How Do You Produce Good Tone On The Irish Flute?
The Irish flute is a familiar component of traditional Irish music, and an instrument that the would-be Celtic musician may want to learn. If you have played classical or jazz flute in the past, you are well on your way. But don’t despair if you haven’t; you can start from scratch and soon be ready to play Irish tunes. Remove the head joint from the flute. The head joint is the section with the mouthpiece on it. You can use the head joint alone to practice making a good tone before you start worrying about how to hold the entire flute properly. Place the edge of the mouthpiece against the outer edge of your lower lip so that the hole is exposed just in front of your mouth. In this position, the flute would extend away to your right if it were all assembled. Relax you lips, tongue and throat. Exhale a slow, steady breath of air across the hole. Rotate the head joint back and forth slowly until you find the spot where your exhaled breath produces a tone. Experiment with this rotating mot
