Perfecting Your Third Octave FluteTips 105

It’s difficult to get a good resonant tone in our third octave. There just aren’t as many overtones in the sound up there. The overtone series is made up of those vibrations that naturally occur when a low sound is produced. A low C can be more resonant because you can get more of that overtone series happening in that note. A more resonant tone has more overtones present in the note. But our job is to get that overtone series in all of our notes. So, you have to work harder at getting the sound that you want in that third octave. Because it’s not naturally there. Otherwise, the third octave can be very thin! I’ll just give you some ideas for working up there in the third octave to improve your tone, including: Opening your throat all the way up to your sinuses Putting air in your cheeks Keeping the pressure light on your lip plate Relaxing your embouchure & keeping it flexible Have Fun! DoctorFlute Perfecting Your Third Octave FluteTips 105 Say Hi on Social! Ask me a question: Send me questions about all things flute – get an answer with a video, blog post, FluteTips, podcast, or a personal reply. “3 Levels of Flute Compared Professional vs Beginner and Intermediate” “3 Levels of Haynes Flutes Compared Custom Handmade vs Q Series Semi Pro vs Amadeus Intermediate” “To LefreQue or Not to LefreQue That is the Question Can You Hear the Difference” “FluteTips 18 Embouchure Placement” “Meet the Bass Flute” “Meet the Alto Flute” “Meet the Piccolo” “Meet the Flutes” “FluteTips 24 Piccolo Embouchure Placement” “FluteTips 40 Why Can’t I Get My Low C?” “Practice with Me Low Register Tonguing” “FluteTips 10 Relaxed Embouchure Improves Tone” “FluteTips 65 Starting Piccolo – Basics” #DoctorFlute #FluteTips #Embouchure