Once you can correctly blow into the flute you can move on to learning the scales of D and G. So mastering embouchure is a vital piece for anyone new to the flute and the tutor does a beautiful job in explaining this with the support from a close camera angle to highlight the subtleties. It begins with the foundational steps of how to hold the instrument as well as an in-depth instruction in embouchure, which is the refined craft of blowing air into a wood instrument and involves the correct positioning and use of the lips, facial muscles, tongue, and teeth to produce the sound. Finally, none of the tweaks cuts the volume by a huge amount 84 dBSPL, while quieter than the un-tweaked whistle, is considerably louder than normal conversation.The Flute Basics course is aimed at the absolute beginner flute player. The "quiet" Hoover Whitecap produces the best tone quality of anything other than a non-quiet Hoover, but has different playing characteristics (much lower air requirements, especially on the low notes) than the other tweaks. Very low air requirements harder to play low D and E.Īlthough the Blu-Tac tweak produces the quietest results, it comes with a considerable cost in terms of tone quality. This is very quiet indeed, but I'm not including it in this comparison as it's a different animal altogether try it and you'll see why. Joanie described a technique on the Chiff and Fipple message board where you place the mouthpiece against your chin, below your mouth, and blow down into the fipple window (almost as if it were a flute). The more you cover the window, the more it quiets the whistle, and the airier the sound. I usually use clear tape, but it didn't show in the photos very well so I've used blue painting tape in the photo at right for illustrative purposes. The Tape Tweakįor this tweak cover part of the window with tape as illustrated. The further you put it towards your mouth, the more it quiets the whistle, and the airier the sound. The Blu-Tac™ Tweakįor this tweak, make a small ball of "Blue-Tac"/poster putty and put it in the window of the whistle. The "regular" model, mounted on the whistle in the photo, has a somewhat larger window than the "quiet" model.
They're available in "quiet" and "regular" varieties. The Hoover Whitecap is a line of replacement fipples handmade by Mack Hoover, which sell for about $25 each.
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