What is the correct way to put your lip on the flute and blow it as well?

Question

Ive just bought a flute and i have no idea to play it so..

I can learn the fingerings by myself, but the way you blow it is the hard part.

Answer 1

my music teacher used to say to pretend that you had a hard peice of rice in between your lips and then blow with the bottom lip on the flute  

Answer 2

if you pucker your lips tight and then blow out of the bottom mre than the top.  that should help

Answer 3

HI Timm,

When you place the flute to your lips, you should be applying a slight pressure from the lip plate to your lips directly in front of your bottom teeth Instead of trying to blow straight down or straight across...  blow at a slight angle downward.  imagine you are blowing to cool a spoon of hot soup... blow down and to an angle.

You must not be shy.  Blow really hard.  Use your stomach muscles and blow as if you were trying to put out 100 birthday candles.   You should begin to make a sound.   Keep at it for about 5 minutes at first, taking time to focus on what exactly you are doing.  What are you lips doing?  How much air is it taking?  Where exactly is the lip plate?  Pay attention because you are going to have to repeat it again.  

Now,  there is absolutely no reason for you to put the entire flute together to work on blowing.  Only use the headjoint until you start making good strong tones/sounds.   As I mentioned,  practice for about 5 minutes and put it down.   You should do this 4 times a day.   In a few days, you will be able to put the headjoint to your lips and make a sound immediately, and that is the idea... for you to memorize what it takes to make a tone on the flute.   You might also take yourself to the mirror while you are practice blowing to see what your lip position (embouchure) looks like.  This is very helpful.

So,  get to trying that.  I hope it will help.

Thanks for reading and good luck.  :))

Answer 4

My teacher told me that I should put my lip on the middle of the hole and my mouth should be kind of smiling.

Keep trying, you're gonna get it!