How Your Flute Angle Affects Sound Production (Flute Posture for Beginners & Up)

Learn how the angles created between your flute, your lips and the plane of your face can affect your resonance and ease of playing. This basic flute posture lesson is appropriate for beginners as well as intermediate/advanced flutists.
The angles at which you hold your flute directly influence how your airstream interacts with your flute. Extreme angles can uncenter your airstream, leading to airy and/or thin sounds. They can also force your lips to work harder in order to get the air to move in the right direction.
Developing a consciousness of how you hold the flute as you practice can help you to achieve greater ease in playing.
📖 CHAPTERS:
0:56 - Warm-Up Exercise (Get Your Flute)
3:21 - The Lip-Flute Angle
6:13 - The Plane of the Face
7:31 - Flute Lesson Summary
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[@christophermartinez6479]

Mind blown!! I'm a beginner at playing the flute-- the point you made about "true angles" relative to the head as it is being tilted solved the issue I was having. Thank you!

[@urkwez3687]

You are the best Flute Channel on KZbin Lance, thank you for that!

[@LanceSuzuki]

Aww. Thanks so much! ❤️

[@lisahinds4785]

You have an excellent speaking voice and calm attitude for teaching! Thank you!

[@LanceSuzuki]

Thanks, Lisa! Much appreciated!

[@wallacea-nyc.4300]

Thank you. Your EFFORTS to TEACHING, HELPS so mannnnny, that I hope, that you Always feel MOTIVATED , to keep you going. Thanks a million again. 👍🏻🎉🏆😀🥇🌎🕊🎊

[@LanceSuzuki]

Thanks so much! I'm so glad it's helpful!

[@amygardner9941]

@Lance, you are a brilliant teacher. Such clear advice. Thank you for creating this video!

[@johnskfung]

it is very useful, thank you for sharing the ideas!!!

[@poink9]

That’s very helpful, thank you!

[@leejoycechung2162]

Great info on posturing. Thanks so much!

[@LanceSuzuki]

Thanks, Lee!

[@peterfinlay7213]

Ps!! Thanks again for the calming vibes

[@amygardner9941]

Love this warm up!! FLUTE YOGA ::D ::D

[@dcallan812]

Great advice. I sometimes get a high whistle sound and I think it mixed in with an odd angle and the rotation of my flute forward or back. great video 2x👍

[@ilveroleolix]

Thank you so much!!! I am experimenting with this right now! Perfect timing! 😬

[@LanceSuzuki]

Great!

[@daupbleu]

Thanks a lot.

[@LanceSuzuki]

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[@tommygunss4576]

love your video's Lance, they've helped me A LOT in starting out. Thank you.

[@LanceSuzuki]

That’s great! Thanks so much and happy practicing!

[@AhmetKaya-uj3tp]

love your videos, they really help and I appreciate it. Thank you

[@LanceSuzuki]

I’m so glad! Thanks so much!!

[@juswa3]

sir do you have some old flutes there ?☹️ i wish i could have my own flute. btw thank you for teaching me techniques thank you so much 😊

[@GoddessofMusicTv]

Hey! Great video. How do we keep that angle without causing pain to the shoulders?

[@ghmj2607]

Mr. Suzuki, I have an issue I'm struggling to solve... I'm having trouble keeping the lip plate on my lip. That is, after a while, my flute tends to slip down my lip, and more so with the bigger breaths I take. I'm wondering if I'm not pressing hard enough or maybe I am pressing too hard? or maybe my right arm placement is not being supportive enough? this issue becomes more frustrating throughout my practice sessions as I almost feel nervous I'm about to drop my flute when i go from mid C to D (as the fingering goes from one finger to all the opposites down).

[@peterfinlay7213]

Another awesome video,Thank you so much lance I am so learning so much from you just within a month it's crazy keep them coming I so appreciate it!!Pc you're talking to Janet l am using the seen email as my husband peter

[@LanceSuzuki]

Aha! Thanks, Janet! I'm glad you're enjoying the videos! Keep up the good work!

[@Timeisirrelevant]

What about when you have a tear drop lip? So much wasted air when centered.

[@musician-florian]

It's not always necessary to have a centered embochure. Probably you should experiment with getting the embochure hole either rather to the left or right. Having a centred embochure is namely not a desicive aspect for having a good sound quality.

[@Xingqiwu387]

It's very worrying that flutists spend thousands of hours in performance and practice with their heads tilted to the right. This is a recipe for the development of cervical spinal stenosis - which is NOT an outcome anyone would ever hope for.

[@LanceSuzuki]

Great point!