![]() ![]() You will find some videos online of James Galway demonstrating how to play the flute using a relaxed embouchure he insists that flute players should avoid the more common tight “smiling” embouchure but in fact that’s what most traditional Irish players use. If you watch any number of traditional Irish flute players you’ll see a wide variety of mouth shapes and blowing angles: this is one of those areas where the end result is more important than the technique used to produce it. The lower notes can be harder for beginners. If your flute’s head joint can’t be removed, you’ll have an easier time learning to get a sound out of the flute if you play the G (the note that sounds on a D flute when just the top three holes are closed). In the very beginning stages it’s easiest if you take the head joint right off the flute and blow into the embouchure hole until you can get a sound. Grey Larsen’s The Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin Whistle has some tips as well. ![]() The next-best thing to having a teacher is to watch a video: you can do a search on youtube to find many free instructional videos (aimed mainly at classical flute players) that can help you get started. Learning how to get a sound out of a flute is best accomplished by going to a teacher or learning through trial and error. ![]()
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