Finger Positions For Flute In Depth 

What are some tips or issue that come up with your play when it comes to your fingers? Let me know in the comments!

I think of you often,,I’m very grateful to you for your tips on flute,,I’ll be glad when I play like you. I’m beginning,,but I found a teacher that teaches me while on his phone, and I have learned..Thanks again,,God loves you and all.from Kim...

Awesome. I'm not a flutist, rather a guitarist. Still, what I find most interesting is the big lesson here can be generalized to almost every instrument I have set hands on: Important part is being comfortable/relaxed on the instrument. Textbook technique very general cause it is only ever to be followed STRICTLY as a begginer. After that, it's merely a baseline configuration of parameters you can customize.

Very nice video. Can you please recommend a good left hand position as well. My left index finger hurts so much at the base with and becomes red.

I think my finger position is largely ok. My huge problem is slow fingers! Thank you for this video and you should smile more because you have such a lovely smile.

I have rather pudgy short fingers and have to curve some and straighten some. Reaching the keys is my issue. I have been playing for 53 years. There is no such things as "cheating". Playing should be for enjoyment, not competition of style. I can understand that if you are professionally playing, there might be some stricter rules. After all of these years, my flute is just an extension of my arms and a sheer joy to play. It is my "voice".

Thanks for this video! I'm sure it must be helpful for a lot of people out there. I ended up with tendonitis because I had poor posture and a lot of tension ;-; but I've been trying to be more aware of keeping the positions natural and this video helped! I've actually never thought about how the arm also helps with the fingers. I've always done it because that's sorta what naturally happens, but it's good to actually know it and how it helps! Thanks for your frequent helpful videos ♥

Excellent video! I use the Thumb port too and love it. It really jump started my learning to play the flute by eliminating the frustration of the flute body turning. Now....what should we do to train our fingers to move faster.

Why would using a thumbport be cheating? Is a person with a broken leg cheating when he use crutches?!

That wrist rotation is the same one that a lot of guitarists use on their right hands to pick/strum. Definitely an effective muscle action!

Thank you so much for this video. My child is having huge problems with right hand position, whatever I've done we cannot fix it. And our teacher never told us that such a port exists. I'll book one and try. Thank you.

Yesssssssss ima need this for my classes 😂

my main problem when playing is my darn right hand! i tend to move my wrist under my flute, which moves my hand/fingers right against my flute. But hearing about different ways to change my general hand posture will definitely help in the future!

Merci beaucoup. Tes conseils sont d’une grande aide.

Thanks a lot! Now I'm seeing your videos for the first time, and are very useful. It's a nice support for beginners, and all in general. I need to practice a lot and improve in all areas about flute, but is a perfect example in many things this channel. I haven't problem with fingers, mine are long and skinny, imagine that better to play instruments like flute, piano, etc...

very helpful, thanks!

thank you for your tips!

I love your videos and explanations. I swear for every problem that I have, you have a videos that explains how to solve it.

I have a problem with my left hand index finger. The place where it touches the flute starts hurting after a while and I even get light bruises. Is there anything I shold change regarding posture or anything that could help me? Greetings from Germany ;) Franziska

I have a flute it was 66o dollars I do band and I'm really good at it

Amelie, how do you play a trill from Db to Eb on the bottom register? I can see why there are two notes for Bb to allow you to trill with B or move quickly from B to Bb, but what if you have to trill or move quickly from Db to Eb? It's very awkward sliding your pinky from one of those funny keys to another!

Hello Amelie. I've seen many of your videos , that's why I Have questions. 1. When i Play my flute, some sounds sound terrible, such as from D to B. From C to D and viceversa, from F# to E. I've tried playing slow, changing my breathin but nothing happens. Could you tell any form to change and improve this pls? I'm exhausted with those notes.

Hi Amélie! 03:46 That summarises all my problem with my right hand position, I guess... I have a long thumb and a long middle finger, but a short pinky. As a result, my thumb protrudes below the flute and my little finger has trouble catching lower C key. (My teacher doesn't like thumbs sticking out under the flute) Note: I have an open holes flute, so, my fingers must cover the holes properly, which was not a problem with my former flute was not an open holes flute. My teacher tried to correct my hand position at distance, but when I tried to do it, I felt like my hand was all twisted and I ended up having tendinitis. Now I have no idea how to place my right hand properly... O.O Before, it was not a problem, but I have to play faster and faster and my fingers have to move quickly and freely on the flute.

On the d trill with d and e natural, is the right pinky important for e natural or can it be played without. Thanks for another really helpful video!

I’ve been having a real problem with my fourth finger in my right hand because I’m not allowed to play some technical and quick parts.Do you have any tips how cope with it?

So no unnecessary tense-ness in the hands. You can feel it in your forearms if you are.

Do you have any advice on how to maybe fix left shoulder pain? It always happens after practicing for a long amount of time and I’ve tried all kinds of posture to fix it

I am having thumb pain does it mean my thumb position is wrong all this time? I noticed i kinda support/carry the flute with my thumb.

Hello Mrs. Amélie, I have a question, my right pinky is hurt from the day I play the flute, is been more than a half year, the amount of time I can play without the pain is getting less and less, even if I just do a quick back and forth motion my right pinky would hurt, but my left pinky wouldn't. I change my posture but still doesn't help, Is there anything I can do with it? Thank you.

I find difficult in playing base notes sometimes no sound comes when playing pinky base notes how to solve it please

Salut ! Superbe vidéo comme toujours :) j'ai une question, est-ce que tu as déjà essayé le "be pop" ? c'est un peu pareil au solexa. Ils produisent aussi un aide pour la main gauche. Je voudrais bien avoir ton avis à propos ce produit :D

i have a long pinky and it always naturally locks in when playing. i tried pushing the last joint a bit forward but the pinky still tends to lock a lot even though the rest of my fingers are fine, any tips to help that?

What’s the name of the piece at the beginnings of these videos? I always forget!

I got some (not to serious) pain on my left index finger, the part that contact with the flute. In fact, I feel that the skin start to thicken compare yo the same spot on my right hand. Am I doing something wrong?

Do you use an open-hole flute? I am thinking about buying one when I have enough money spared for one. How much does a college level flute cost normally?

Which kind of this flute is ? Here in India we use Bamboo flute simply...With 6 holes...

I have the Selexa thumb support but can’t figure it out. Thumb on curve or bottom

I just bought a flute and on my first try I'm finding the saliva is hindering me from playing past the first note. is there a way to stop that?