Flute Methods Pedagogical Assessment

Explain embouchure steps: PEU, Kiss the hand

Smiley embouchure

Explain embouchure steps: PEU, spitting rice

Aperture too wide

Lips forward, spitting rice, and blow

Good embouchure shape, no aperture

Blowing candles/fans on pneumo pro

Good embouchure, no support

Breathing after every note

Take a good quality breath and keep embouchure set

Lifting upper lip to breathe and shoulders

Lower jaw

Headjoint too rolled in/keys leaning backwards

Check correct alignment: embouchure hole with keys

Headjoint too rolled out/keys leaning forward

Check correct alignment: embouchure hole with keys

Flute chair not supported

Correct the flute chair point of support

Flue chair: too high on the side

Flute chair sets under flute

Right Hand: thumb wrongly placed

Peace sign

Right Hand: crushed fingers, no hamburger

Hamburger, C shape, straight fingers

Collapsed elbows, head tilted to the right

Flute horizontal to floor, elbows separate from ribs

Head too high/chin up (roll out)

Natural head position, no tension

Head too low/chin down, flute supported on shoulder (rolled in)

Natural head position, good support from flute chair

Leaving left pinky up all the time

Check correct fingerings

Not lifting left index for middle D/Eb

Different fingerings for three registers

High Register by overblowing lower register fingerings

High register requires all new fingerings