Perfecting Your Third Octave FluteTips 105

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Perfecting Your Third Octave FluteTips 105

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It’s difficult to get a good resonant tone in our third octave. There just aren’t as many overtones in the sound up there. The overtone series is made up of those vibrations that naturally occur when a low sound is produced.
A low C can be more resonant because you can get more of that overtone series happening in that note.
A more resonant tone has more overtones present in the note. But our job is to get that overtone series in all of our notes.
So, you have to work harder at getting the sound that you want in that third octave. Because it's not naturally there. Otherwise, the third octave can be very thin!
I'll just give you some ideas for working up there in the third octave to improve your tone, including:
Opening your throat all the way up to your sinuses
Putting air in your cheeks
Keeping the pressure light on your lip plate
Relaxing your embouchure & keeping it flexible
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@maniachan438 4 жыл бұрын

My 3rd octave sounds a bit empty and not as soft, so that was just what I needed!

@DoctorFlute 4 жыл бұрын

Great! You are not alone as we all struggle filling it out!

@jorgeabatocab 4 жыл бұрын

Much to be perfected indeed, thanks Angela, God bless

@DoctorFlute 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jorge!

@joannebuchweitz8450 4 жыл бұрын

I have a new Miyazawa MX2 headjoint that is very open and beautiful in the high register. Never had that before.

@DoctorFlute 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds beautiful! Head joints do make a world of difference.

@rafaelmorenorivas7468 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks.

@camaroman19691969 4 жыл бұрын

Thankyou Dr. I need this info, words cannot thank enough. Hood flutetist.

@DoctorFlute 4 жыл бұрын

Thank-you!

@trihandoko2102 3 жыл бұрын

thank you for the lesson, I'm from Indonesia, interested in learning to flute. it's really very useful for me. Please reproduce the video about the flute.

@fluteteatime 4 ай бұрын

wow great explanation! thank you😍❤️👍👍👍

@DoctorFlute 4 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Are you getting the sound you want now?

@anatorres-wr3ik 5 ай бұрын

Wonderful ideas

@DoctorFlute 5 ай бұрын

Glad you like them! Are you having any difficulties in your playing?

@PaulCrimea Жыл бұрын

THANKS to you, from Russian listeners, watch with subtitles! Impressed, about the resonance.

@DoctorFlute Жыл бұрын

Hi over there in Russia! Glad that you are watching.

@Toipno 4 жыл бұрын

Very interesting! Thank you

@DoctorFlute 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Mauro, Your welcome! Do you have trouble with your 3rd octave?

@Toipno 4 жыл бұрын

@@DoctorFlute Hello! For me the third octave is a bit tricky, my mouth has some old unconscious habits as a mouthpiece for trumpet. I am still in the critical phase of setting lips and breath. with respect to the first two octaves the positions change and the spontaneous mechanism has not yet entered the head. As I am no longer young I get tired easily, however I insist, sooner or later it will become automatic and spontaneous. Thanks for your teachings.

@DoctorFlute 4 жыл бұрын

I see. When I change a students embouchure or work with them in the 3rd octave, I tell them it is much better to do many short sessions of practice then a long one. Short 10 minute practice sessions where you can think about the embouchure 2 or 3 times a day is best. So if you have short practice time because you tire that may be the best thing for your embouchure.

@Toipno 4 жыл бұрын

@@DoctorFlute I don't miss the time, I can do more study sessions a day, every now and then my imagination passes, but then it passes immediately! For the next lesson I should prepare the scale of Ab major and Bb major in third octave !!! I am very tired, but that too will come ...

@Toipno 4 жыл бұрын

@@DoctorFlute I need your opinion for my instrument, when and where can I export the question? Thank you

@pianodesu Жыл бұрын

The biggest problem for me in 3rd octave is to play in tune. The higher the note the more out of tune it gets with even half tone difference. Im wondering if its because of technic or if its because the cheap amazon flute eastar efl2 I own makes it impossible. I tried to direct air flow lower and it helps a bit but its almost impossible to play in tune in highest register

@DoctorFlute Жыл бұрын

It could be because of the flute. If the flute is one of the cheap amazon flute the cork in the head joint might not be positioned correctly. Also the positioning of the keys could be poor. The good news it might not be you!

@laradurrant2590 10 ай бұрын

I’m a beginner flute player (just started learning this summer) and reaching up to the third octave is very hard for me. Even toward the top of my second octave I’ve noticed it’s hard to get good sound quality. I definitely want to try out these tips. I might be tensing and tightening up too much! Thanks for posting this content.

@DoctorFlute 10 ай бұрын

You are welcome! What do you know about support? It sounds to me like you are having a support issue. Do you know what I'm talking about?

@laradurrant2590 10 ай бұрын

@DoctorFlute After some troubleshooting this weekend, I was able to get some stable high notes, and ones that didn't sound terrible! I think it was multiple problems converging into one, starting from a misunderstanding that I needed to pump a large volume of air to get higher notes. The notes kept cracking down and were never stable. Changing the embouchure and the way that I've conceptualized things has made a big difference. I was trying to solve things with brute force rather than finesse. I'm learning with flute stuff, more force is rarely the answer... Thanks for your feedback! 😀

@DoctorFlute 10 ай бұрын

Glad its starting to work!

@Kndnsssrlgn 3 ай бұрын

Thanks! I enjoyed this video. Doctor Flute, would you mind listing the composers and pieces you played in this video?

@DoctorFlute 3 ай бұрын

Sure: 1. Three Pieces, Ferroud 3rd mvt 2. Autumn in Homeland Anze Rodman 3. American Suite Bruce Stark 2nd mvt

@Cazarace 4 жыл бұрын

Hello DoctorFlute! I'm trying to be play in the 3rd octave and I've been struggling to play the scale chromatically. At some point the note stops or I will over blow very hard and squeak when changing one note to another, typically from 3rd F to F#. My flute is very cheap, would that be one of the possible issues or does it all have to do with my embouchure and the open and closed throat? That high C is just nearly impossible unless I release a good pressure stream of air for it to come out (and is very airy!). I hesitate to believe it has some leaks since the other 2 octaves I can play fine without much difficulties. Is it also normal to play very loud in the 3rd octave? I can't really play the third with much dynamic. (And I'm starting to annoy my family while practicing haha!) Thanks!

@DoctorFlute 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Kastell! Hmm interesting. It could very well be a leak that shows up with the particular fingerings involved with the 3rd octave. One thing to check on F/F# in the 3rd octave is to make sure that you thumb is not on the Bb key. Make sure that roll off. You should not have to blow hard at all for your 3rd octave. Faster air maybe but not hard. The 3rd octave is produced because of air pressure not because of pinching the embouchure or blowing hard. You want your air support to get the high notes so that your embouchure can remain relaxed. Only then can you get soft dynamics. Is there any chance you could send for a trial of an intermediate flute (at least one with a silver headjoint) or go to a music store and try out an intermediate flute. You would at least know if it was you are the flute. I know you might not be able to buy it but at least you could find out whether or not your flute is the problem and if its you then you will know that you need to fix some problem areas in your playing.