Have
you ever wondered why you turn your head while playing the flute? Hint:
the answer is in your right shoulder. You just cannot move you right arm so
far back. Now, if your shoulder hurts and you have to turn your head even
further, could you do that?From the position where you hold year head while
playing, there is only a few degrees of freedom left.
Have
you ever wondered why you turn your head while playing the flute? Hint:
the answer is in your right shoulder. You just cannot move you right arm so
far back. Now, if your shoulder hurts and you have to turn your head even
further, could you do that?From the position where you hold year head while
playing, there is only a few degrees of freedom left.
Have
you ever wondered why you turn your head while playing the flute? Hint:
the answer is in your right shoulder. You just cannot move you right arm so
far back. Now, if your shoulder hurts and you have to turn your head even
further, could you do that?From the position where you hold year head while
playing, there is only a few degrees of freedom left.
Have
you ever wondered why you turn your head while playing the flute? Hint:
the answer is in your right shoulder. You just cannot move you right arm so
far back. Now, if your shoulder hurts and you have to turn your head even
further, could you do that?From the position where you hold year head while
playing, there is only a few degrees of freedom left.
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At no less than 4 joints you are nearly at the limit
of movement range. As long as you stay within these limits, no problem.
But what if the range of movement is reduced at any of these points?
You have to compensate elsewhere. There is no room for that, as you
very quickly will find out once you try. Enter the Swan Neck headjoint.
Put one on your flute and experience freedom of movement. |
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How does it work? Due to this design, the point of contact, your bottom lip, is exactly
in line with the other contact points on the flute: your left index
finger and right thumb. This makes the flute with Swan Neck headjoint
extremely stable. When you pick one up, it nestles itself in your
hands, and you can just let it sit or press firmly to your lips just
as you desire. As the flute is held at an angle, it tends to slide
down, so a thumb rest is supplied. |
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This is how a conventional flute is held:
1. the head is rotated to the right to nearly its limit. 2. the right shoulder is dorsally extended to nearly its limit. 3. the left shoulder is adducted to nearly its limit. 4. The left wrist is pronated to nearly its limit. Consequences: 1. You are fixed in one static position. 2. You are always close to the trouble zone. The trouble zone starts where the limit of free movement ends. |
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This is how a flute with Swan Neck headjoint
is held 1. the head is a little to the right 2. the right shoulder is slightly dorsally extended 3. the left shoulder is adducted to not nearly its limit. 4. The left wrist is pronated to nearly its limit. Consequences: 1. You are free to move. 2. You are way out of the trouble zone. |
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Swan Neck head joint.
Handmade, 925/000 silver, handcut embouchure A=442Hz. Tenon precision
ground to the size of your flute. |
“There
is no ideal playing position that fits every player. People differ in physical
dimensions, but also in flexibility of the tendons, the way they deal motorically
with objects and self-image of the body.”
