Just can't hit the low ones!

flutietootie4lyfe · Post by **flutietootie4lyfe** » Thu Feb 27, 2003 8:56 pm

I CAN''T HIT LOWE C''S AND D''S EASILY!!!! The
ones below the staff are really hard for me 2 play them. Is there a special
possition it;s easier to play it in??? I''m currently playing fur elise and it
has a lot of low C''s any help?

damjan · Post by **damjan** » Thu Feb 27, 2003 9:42 pm

There is no easy way around this. You have
to pull your lips back in a tight smile and provide enough air. These notes are
simply hard and they require practice.

sweetensour · Post by **sweetensour** » Fri Feb 28, 2003 1:13 am

yes, lots of air! that means you gotta
make your mouth do the O thing... drop your jaw and open your mouth as if
you're saying the letter 'O.'

krzymunkey · Post by **krzymunkey** » Sat Aug 09, 2003 4:15 pm

i would openup your throat completely
(like the beginning of a yawn, or hot food in your mouth).. then don't blow
harder, and blow down into the hole...

flute friend · Post by **flute friend** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 2:46 pm

Hi!! don't get disguraged if you can't
play these notes. My mom who has been playing for over 30 years is a great
player and see could barly play Fur Elise. But all you have to do is work on
playing those notes every day for 15-20 minutes just play the 3 notes like you
are playing a scale and go up and down. But before that just try each note about
25 times then move to the next note the go to the next and so on. Then repet at
the begining!!! I hope this helps[:)]

flutietootie4lyfe · Post by **flutietootie4lyfe** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 7:27 pm

WOW! I just loooked at this again
realizing that I'm a queen of low C's and D's and thats the best part of my
flute playing..I wrote this a long time ago thanks so much you guys really
helped!

biggzh · Post by **biggzh** » Sun Oct 31, 2004 6:28 am

oddly enough, it's my low register that's near perfection... (can't say that about my middle and high register's though....now if only I can get my band director to give us a chair test that has all low notes....)

pandagirl11 · Post by **pandagirl11** » Sun Oct 31, 2004 11:44 am

Haha...I agree with the post above. The very first note I learned was C1 (Middle C) and when I had my first flute lesson, my teacher stared at me like I was crazy, saying I should have started with G1 or something. -.-" It wasn't that hard to play middle C at first but now that I've learned up to E3, it's getting more difficult to focus the air and blow more carefully. =) D1 is still easy though...

traytray · Post by **traytray** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 2:52 am

haha I played the Bb as my first note cux i learned on my own, and my friends told me to start on that one. Took me forever to make a sound outa tat thang ><

veggieburger · Post by **veggieburger** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 12:40 pm

Oh, wow! i know just what you mean! I started playing by myslef, and I started on Bb, too!

It was so hard to get a sound... actually, the first sound I got was just by pushing down on the trill keys!

Even though you said you already have it, I always get my low notes by pulling back my lower lip and taking full, glass breaths.