Any technique advice that could help?
Here is a clip of the offending playing. Pardon the pj's
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE_PoR18g-s
It uploaded that way and I edited it to be unlisted but I guess YouTube is taking a while to change it. I would make it public but I seriously just rolled out of bed. I don't mind you guys seeing me that way but not the whole worldbenhall.1 wrote:I just clicked on the clip, but got the message "This video is private. Sorry about that."
I'll give more context next time. Didn't want to bog down with unnecessary stuff.jemtheflute wrote:context of whole tune would be more helpful
I learned this from a harp version where we do the "dDB" variation.jemtheflute wrote:|:~e3 edB | ced cBc | dDB- BAG |.... or similar
It is suckage. My low D is slow in manifesting so the phrase sounds off.jemtheflute wrote:OK. What's the problem?
This is interesting. I thought I needed more pressure or maybe I'm confusing pressure with volume. I definitely open my embouchure aiming more down and pump more air through on that note but I guess the pressure would be lower?jemtheflute wrote:you need a clean, well defined drop in breath pressure
I will do this. I have another piece that has the same octave jumps in it so I need the practice.jemtheflute wrote:So practice slurred octave drops - slowly at first, but speed up
Thanks so much for this. I'll practice the alternatives and see which one sticks best before I have to perform.jemtheflute wrote: here's a little demo clip
As per my "afterthought", give it a go on low whistle if you have one - you'll feel the change you have to make in the air-supply. It is kind-of a holding back (but not a total stop) in the rate of exhalation and I feel quite a distinct muscle-use change, a momentary increase of tension and an actual dropping sensation in my diaphragm/chest/abdomen as I do it, the converse of the push you have to give to slur the octave up. Of course on flute you use embouchure as well and it is possible, maybe desirable in general to do most of your octave control that way - but in any case you need to adjust embouchure to correct intonation whatever you do with the air-supply. On whistle you have to get the pressure change right for tuning and to avoid undue contrast in volume too, of course - all usefully transferable to flute. If you are dropping the pressure by over-releasing your embouchure and pushing with the breath when you drop, then you'll lose focus, make weak, breathy sounds, not hit a good low D. Observing myself in the mirror, when I change octaves on any note the main embouchure size-change is in the height of the aperture - to drop, I lift the centre of the top lip and evert it slightly. It is actually best to look at this on notes other than D where the octave venting with L1 reduces the amount of change needed (or overblow it without venting).celticmodes wrote:This is interesting. I thought I needed more pressure or maybe I'm confusing pressure with volume. I definitely open my embouchure aiming more down and pump more air through on that note but I guess the pressure would be lower?jemtheflute wrote:you need a clean, well defined drop in breath pressure