i heard the round embouchure is supposedly easier to blow, as i beginner i’m looking for the most forgiving embouchure hole option. i’ve heard though, that the fact that a smaller hole calls for a more focused air stream actually makes it harder to blow. though as someone who’s never seriously played traverse flutes, (i’ve played those cheap chinese bamboo flutes) i would actually love to develop air efficiency right from the get-go.. Any thoughts?
also, does the flute generally require a lot more air compared to the low D? i find the air requirements of my dixon low D just about nice so i’m wondering how would a tipple compare..
I can’t recommend one embouchure hole type over another. I started on a Tipple with a round hole, and moved onto wooden flutes with oval embouchures. With work, I adapted fine to all of them.
In my experience, a flute will take less air than a low whistle, particularly once you’ve achieved a tight and focused embouchure. An instructor once advised me that playing a flute correctly requires no more air than talking, and I think that’s on the mark.
Yer worrying about about a couple grains of sand in the sand box. As you can’t blow one at all right now, the difference between the two is not likely to be noticeable for a year or so. (let alone the which one you might, at some time in the future, prefer )
this is a lot like the first one…
yes, some find it easier to play badly on a larger holed blow hole. Boehm has a, by our standards, honking large hole. The good Boehm players cover most of it and focus like a fiend.
get the smaller hole…efficiency is caused by focusing the air stream. Practice hitting a smaller target.
this is the 4th time you’ve reworded the only question ya’ve got…
It will suck at first, you’ll get dizzy spells. If ya keep at it and you develop yer lip it will get easier.
I suppose you’d like to be done learning in the next couple of weeks…
Oh, yeah. Doug’s great! He is getting old…ya might want to order soon.
Well, not that old, Denny, old boy. I will take exception with you on one thing. If you really want to learn air efficiency from the beginning, I would recommend the larger oval embouchure instead of the smaller round embouchure, regardless of what I may have implied on my webpage. A larger embouchure hole on a large bore cylindrical flute will force you to develop a breath-conserving embouchure, else you will only be able to play a few notes before running out of breath. https://sites.google.com/site/dougsflutes/fluteembouchure
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good enough, I’d miss ya 