Learning to Play – A Guide to the Irish Flute
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. I don’t think the technique matters so much as long as you can get the right sound.
Flute Embouchure | Doug Tipple's Irish Flutes - Tipple Flutes
The photo (thanks to Rob in London) below shows the oval embouchures of three Irish flutes from well-known makers. From top to bottom: Rudall Rose @ 10.8 x 12 mm, Wilkes @ 10 x 11.5 mm, and Doyle @ 9.5 x 11.5 mm.
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Flute embouchure: For the first ten years of my flutemaking (over a thousand flutes) I have used one embouchure design, a smaller round embouchure hole (about 9.5 mm in diameter) for all of my flutes. Recently, however, I have been encouraged to also offer a more conventional embouchure for the modern Irish flute.
Switching from Classical Flute to Traditional Irish Flute - McNeela …
2020年9月1日 · Embouchure. Irish flutes don’t feature a raised lip plate. Most wooden flutes also have an older style oval shaped embouchure. This offers a different level of responsiveness than a classical player might be used to, and can take some getting used to.
Irish Flute Music Lessons | Learn How to Play the Irish Flute - OAIM
It begins with the foundational steps of how to hold the instrument as well as an in-depth instruction in embouchure, which is the refined craft of blowing air into a wood instrument and involves the correct positioning and use of the lips, facial …
Making a Simple Irish Flute | Doug Tipple's Irish Flutes - Tipple …
Cutting the embouchure: One of the things you may notice about my flute design is that I use a fairly small opening (3/8” or 10 mm) for the embouchure hole. For a one piece-flute without a tuning slide that I am describing , it is important that the embouchure hole is not made larger or the flute will be out of tune.
Marcel Moyse’s Basics ~ Flute embouchure & air-use advice. Descriptions & lip pictures from “The Debutante Flutist” book. 1. Notes from Jen: If you blow with faster air, it is likely that you will jump up an octave. If you move your lip corners forward, you may also jump up an octave. Experiment with both when discovering what works best.
The Irish Flute: From Traditional Roots to Modern Adaptations
One of the most important aspects of learning to play the Irish flute is developing a solid foundation in breath control, embouchure, and finger technique. This will enable you to produce a clear, resonant tone and to execute the ornamentation and phrasing that are characteristic of traditional Irish music.
Development of The Modern Cut Embouchure - McGee-Flutes
Because the Irish flute is a development of the eight-key flute, this remains the standard embouchure in use today for Irish music. Development of the flute embouchure in general did not stand still - it continued to progress on the orchestral flute and is still the subject of current research and development.
Irish Flutes - Heads and Barrels - McGee-Flutes
Irish Flutes - The Head End. The traditional head and crude elliptical embouchure combination you find on original 19th century flutes and straight copies thereof is definitely not to be recommended. It is noisy, unresponsive and uncomfortable.