That’s seems a very weird way to hold the flute he has…
and as far as “resting the flute on your shoulder”…I just don’t get that at all. Doesn’t seem a good way to play at all.
KAC
So is it all about the pinky? I will have to change the way my right hand works completely then.
yes this should be the answer. actually my right pinky never moves from its place, unlike the guys on the clips: it just lays on the flute, relaxed. be sure that the fingers (the pinky, and all the others) are relaxed, or you will easily get some bad habits (such as moving the pinky way too up, like in the third clip). good luck!
kenny, what’s weird in his grip? oh and remember that he plays a cylindrical flute in low B, with enormous holes…
I don’t think my little finger will bend the way that second one does. 
I think it’s really what works for you given the various styles I"ve seen. Certainly there are required mechanics involved - i.e. you must keep the embouchure working and you must not drop the instrument and you must be able to efficiently and correctly position the fingers. Easy, right?
After several days working with my Tipple it is getting easier both to make/keep the tone and to play. I’ve been “forcing” my right hand make the stretch and it seems to be working fine, still a very long way to go, but definitely getting more comfortable with it. I’m also eagerly anticipating the arrival of my Dixon three-piece polymer today…
KAC
Nothing particularly with the grip, more the angle of the embouchure and flute. Just looks very weird to me. Heck I’m having enough trouble getting my fingers working on this Tipple.
KAC
Folks!
This morning, after viewing all these videos, I went and took the flute in my hands - this time using that pinky. Started messing around with the right position of my right hand (a new position for me) and viola! I can’t believe it, but I could rather easily play all the notes in the scale, including C# without the flute moving away from my lips!
This is amazing to me, I even laughed to my excitment.
For an hour I played like that, concentrating on getting the right tone/embouchure - then I tried to play without the pinky, and my pinky automatically returned to its position, like autopilot… increddible I tell ya.
So basicly I go from can’t play without the shoulder at all, to playing without the shoulder, with a rather ‘ok’ tone, in a matter of an hour! And that’s thanks to that pinky! Someone just had to tell me about that pinky in the first place Difference is night and day, period.
I have to say that my pinky was hurting after all the gripping drama I put it through the last hour, but I’m pretty sure it’s gonna be practicing a relaxed motion from now on.
One thing that became a bit hard with the new RH grip is a roll on E, tapping the D hole. I can do it, but it doesn’t clap-tap, like it used to with the end of a finger.
I’m starting a journey and letting my shoulder just be a shoulder, not a resting pad.
Thank you so much.
cheers,
Philip
KAC
I’m not sure from your posts (and I haven’t looked at the vid links given) what your new R hand position is, Trip, but that doesn’t really matter: the difficulty with the R3 tap is indeed due to R4 being anchored down. It doesn’t need to be - when R1 &2 are down on their holes, you can lift R4 off the tube/Eb key and that will free up the (tendon-share connected) movement of R3 for your taps and rolls. As you’ve already discovered, as you move off up-scale, R4 will “home” back in to the tube/key without much conscious effort. (On Boehm flutes and in classical technique on simple system keyed flutes, R4 is on and off the Eb key all the time anyway.)
Sounds like you’re making good progress. Good man!