Hello everybody. I recently got braces, about five days ago. Although they no longer hurt, my tone on the flute is not my usual tone! Shocking! I was wondering if anyone had any advice, or perhaps excercises that may help. Cheers!

sorry to be blunt, but you`ll have to get use to it and be glad your not a braces trumpet player. When you get them off your playing will be great!!!!

You`ll be fine. Make sure your cover all your braces with your lips and mabey just practice a bit more and dont be worried if you get a little in-print of your braces on the inside of your lips. Your tone will be soo much moer inproved when you get them off so its totally worth it.

Leprachaun

Thank you guys!

Here`s another tip: play really easy stuff and then gradually play harder and harder music. thats what I did. i was not happy about getting braces because i lost a week of practicing my audition piece for band.

Try playing easy pieces in all octaves to improve your range

I had braces and I got my lip cut up pretty bad. Well, i did get used to it with the help of wax and easy music.

A period with braces may actually help in the long run, because it encourages the player not to pull the lips tight against the lower teeth, hence improvement in tone control.