well, as my “subject” said I need help on how to play the high notes cause I am a new player and I am having trouble on playing some of the high notes. It would be GREAT if I just got some tips on it!
Are you having trouble getting them out, or are you having trouble with the intonation of the higher notes?
What is the intonation and how is it different from getting the sound out. If you tell me that then I will be able to answer your question and then I will be able to get help. Thanks!
Sounds like you are just having trouble making the high notes. Here’s the Physics of it. As you go for higher and higher notes, you need to make the jet thinner and shorter. You do this by tightening the gap between your lips and pushing them out towards the edge. You also need to aim the jet just below the edge, instead of further down the hole which assists the low notes. To you it probably feels more like aiming the jet at the edge or indeed slightly over it.
A good way to help you localise all this is to play first the highest note you can play well. Now play the lowest note you can play well. Feel the changes in your lips? You have to go further down this path.
Terry
Thank you guys for this help!
If you have a flute that allows you to turn the head joint in a bit further, try that. I turn mine in so that the high notes are easier to hit and then find it easier to adjust for the low notes.
-Brett
A good exercise is to blow overtones. Blow the low D, then tighten up your lips and push them out as Terry has suggested, and increase the pressure until you get the middle D. Then do the same until you hit the high A and the high D (and eventually another third-octave note or two). Do all this slowly, trying different things, and remembering what you do to get the note to jump.
Most importantly, be patient. It takes awhile to build up the right muscles.