Now I know better. Thank you. Starting up again after 53 years of not playing.

[@flutechannel]

Happy to hear this helped! Happy practicing!

[@calebmills6051]

Wow! Really good control on those high notes!

[@georgeboeck1298]

Oh my goodness, thank you. I can't tell you how revealing this was of the techniques of playing the flute! How crazy to increase my appreciation of the instrument by giving students a way to slight their practice.

[@itsjustlukeRevive]

Thank you. I believe you helped me ace my first concert band event

[@flutechannel]

So awesome to hear!

[@davidaubaile]

Merci Amelie. Le warm up est assez complet pr le timing ! c'est chouette . Merci

[@flutechannel]

Merci!

[@dacovicgorjana8381]

Hey! I'm starting high school next September. I never know how to play in an interesting way and this helps me. Pinelad, I don't have the motivation to play except for competitions, but I hope to have it soon.😊

[@brettepruitt8960]

Very helpful. Nice playing. Charming accent.

[@matthewgelderman4881]

Thank you so much! Your video's are really helpful.

[@mularaikar]

how do you play the high notes without blowing hard ,i can really hear my blow its very harsh and the notes are loud

[@flutechannel]

You should check out our How to Play high notes video. It all comes down to practice, listening and adjusting. If you have more issues let us know!

[@jovitavanderpluijm5032]

Same here

[@joanneskinner5169]

I sound like a cat in heat.

[@johnmcallistermusic]

Great stuff!!!

[@flutechannel]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@johnmcallistermusic]

@@flutechannel Signs of a great flute player >> responds quickly to KZbin comments. Also, best posture in the room.

[@flutechannel]

@@johnmcallistermusic aww thanks John!

[@yggdrasil9039]

Wonderful. Inadvertently you have provided somewhat of a video I've been looking for for a while, and that is a video showing playing of every note on the flute in the semi tone scale, as you do with your long notes at the beginning.

[@flutechannel]

Very glad I could help!

[@yggdrasil9039]

Thank you. I'm really loving the flute, having just started to learn, and I really enjoy your teaching style, so calm and relaxing and easy to follow.

[@flutechannel]

So glad you think so! I'm so happy to help to my best abilities. Happy practicing!

[@appogiatura]

Loved it. Thanks for sharing these ideas

[@flutechannel]

Thanks for watching!

[@insertpseudonym5311]

i wish i could just pick up my flute and sound like that ;-; how does one fight off the evils of bad tone days? you know, when you sound like a goddess one day but then sound like you've never touched a flute in your life... any videos for that? X3 edit: i assume this happens to everyone and not just me, but if i'm wrong, 1. that's concerning and 2. i apologize.

[@Post-ModernCzechoslovakianWar]

I feel the same way at times (well not exactly, I'm a man so not like a goddess when I do well). I wish you well on your flute playing adventures.

[@flutechannel]

We have a bad tones days video. But were making more. kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6aXlXyGg62neqc

[@charlottestarnes5821]

I get those days too! What I do is set a timer on my stand and as I play I fix up my tone. Also breathing exercises help me to get more control of air flow and overall helps tuning my flute

[@appogiatura]

Yes, I get bad tone days too. They are usually related to insufficient warm up, so this is very helpful

[@davidsmusic]

I love it! Thanks so much 😃

[@flutechannel]

Fantasic David! Happy you enjoyed it!

[@tinawestra2571]

Thank you!

[@flutechannel]

My pleasure!

[@jaydenandhisfriends]

I play clarinet but I just love flutes

[@flutechannel]

That's cool! I love clarinet

[@Toipno]

Thank you

[@k.ravishankar5063]

Great.very useful tips👏👌👍

[@normeldeluna3047]

This is sooo helpful thank you very much TFC! :)

[@flutechannel]

Happy to help!

[@MeyyarAnbu]

Very nice keep it up

[@HansBaier]

Super useful, thanks

[@flutechannel]

You're very welcome will have more versions come out soon! Thanks for watching!

[@lorrainetremblay6306]

Another question: how do you play the low notes forte? Is it explained in the How to play high notes piano? Thanks I still love this channel!

[@roylaw1291]

I lost my flute in a fire. ws going the recommended slow and steady route. Now I've been gifted another flute I'm going headlong , no time wasting now.

[@oscarrh8005]

so I am a high school player and I wanna be a music Major in college. But it takes me forever to warm up! Like at first I can’t play anything but low notes because if I try playing higher it comes out weird. It’s almost as if my lips have to get used to playing. But most flutist I know have no problem playing notes right off the bat and it’s frustrating.

[@flutechannel]

trying warming up with harmonics more, play the exercise here in the harmonics section and repeat it. thats a good way to expand on it, try that first. But Will have a video diving a bit more into that. Your not the only one out there. Don't feel discouraged, keep practicing and have fun!

[@oscarrh8005]

The Flute Channel alright thank you! I can get them once I warm up, but my band doesn’t warm up as much as I NEED it.

[@tinawestra2571]

I was in a high school band. When the trumpet section blew "raspberries" with their trumpets at warm up I always did it to. It seemed to relax the muscles around my mouth so I could maneuver my lips. I also smiled and puckered my lips too. I hope that helps.

[@Alcantara.clarisse41]

Honestly i feel the same!

