HEY FLUTE PLAYERS!
I'm an oboist learning the flute, would anyone offer any advice as to forming the embouchure on the flute. The fingerings are so simple but it's the embouchure that's stumping me. Thanks in advance!

Things like this are best learned from a teacher. Imagine blowing across the top of a pop bottle. The basic lip shape is about the same. You want a small aperture (no wider or taller than the embouchure hole itself) roughly in the center of the lips (though playing off center slightly is nothing to be concerned about, and will not negatively affect your playing). You want to maintain a relaxed and flexible embouchure employing far less lip muscle than an oboe embouchure, with the jaw dropped to increase resonance and openness. The lips should be firm against the teeth without becoming stressed, and try to push the lips outward slightly so that the airstream travels over the smooth tissue just inside the lips. The less turbulence involved as the air moves from the lungs to the flute, the better. Hope some of that helps!

pretty good description Chris...better then some of the silly photos of tight, smiley embochures that are in so many method books...

I'm glad you think so, Patrick! Thank you!

Thanks a lot for the help, Everybody!