Calm Your Mind With These Meditative Flute Warm-Ups

[@zamisax]

Thank you very much, dear Lance, for this excellent video. Are these exercises included in the 8 essential exercises?

[@LanceSuzuki]

Yes indeed. The long tones are exercises 1C & 1D. Scales are exercise 3B. Sheet. Using is available here: www.lancesuzuki.com/store/products/8-essential-exercises Thanks for watching!

[@hamdinger7145]

I like him

[@Choosefaithnotfear]

Thanks for this video.

[@LanceSuzuki]

Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it! ❤️

[@ginagamba]

Gods it's been months since I picked up my flute The thought of playing/practicing causes anxiety. I should save this for later.

[@LanceSuzuki]

This will be a nice slow start to your practice so no pressure! Just do as much as you can and enjoy making sounds!

[@ginagamba]

@@LanceSuzuki Thanks for this! I revisited it today. It was pretty easy and the slow calming pace 4was soothing.

[@debbie5120]

I'm sorry you had bad experiences and felt pressure playing. I'm the opposite. My flute is my go to for anxiety management. The problems drift away and create beauty and peace ❤. I especially love this video because it is so tranquil

[@tristancappel]

This was great! Thank you!

[@LanceSuzuki]

Thanks so much!

[@suzanneprior3251]

That was so lovely! I’m struggling with a migraine today, so I mostly closed my eyes, listened, and felt more relaxed. I am looking forward to trying this when my head is more cooperative. How do you end the notes so beautifully? Can you explain what you do please? 👋

[@LanceSuzuki]

Thanks, Suzanne! I was hoping that some might enjoy just listening. Sorry about your migraine and I hope you will also enjoy playing along later. To end notes, I visualize tapering off the lips as I “paint” the sound off the flute…almost like a brush stroke. It’s important to keep the air moving to avoid sagging tone and pitch. Of course, it all comes down to practicing the timing. I hope that helps.

[@DreamscapesMusicCinema]

Hello Lance 👋. It is so good to meet you 😊. Thank you so much for this wonderful Flute music 🎶. Very well played and presented. I hope everything is going well in Your world 🌎. Mark Bensette Aux Bois 🇨🇦.

[@LanceSuzuki]

Thanks for the kind words, Mark! Glad you enjoyed it! 😊

[@DreamscapesMusicCinema]

@@LanceSuzuki Absolutely my pleasure Lance ⭐

[@naturalbynecessity4197]

Love this exercise Lance. Really relaxes the mind with the background music. This will definitely help with my breathing which is not very deep.

[@LanceSuzuki]

Awesome! Try to focus on finding a deeper stretch with each breath and be sure to relax your core as you inhale. A lot of us hold tension there. ❤️

[@VikasSindhwani]

Thank you. Beautiful music. Is it possible to get a link to the background track to play along with it?

[@LanceSuzuki]

Thanks so much! 🙏 The background music was improvised so there’s not music for it. Feel free to improvise along!

[@nenu_official]

I really wanna start learning flute but my school won’t let me join band because I don’t have a instrument and I can’t really afford one but you videos have been helping me know at least the basics on how to hold a flute and fingering too. Do you know people or places to get cheap flutes?

[@Kilian-ce2wg]

Lance, is there a flute online course that you could recommend for a complete beginner? I know live lessons would be more beneficial, but I would like to dabble around by myself first so that I don't have to deal with two completely new experience at the same time (social anxiety + first time touching the instrument). My anxiety would the through the roof 😂😂 Thank you for the video and all you do on here!

[@cursivebat_9474]

Singlehandedly getting me through district auditions

[@LanceSuzuki]

Thanks! Good luck and happy practicing!

[@simplybunee]

Thank you! Can you please help me? I'm playing Carol Of The Bells in Band but I can't read any of the high octave notes. Like I just don't know how to read them and I also can't read anything like the low octave. I also don't know the fingerings. Can you help me? Thanks!

[@LanceSuzuki]

I love Carol of the Bells! 🔔🎶 It might be good to count the leger lines and write in a few note names. I don’t really have any videos for music reading. However, I do have one for flute fingerings here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqbYd2Rnlt-baaMsi=37U6TvfF-bL6agku Good luck!

[@TheBabyInYellow-xo6fp]

What are the chances that Lance actually sees my comment

[@LanceSuzuki]

👀

[@pajamasflannel]

I understand that the demands of the repertoire make nostril inhalation impractical but is there no concern among flautists that research suggests that mouth breathing is troublesome?

[@LanceSuzuki]

All air must pass through the mouth to play the flute. I believe that creating an open, relaxed space in the mouth starts at the inhale. This openness is harder to achieve through a nasal breath. But, yes, from a practical perspective it would be very difficult to meet the demands of the instrument through only nasal breathing. Thanks for watching!

[@corneliaippers603]

I would have loved this video even more without the distracting background music…. It feels hectic and unconnected to my ears.

[@TheCecyFernandes]

Thanks for this video.

[@LanceSuzuki]

You are most welcome! 🙏