I flay flute for one and a half year aproximately...

I'm from Brazil so please don't bother yourselves with my grammatical english mistakes.

Yesterday i discovered something interesting:

I noticed that (with my C-foot flute) i could play the B3 note only with the lips!! Playing softly and almost covering all the open space (of blowing) with the lips, i could play the low B note.
Of course, we almost cant hear the note hehe, because its less louder than the C4...

Does anyone know a better techique?
I ask this because i "discovered" it yesterday...

And, if i, doing that, cover 60% of the tube's orifice with the knee, i can play a hardly (hard to hear too!!)
A#3..Useless, but its curious hehe.

And talking about the high notes,
i don´t have many problems playing G4 (G7 actually). But i cannot play this note when i'm not focused in it, or should i say, concentrated to play...

Does anyone know a fingering position for G#7, or A7. I know those from the woodwind fingering charts but they are not right, i think.

Well... so....if someone can help me with another techique to play the B3, please give me a hand...

And of circular breathing techiques that we can found in a lot of websites, is it interesting, or is it worth doing?

The only way to produce a solid Low B is to have a B foot. You can of course bend the pitch of the C down so that it's pretty close to a B, but the volume will be tiny, and the tone pretty lackluster. As for the highest notes, if you truly mean G4, that particular pitch is impossible to play without moving the headjoint cork, as is G#4. If you mean G3, use LH123, and your right pinky. For G#3, use LH234 and your right pinky. If you have any other fingering questions, check the charts at www.wfg.woodwind.org. As for circular breathing, in my opinion it's not worth learning as anything other than a party trick of sorts. There are of course instances where it COULD be used, but very few where it MUST be used, and after all, breathing can be made to be part of the music. The time it takes to learn how to circular breathe well (often as much as a year) on flute could be much better spent on practicing other things.

Hum thanks..
Well, doing that... it really wasnt a solid low B, but it was nice finding that out.

Thanks about the breathing, now i'm a little calm in this part.

About the G4, its G4 itself. But, i wanted to know if any of you know any secret stuff about that high note, you know?

OK. Thanks anyway

Well due to the way the flute is built, the upper pitches are really just harmonics lower notes. These operate fine up to F#4, but from G4 to Bb4 they do not operate normally, making it an impossibility to get a true G4 (a sharp F#4, maybe, but not a G4). If you move the headjoint cork, this becomes possible, but negatively affects just about everything else with the flute. The harmonics begin operating normally again at B5 (assuming low B on the flute is B1) on up, but the air pressure and lip strength required to get these pitches makes them very unlikely too. If you go to that website I cited in my last post, and take a look at the G4 fingering, there should be a link to an article that explains all of this.

No, i appologize if i bothered someone.

But what i wanted to know is if there is a possibility of finding out a fingering that could reach the G# and A (of fourth octave, yes) in the virtual flute page.

Please answer, because i know you all have a lot of more knowlegde of music than i have.

And please not redirect me to a website, because i've seen a lot of them about flute.

Thanks

I think that is hehehehhe
Please dont hit me by saying this

There are no fingerings for those pitches, as they are impossible to play. I've explained why that is, and given you the link to a more in depth explanation. There simply is no way to play those pitches.

lol, Ann! Nice picc by the way. Did you take that one?