Right-Hand Pinky's Extra Workload! - SEVEN TIPS for better pinky use - Flute Tube 94

[@RalphLooij]

Excellent and interesting!

[@whiterook2132]

My weekly source of motivation is - back! And, time stamps to boot. Heavens to Murgatroyd!

[@AprilClaytonflute]

Ha! In that case, I'll do my best to stick around! 😆

[@KarenS-zy9uz]

I will give my right pinky much more thought!

[@artkim-music]

Very nice video! Really nice sharing. L41

[@AprilClaytonflute]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@ViolinHobby]

Smart advice for articulations and speed. Injury Prevention.❤

[@AprilClaytonflute]

Yes, it's true, being more relaxed and using rh4 more wisely can prevent injuries!

[@fernandooliaggonzalez5462]

Great!! Amazing tutorial , beautiful!!

[@AprilClaytonflute]

Thank you! 😊

[@JeanneMallow]

April, your videos are always so interesting. Bravo, again.

[@AprilClaytonflute]

Thank you so much! ❤

[@professeurdeflutetraversie5734]

Very organized and very important ideas for sharing

[@AprilClaytonflute]

Merci! Glad you think so!

[@GabiAsher]

Very good lesson and very good Tips. April, thank you very much.

[@AprilClaytonflute]

You're very welcome! Thanks for your nice comments!

[@jessicaphillips-rife1084]

Your virtuosity and skills are amazing, and these tips you share are invaluable! 🎉

[@AprilClaytonflute]

Thank you so much, Jessica!

[@ChandasCookhouseVlogs]

Very informative content thanks for sharing 👌🏻❤

[@AprilClaytonflute]

Thanks for visiting!

[@NadiaViolin]

Nice to see you back 😊 Great video! 👏👏👏

[@AprilClaytonflute]

Thank you! 😃💕

[@poink9]

Excellent suggestions I will try and put into practice.

[@AprilClaytonflute]

Great to hear from you! Good luck with all things flute (and all other things, too)!

[@poink9]

@@AprilClaytonflute I struggle with those low notes. Have to learn to relax and let them come to me?

[@Keyboardmusic1943]

This is really very interesting and useful tutorial video ❤🎉

[@AprilClaytonflute]

Glad you think so! Thanks for stopping by. Best wishes!

[@SatoruTakishima]

Hi April❢ What a brilliant lesson as usual❢ Soooo interesting, useful and important. I love and enjoy your lesson all the time. Keep up your great work. Have a fabulous weekend and keep in musical touch.🙇🙇🙇 Satoru

[@AprilClaytonflute]

Thank you! 😃 Have a wonderful weekend, too!

[@SatoruTakishima]

@@AprilClaytonflute You're welcome and thank you April!🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼Satoru

[@tung-x]

I've been a musician all my life, but I'm a beginner on the flute. These tips are gold. Thank you!!! Now if I can just figure out how to get my main pinky knuckle to stop locking...

[@AprilClaytonflute]

Thanks for the nice comment! Sometimes people like to do exercises on piano to reinforce "curling" finger positions rather than locked joints... if you have piano background, something like Hanon #1 and really focusing on rounded pinkies might help.... Good luck with your flute!

[@ViktoriousFlutes]

I regret not finding your channel sooner when I was in music conservatory in college and was having terrible right hand pains. Definitely using the knuckle of the pinky to change between C and B would have helped! And keeping the pinky between those two keys.

[@AprilClaytonflute]

Thanks for the nice message, and sorry to hear about your right hand pain! I hope it's a thing of the past. Good luck with all of the pinky gymnastics! 🙂

[@ViktoriousFlutes]

@@AprilClaytonflute thank you for the reply! The only thing at the time that I figured out was that I was holding my pen 🖊 the wrong way when I wrote things down. When I corrected my writing ✍️ posture, the right hand pain was better but it did not fully go away. Thank you for the tips!

[@ckgalyon]

Great tips and if helps anyone I have very tiny hands with an exceptionally small pinky (so totally fun that by luck I have 3 of our flute choir pieces doing the absolute worst pinky switches) Anyways my flute is an inline G slightly older Muramatsu (oddly when I was younger contrary to what you’d believe I was getting tendinitis from offset …😵‍💫 normally be the opposite for small hands ) and on the end just under the square part of the C key Jeff basically invented a little bit of cork add for me (wish could add photo) and it helps quite a bit… one of our other ladies added it to her flute also …(could easily be done multiple models though sorta wish had that little roller to try too 🤔)… If have any tips on the part where you talked about using the joint on the switches I was on instinct doing this then switched off because my pinky was cracking and I didn’t know what I might be doing possibly wrong to not get it to crack ? Anyways probably check out some of your other videos your tips are solid and easy to understand thank you 😊

[@lois2911]

Thank you, teacher. 🙂 I'm am a beginner and trying to get a consistent solid sound that is not airy, or even get a sound at all when playing low C and B finger combinations. I also find myself gripping the flute too tightly------( Tension is real and a beast!👀 ). I do play the 🎹 already . So my little pinky finger is not a total lightweight. I'm trying to be aware of how I am holding it (the flute) and to avoid putting unnecessary force on the instrument, but it is really hard to keep these important factors front-and-center. 😩. By the way, 👍😎, this was very informative!!! SENSATIONAL, !!!! In fact, I have never heard these instructions anywhere, yet.

[@AprilClaytonflute]

Thanks for the comment. I'm so glad this video was useful! Good luck with your flute practice, and especially your rh pinky! 🙂

[@lois2911]

@@AprilClaytonflute Thank you.🙂

[@Krankygoldfish]

I need to put in that pinky time. I'm struggling with a piece that goes from E to C#, I find I am not fully covering the F and wondering if I should just put in the plugs.

[@hamdinger7145]

I resubscibed

[@AprilClaytonflute]

I know it's been a long time! Hopefully I have more time in my life for Flute Tube videos now!