Your Left Hand for Comfort Agility & Tension Free Playing - FluteTips 103

When you play you want your hands to be comfortable & relaxed because that's what's going to give you the best speed, the most motion and the least amount of pain.

I’ll show you the proper hand position for your LEFT hand on the flute. We’ll talk about:

0:52 Lip pressure – smashing the lip plate against your lip
1:31 The knuckle’s little shelf that holds up your flute
2:09 The 4 balance points
3:16 Your thumb plopped on
4:18 If you need to change, you can change. Anybody can at any age. I know you can do it!
5:16 Inline vs. offset G and wrist problems
7:01 Curvature of your fingers
7:23 Pinky finger touching A Flat key
8:57 Make sure index finger is NOT pressing
9:12 How far to bend the wrist
9:58 Your fingers with a nice curvature so they can be light
12:14 I Have a hair stuck in my flute somewhere
12:20 Summary Review

All for playing with comfort, agility, and tension-free playing.

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