[@Post-ModernCzechoslovakianWar]

Hi there, I love the video and I like your accent. I'm glad I watched this. I used to play flute along with my banjo more back in the day. However, now I'm slammed with all sorts of responsibilities. I want to have time to at least practice one of my instruments regularly, but it feels so demotivating when I get back to my flute it feels like I'm sucking up a long or something like that with the air, and I have a hard time. Anyways, I'll try this warm up suggestion. Five minutes isn't too much time, and if I combine that with 10-15 minutes of doing something I love each day on the flute than I could keep up with it. Maybe, I could post more audio and/or videos for my friends to be able to view online. Thanks, Tim C

[@flutechannel]

You should do that. Alot of people do a 30daysofprcacticing video series. You can do 5 minute versions of this. I would recommend looking over the previous video and make one part of the warm up a bit better or let say "different" it will vary and progress you skill in time. Most importantly have Fun!

[@Post-ModernCzechoslovakianWar]

Thanks for the reply, I just went out busking today like I used to do more often. It was a good day, I got a decent amount even though I was only out for about an hour and about half the time I was talking to people I saw on the street I haven't seen in a long time. Anyways, one of the people who tipped me said he was first chair at his school band on Clarinet in the '90's. He appreciated my music enough to check it out, give a small tip, complement, and he gave a good word of encouragement. I think part of it is that I can be my own worse enemy. At the same time I know I have more to work on. In the end I think my skill level realistically is somewhere between my worst impressions of myself and what the people who really love my playing think. I'll keep practicing either way, and learn how to enjoy the journey. Thanks for the idea.

[@flutechannel]

Im glad you went out and played! Busking can be fun! finding a irish band or a small reading group can help as well. It can be any instruments and you just jam, sight read and just have fun. Its a great thing to establish in your community and again its loads of fun! All the best and thanks for keeping me in touch!

[@Post-ModernCzechoslovakianWar]

Indeed, thanks for the response! Those sound like awesome ideas.

[@mytorment]

Alright, you rock, now play some dirty Jethro for the people xx

[@Astronist]

Interesting. I've not really practised chromatic scales so that's something for me to tackle. My own warm-up (self-devised) involves improvising a bit on (say) C, then again on F, then on Bb, and so on around the clock (cycle of 5ths). Usually based on the 1-2-5-1 pattern, e.g. C major, D dorian minor, G7, C, and so on in all the keys. With 12 keys to get round, this typically takes half an hour or more. (Obviously I play jazz rather than classical.)

[@flutechannel]

Love it! Thanks for sharing your warm up! I love jazz! I gotta brush up on it!

[@suonthego1417]

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[@trumpetboss5483]

Thank you Emily ! Camera is in a hurry as well to play flute as well as you do

[@flutechannel]

awww Thanks ! your so nice!

[@chloeking9448]

I have been asked to play an accompaniment for my church choir. Do you have any recommendations for playing while others are singing and a piano is playing? Like what octave to play in, what volume, etc. Thanks!!

[@flutechannel]

Middle register always sounds best with groups. To low and you’ll not be heard to high and you’ll stand out. Hope that helps. Find some recordings on KZbin it might help.

[@lilibella8471]

Could you show us how to do some of those articulations in another video?

[@flutechannel]

Sure! stay tuned for that!

[@zuzannakujawa4583]

When she was doing the first one her intonation went up but otherwise it was superb (I am a flute player to)

[@akylinaflute]

Warming up... Painful story. I was almost expulsed from my (music) school for that! We had a very poor sound insulation in our building and one day I was warming up early in the morning. And a teacher thought I was doing it on purpose (to annoy her during her lesson). So she took me to the principal........

[@flutechannel]

oh no!

[@dacovicgorjana8381]

Also,The teacher keeps telling me that tongue I'm not in the right place, I'm trying to learn it, but I can't do it at all. Is there a video about it?😊

[@flutechannel]

Sure I have a couple! Take a look around, leave a question if you wish! Don't give up! You'll get it!

[@dacovicgorjana8381]

@flutechannel Thank you🥰

[@trevorbatham5313]

How can we know unless we ask everyone? I follow Amelie because she knows her stuff. Yes I have bad tone days.

[@mytorment]

I only have 2 registers 😅

[@mytorment]

And all those low notes 😢

[@p-h9092]

Tu peux faire plus de video en francais stp ou sinon parfait comme d’hab 😃

[@da96103]

If 5 minutes warm-up is a hurry warm-up, how long is the standard warm up?

[@flutechannel]

it more about a well-rounded exercise instead of something maybe a bit more random. Some people need 5 minutes some people only feel comfortable after warming up for 30 minutes. So it varies.

[@da96103]

Thanks Amelie, you are so nice. I have subscribed and am looking forward to more great flute teaching videos.

[@flutechannel]

Thats great to hear! Nice to meet you and I hope we get to talk again! Always feel free to ask questions on any video. Or if you have requests too! :)

[@Huonpines]

Please show us all the notes that you just played.

[@flutechannel]

Hi Paul were making a pdf of all the warm up for everyone to download, should be up soon! thanks for watching and stay tuned

[@dawncordo]

Do you warm up your flute on stage if the auditorium is very cold? And if so, what do you play?

[@ANIONEJM]

what would have been great is knowing what scales were used so we can play along

[@flutechannel]

PDF should be over on patreon. But I think it will be at the online shop soon.

[@nrof]

Here I am, instead of studying physics or math! I don't own a flute, I'm not a musician, I don't even know the notes! sometimes I hate my curiosity ...

[@flutechannel]

How do you warm up? Want the pdf? Well you can get it as a gift when you join us over at Patreon! patreon.com/theflutechannel For as little as 2$ a month! So did you like the warm up? Didn't? What would you add to it? Do you have questions for us to answer, leave them down below!

[@Huonpines]

Hi, I got the error message from your web site - "Registration has been disabled." How can I do registration on your site? Thanks...

[@flutechannel]

should be fine. sorry about that @@Huonpines

[@mytorment]

Show off 😢