Losing Your Tone While Performing - FluteTips 183

Have you ever been performing a piece only to find that your tone gets worse as you go along? I remember discovering this in college. Even when practicing went well, in a performance my tone would get thin, and I might even lose my low register! Part of the cause could be the tension from performance anxiety. Rather than relaxing, you get tighter with each measure. But a bigger part of the tension in your playing is understanding how to adjust your embouchure, and your breathing. The real trick to not losing your tone while you perform is learning how to loosen your embouchure, and when to adjust the embouchure shape, widen your teeth spacing, and even out your breathing. Here a link to the flute & headjoint demonstrated in this video: William S. Haynes Custom Handmade Flute Coin Silver (.900) hand-cut body, sterling silver lightweight mechanism, Haynes pinless mechanism, soldered silver tone holes, sterling silver barrel, rings, ribs, and posts, modern Haynes scale, French (open hole) model, pointed key arms, gold springs, Straubinger/Pisoni S2 pads, 0.014” / 0.35mm tubing, A=442, offset G, split E mechanism, C# Trill key, B footjoint. Handmade in USA. https://flutecenter.com/products/will... Haynes Silver Handcut Headjoint – Coin Silver (.900) Tubing, Silver Lip Plate and Riser. 0.016” / 0.40mm tubing wall. Nagog cut. Handmade in USA. https://flutecenter.com/collections/c... If you're interested in setting up a flute trial, please consider the Flute Center and tell them I sent you (Code: DrFlute) to get some extras for free. To start your flute trial, you'll first want to go to flutecenter.com and fill out the form. Here’s the link: https://flutecenter.com/pages/trial-form Then put my code: “DrFlute” in the box labeled “Influencer Code.” This code gives you these extras with some exceptions: *3 extra days to try your flute – that’s a 10-day trial instead of only 7 days *6 extra months of warranty on your new flute – that’s 18 months instead of only 12 months *Free Shipping of up to three flutes, piccolos, and/or headjoints at a time for trial! *10% off sheet music *Free domestic shipping on instrument purchases Plus, when you purchase a new flute using my code, the Flute Center will pay me a small commission. Thank you! Losing Your Tone While Performing - FluteTips 183    • Losing Your Tone While Performing - FluteT...   https://DoctorFlute.com/downloads    / doctorflute   Say Hi on Social!   / doctorflute     / doctorflute     / doctorflute   Ask me a question: https://www.doctorflute.com/contact 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 Flute Compared Professional vs...   “3 Levels of Haynes Flutes Compared Custom Handmade vs Q Series Semi Pro vs Amadeus Intermediate”    • 3 Levels of Haynes Flutes Compared Custom ...   “To LefreQue or Not to LefreQue That is the Question Can You Hear the Difference”    • To LefreQue or NOT to LefreQue That is the...   “FluteTips 18 Embouchure Placement”    • FluteTips 18 Embouchure Placement   “Meet the Bass Flute”    • Meet the Bass Flute   “Meet the Alto Flute”    • Meet the Alto Flute   “Meet the Piccolo”    • Meet the Piccolo   “Meet the Flutes”    • Meet the Flutes   “FluteTips 24 Piccolo Embouchure Placement”    • Piccolo Embouchure Placement - FluteTips 24   “FluteTips 40 Why Can’t I Get My Low C?”    • Why Can't I Get My Low C? FluteTips 40   “Practice with Me Low Register Tonguing”    • Practice with Me Low Register Tonguing   “FluteTips 10 Relaxed Embouchure Improves Tone”    • Video   “FluteTips 65 Starting Piccolo – Basics”    • Starting Piccolo - Basics FluteTips 65   #DoctorFlute #FluteTips #HaynesFlutes