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I, too, first played guitar. Than took up piano and finally the flute... And I'm loving the flute the best No idea why

Might be a simple technique problem... I was having massive problems with most of my lower register until I actually realized how I SHOULD do it.
To me it helps to think that I got to blow downwards. Just do a lot of experimenting and that should do the trick.. Unless it IS the flute.

Well, what I personally do to improve my tone is just playing long tones and experimenting with them. When leaving out all the technique etc., it is a whole lot easier to focus on the core tone. And I know that this is what most people do to improve their tone. As I already said, just play long tone...

Play scales. Warm up properly, obviously. Try playing long tones and focusing on the tone while you're at it.
And are you referring to your single-note tone or general melody fluency?

Hello, I've actually asked her about it, but she said it's most often used for even faster passages and that using single tonguing for passages of this tempo is all well and good. Could be that I remember what she said wrong, however... So, no way to make fast single tonguing smoother? Oh, and it co...

Hello there, been wondering about a little something for a while now. While playing some songs with relatively fast bpm rates and liberal use of 16th notes (namely Handel's Sonata in G for Flute/Sonatina by Pal Jarndinyi), I've noticed a possible serious flaw in my tone (well, obviously one in dozen...