Hi! For notes such as high b/c/d (5 lines/5 spaces/6 lines above the staff)How/where would you direct your air stream/form your embochure in order the get the note to come out crisply and cleaning and doesn`t A) Sound like a dying duck B) Make other members in your band run away from you.

Please help! thanks!

for low notes you have to blow down into the flute. For very high notes blow rather quickly and the hold it, depending on how long the note is, tighten your lips, blow hard, and blow slighty upwards, i hope this was some help to you, if not type on google.com flute playing ti[s and there should be tips to help you play varietys of notes.

I too am trying to improve the tone of my high notes. I`ve asked this question on other forums but any and all help is welcome! My tone is good in low and middle registers; it is the high that I REALLY want to sound better!. I do long tones, work with a tuner, use Trevor Wye`s book on tone as well as Filas (sp?) studies for high register. I noticed that the last writer suggested (along with other tips) blowing hard. I have found that, although that gets the sound out, it is usually SHARP and SHRILL. There must be a better way. I have been playing for four years and am 57.

just make sure your lips are very tight so the air stays with an even flow

i recommand a exercise for you all. The aim is to improve to top C. This is call harmonic exercise.
First of all, get the fingering for the low bottom C. Keeping the same fingering, and then adjust your lips and air flow to achieve the harmonics of C.
Eg. Bottom C, 1st octave C, G, 2nd octave C, E, G, B flat and third octave C.
(C, G, C, E, G, Bb, C)
This exercise improve me a lot and really works. Remember achieve these notes as soft as possible. Because harmonics is the working from the fundmental.
The lip position for all the above notes are the most natural position for lips.

my teacher says sumthing like... move ur bottom lip over, and ur top lip over and down, and breath the same as ur low notes... took me awile to get it right, hope u understand it

I am working on developing my flute embochure as well and have been told not to blow harder because it is a quick fix and leads to bad form. Thanks for the harmonic exercise idea. I have performed a similiar exercise on sax and clarinet and dont know why i did not apply it to flute.

I recommend "High Register Studies" by Thomas J Filas. It`s an excellent book. My university flute studio used it all last year.

You should blow a faster air stream and tighten your embochure. Make sure your fingers are held tightly to the keys to make sure no air is coming out that way. Also, if the high note you are playing tends to be sharp, use your hands in the up position and turn the flute in towards you a little. DON"T just move the head piece. Higher notes tend to be a little bit sharp. If they are flat, turn the flute a little bit out. I hope this helps!!

Wait till I get it scanned,I have a fingering chart with the fourth octave pitches.It is from the really high C on up to the highest note on the flute,an F#.I will scan it when I get my book back from my friend lol.Plus I got a new scanner yesterday.

The higher you go, DEFINITELY, the faster the air has to leave your lips. That means more pressure from the lungs, plus firm pressure lip-to-lip to convert that air pressure into air speed.

As for otherwise tightening your lips (against your teeth or with a wider smile), I`d say definitely not!

This has the effect of reducing the length of the `airway` between your lips. This length of airway is needed to get an accurately focused airstream. To illustrate my point, play any note and pull the lips very tight against the teeth. You lose all control of tone.