Circular Breathing Lesson for Flute

[cokieloverl]

Im making all kinds of funny noises

[didgesbrew]

Dear Melissa. I am not a flute player, but a professional Circular Breather as a didge player. I think it´s getting easier to hold the embrochure if one focusses on a tongue push instead of a cheek move. Also your cheeks almost don´t move, or move after breath, but I see your tongue does (its attached to the larynx, and that moves;-)

[slurplesAlice]

i cant do a single 1 of these steps lol

[zeron82411]

I almost passed out the first time. XD

[javhimura]

Hey Melissa great vid love it : D but i have an issue when im playing i can;t get to store the air in my cheeks without altering my embrochure, i still blow air but the sound stops how can i fix this Thanks! : )

[sonyqTV]

@javhimura Thanks for watching! The embouchre should essentially stay the same; if it's changing a lot trying thinking about keeping the air in the lower back part of the cheeks while the area around your mouth doesn't puff out at all. If you're getting a gap in the sound, your tongue motion is not perfectly coordinated with te blowing and cheek-squeezing cycle. Keep practicing! Best wishes.

[shrillz]

great explanation. the concept is just difficult in itself. but ill keep trying =)

[marteloto1]

Fantastic excelent thanks a lot!!!!!!!

[FlutePrincess2014]

ha i can do this :)

[whenlionsfly]

nope confused XD

how dya mean lift the back of your tongue up. do you mean lift the back up but keep the front down or just lift your tongue up. also is it possible for your tongue to be too wide for your mouth/teeth ?? =]

[1cakesz]

jk

[1cakesz]

Thank you so much for the video! I have learned quite a bit and am now familiar with the circular breathing I once never heard of.

I got all the steps down perfectly, except the part where I have to breath through my nose, I keep stopping! I've been practicing for days and still can't figure it out! Is there another tip you can give to help me solve this problem?

[zdenek1113]

Using expanded cheeks as a temporary storage of air during circular breathing inhalation is not the best option, since the expanded cheeks can provide only limited tonal controls. I refer to the article "Circular breathing and Flute", published in the "Instrumentalist" August 1981, page 34-37. Practical demonstration of the "Czech way" of circular breathning are be found on Youtube under zdenek1113.

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[paitachP]

HHHHHHHH  ...i forget to Breathing.

[flutesoccerhappiness]

@hugetrees1331 I win! Been playing flute for just over a year and in 7th grade!!!! I neeeeeeeeed to learn to circular breath!!!!! But I'm afraid holding air in my cheeks will mess up my embechoure. Also I'm getting braces/a jaw expander soon and I'm worried about my flute playing.

[justbookworm322]

You're not supposed to puff out ur cheeks on the flute. cuz it'll mess up the embouchure. that's why it's so hard on the flute and only a handful of flautist/flutist/fluter can do it properly. cuz u have to store ur air at the back of ur mouth... (btw, i can't circular breathe.)

[OrangeCitrusFizz]

I can do the first steps no problem, but I am having alot of trouble actually getting a sound out of my flute when i squeeZe the air out of my cheeks... Am I doing something wrong? Or do I just have to practice?

[hugtrees1331]

I'm confused...

I don't understand what you mean by blocking my breathing in my throat or whatever, like something about shoving my tongue into the back of my throat??!!

[hugtrees1331]

Thank you so much for making this vid!

I just started eigth grade, but I really, REALLY want to learn how to circular breathe! My goal is to be able to do this by the end of the year!

This isn't the last you'll hear from me! :)

[geo289]

thanks so much I've been wondering how to do this!

great video!

[baslawyer2]

I turned blue!