Exploring Flute Tone Colors and Dynamics: "Forward, Neutral, and Reverse" and the "Imaginary Headjoint Exercise"

Greetings,

During Keith Underwood's recent class in NYC, he spent a lot of time with several students exploring a greater variety of tone colors and dynamics--something we can all benefit from working on!

In addition to further exploring the idea of embouchure hole coverage variance, or "Red, Blue and Yellow" sounds as he called it last summer and "Forward, Neutral, and Reverse" as he referred to in October, he helped performers experience this variance of embouchure hole coverage by practicing an "Imaginary Flute Headjoint" Exercise.

To play louder or with a more intense tone, imagine you are playing into a headjoint that is in front of your actual headjoint. To play more quietly or with a more diffuse tone, imagine playing into a headjoint that is behind your actual headjoint.

Wow! Amazing results. Please let me know how this works for you.

All the best,
Catherine