Irish Flute Lesson 1 - [The Basics] EMBOUCHURE

Описание: This beginner Irish flute lesson shows you how to play the flute step by step. For a comprehensive overview of everything you need to know when starting out on Irish flute, visit the OAIM website plus you get to download a free mp3 and sheet music for Tripping To The Well (link below).

In this lesson, you will learn about -

00:00 Introduction
00:24 The instrument
00:52 The embouchure
04:29 Holding the flute
06:16 Lip position & air direction
07:05 Irish flute set up
09:16 Playing the notes

Course Synopsis: This course is aimed at the absolute beginner flute player. Learn how to hold the flute - proper hand, lip and finger posture will be demonstrated and explained along with the scales of D and G. Other basics that Steph covers include: how to create space in a tune to breathe, breath technique, articulation, ornamentation, flute maintenance and how to gain clarity of tone in both the high and low register. Throughout the course, the tutor progressively refers to and teases out many of the issues that give so many flute players difficulties. The 'Flute Basics' course will equip you with the essentials to begin your journey down the long and adventurous road of Irish flute playing. By the end of this amazing beginner’s course, you will have a repertoire of twenty-four Irish tunes that sit very well on the flute, the knowledge of how to play with good tone and rhythm with basic ornamentation and a deeper understanding of the Irish music tradition. The course has 29 lessons—making it our biggest course on OAIM—broken into 3 to 4 tutorials each, where tunes are taught phrase by phrase. https://www.oaim.ie/flute/flute-basics/

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