Anyone have any suggestions on hitting high notes? I am a Alto Sax and Clarinet play who has always wanted to play the flute, I just started about 2 weeks ago and I am doing quite well so far but I can`t hit my upper register past a f I sometimes hit G & A but that is it any thoughts.

just tighten up alot and push ur air u have to really tghten till u get used to it

Think about blowing `upwards.` Try looking up at a high spot in the room. It sounds strange, but to get used to it, lay down and hit a few high ones. This will also encourage you to relax. You`ll soon see what I mean.

Becky xXxXx

try practacing "octave slurrs"
This is where you start on low e, then without changing fingerings or taking another breath, tighten your lips so that the opening is smaller and the air is going through faster until you reach middle e. Go up through each note and do this. You will find that with practice, and patience you will improve not only your tone, but also you will find that those high notes will come out easier.

Practice practice practice . . . . The more you play the high notes, the easier they are to play and the better they sound

yeah, suz`s method is wot i would recommend, but rather than tightening ur lips, its better 2 relax more and push from ur diaphragm - this will improve ur breath support (which u need a lot of to play high notes) as well as give u a clearer sound
-Mel

started a few weeks ago? when I first started playing the flute, at Christmastime (i got my flute for school around the middle of august- AFTER school started) and my friends and I had slight problems hitting an A. What I say is work on it. Unless I`m mistaken, rollin out produces a sharper sound. Try rollin out a little bit and tightening your embo... crap, (forgot how to spell it) tightening your mouth. I`ve you`ve been in band for so long, you ought to know what I mean. and la la la

Okay: there`s a freakish way to approach this.

First, work on having a small, tight embrochure (the hole the size of a toothpick) and blow FAST air as high as you can, like you`re trying to blow your bangs out of your eyes.

After you`ve done that (you`ll get a small, strained, hard-to-tune sound) for a LOOOOOONG time and are comfortable with high notes:

You start relaxing the embrochure to get a better sound. Begin to think about blowing hot air ("hah" type of breath and mouth shape) down into the flute at a slower speed, while still spinning the air. Beware: don`t do this until you are quite comfortable playing high notes the first way.

Remember: the only way to get it is to PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE!

The best of luck,
Gumdrop

Tight embrochure wil work, however u will get a tiny and squish sound. For your long term benefit, use a relax embrochure and try to push your bottom jaw out. That will direct the airstream up.

are you talking f on the staff or the next octave? in general the hardest notes to play are the highest e natural and f #, and you will just have to experiment with your flute. the higher, the harder... tighten your lips and think faster air.