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flutechick101
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How do you play soft when playing really high?? I've tried but the second octave ones will just start coming out low and the third octave ones go flat. My flute lesson teacher said it has to do with air support and I've tried that. Is there a specific technique to get the soft sounds out?
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hm....i think you should play at first really slow in 3rd octave and just with diaphragm and then you go faster. And your tone will be soft and nice in 3rd octave. I allways do this and it helps. Enjoy practising 
If it helps...i do it like this...metronome=50---> play with diaphragm in 3rd octave e3-c4 c4-e3 and then metronome=54...58....63....69...
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tiekay
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Just pretend you are playing really quiet in band when the band director is talking and you don't want anyone to hear. That is what I do.
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tygerskyej
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Tighten up your embaucher (spelling??) reallytightly and while keeping the velocity of the air the same, make the hole the air is going through (your mouth) smaller. That's what I do when I have notes in the upper octaves that are supposed to be really quiet.
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tygerskyej
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Tighten up your embaucher (spelling??) reallytightly and while keeping the velocity of the air the same, make the hole the air is going through (your mouth) smaller. That's what I do when I have notes in the upper octaves that are supposed to be really quiet.
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Micron
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The higher you play, the faster the air needs to come from between your lips.
To do this, blow the air HARDER, which means more of the push you would use for blowing up balloons. Some people call this "support".
To make the sound softer, you need less QUANTITY of air, so you blow through a smaller hole between your lips, by pressing your lips more together. You do NOT make them "really tight"! You do NOT pull them tight against your teeth.
With this smaller hole, a tiny slit, it will be more difficult for the air to get out, so it will lose speed.
So to maintain air speed, you will have to blow with even MORE push.
"hm....i think you should play at first really slow in 3rd octave and just with diaphragm..."
It actually has nothing to do with the diaphragm. That writer possibly does not actually know what the diaphragm is, nor its its role in breathing. It is used for INhaling, not EXhaling. Just think of blowing balloons up.
Without puffing your cheeks! It is just possible that your blowing muscles (across your abdomen, and between your ribs) are not strong enough to do this. Blow balloons! The same muscles are used for shouting, coughing, sneezing and vomiting. Practice those too! :-) "Crunches" also exercise the abdominal muscles.
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Patrick
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Micron, my cheeks puff out when I play, but due to relaxation, not a floppy embouchure...
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