I picked up my first flute (Yamaha 211) yesterday from a teacher who's moving soon and not taking new students. She gave me a brief intro and told me to practise embouchure for a week on just the head.
Unfortunately, this seems to be the position that yields the best, most consistent results. Is practising like this (with the flute rolled back and the airstream directed down with the top lip out) going to screw me up? I'd appreciate any pointers/tweaks from those who'd know
It's a bit hard to see with the lighting, but the hole is tilted so that the edge is just visible when looking horizontally.
Seems to me it's OK. But to be certain, it would be good if you take a picture from a little higher point of view, so we can see how much of the embouchure hole you manage to cover.
In terms of embouchure format, it's fine. You have absolutely no tension on the sides of your mouth and the lower lip seems to be completely relaxed, which is very good.
Take other shots and come back.
BTW, the airstream going out off center of the lips is very common and many, many great flutists play this way (J.P. Rampal for example...)
Newbie here but I'm confused. I read a topic in this forum where some guy got told off by his teacher because his upper lip extended farther than his bottom lip, but that's what OP is doing.
There really is no ideal embouchure. Everyone's embouchure is somewhat different due to the physical differences between people. Yes, there are basics that are common to everyone, but if you take a look at this page, you will see examples of what I have described.
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