Hot Winds How-Tos
How To: Play the Irish flute
Learn how to play the Irish flute including making notes, holding the instrument and playing tunes with expert music training tips in this free online instrument instruction video series.
How To: Play the clarinet
Learn how to play the clarinet with tips such as how to hold the clarinet, finger placement and clarinet embouchure with expert music training tips in this free online instrument instruction video series.
How To: Whistle like a bird
This 3 part how to video walks you through imitating birds by whistling. First you will learn to whistle through your teeth and then how to practice the technique to whistle bird calls. Watch this tutorial and you'll be attracting birds in no time.
How To: Align your flute headjoint to the body for comfort
Many flute books suggest center-to-center (blow-hole lines up with center of keys) structure, but this can lead to comfort problems and inefficient use of the arm tendons. So this quick video is for teachers and advanced students to show some of the "rock and roll" problems and their solutions.
How To: Hold your flute
This is a demonstration video to give you some tips for how to hold your flute. This video is good for people who have never played the flute before.
How To: Play a scale on the B Flat flute
Learn how to play the first few notes of the scale from low d to 2nd C on the flute.
How To: Play the second register on the B Flat flute
Learn how to play the notes in the second register on the B Flat flute.
How To: Play "God Save our Queen " on the B flat flute
Learn to play Britain's national anthem on the Miller Browne Fife. This tutorial is one of a series of instruction for students who are learning to play the B Flat Flute.
How To: Play beginning recorder
If you have never played recorder before, (or if 3rd grade was a long time ago) this lesson should help you learn the basics of recorder playing: how to play all the notes and how to fix the squeaks. Play beginning recorder.
How To: Make a mouth organ or pan flute from markers
This video will show you how to make a mouth organ from markers.
How To: Play the flute
This simple video, from what seems to be an ordinary housewife, goes over the basics to playing a flute, all while reading the instructions out of her flute book. Watch this 2-part video to be a master.
How To: Repair your woodwind flute
From the title "Woodwind/Brasswind Maintenance & Quick Fixes," master repair technician Jeff Peterson demonstrates some quick fixes for your flute so that you can make it through your gig.
How To: Hand fart sweet child o' mine
You have simply not enjoyed life until you watch the entire manualist rendition of this Guns n Roses classic.
How To: Learn beginning flute
This video teaches a beginning flute lesson. Part 1 of 2 - How to Learn beginning flute.
How To: Begin playing saxophone
This video teaches the basics of beginning saxophone. Part 1 of 2 - How to Begin playing saxophone.
How To: Practice circular breathing while playing didge
I for one, doubted the existence of circular breathing. Come on. Breathing in, while also breathing out. That seems as impossible as perpetual motion or urinating while drinking.
How To: Practice articulation and double tounging on flute
Introduction to double tonguing. Practice with and without your flute. Remember to play with a good sound even while articulating fast. Use a metronome for EVEN articulation. Try to equalize the tongue (T or K) and throat (K or G) strokes.
How To: Sing while playing the flute
Singing and playing together helps open and resonate the sound, place the embouchure, and control the air quantity. It can be used as a warm up or extended technique
How To: Improve your flute embouchure
Learn how to improve your flute playing techniques with these tips.
How To: Play blues on a flute in Eb (E flat)
Tuning your flute is often necessary to get the right sound. Other common problems with flutes are addressed in this series as well. Play blues on a flute in Eb (E flat) - Part 1 of 16.
How To: Play blues on a flute in F major
An experienced player, Kiely Griffin first teaches you about blues music and how you can encorporate that in playing your flute. Play blues on a flute in F major - Part 1 of 16.
How To: Make a beeswax mouthpiece for a didgeridoo
Perhaps you want to replace the beeswax mouthpiece on your didgeridoo, or you might want to tune your didgeridoo mouthpiece to your preferred size, well here's the full information in order to do so!
How To: Play the digeridoo
A basic instruction video on how to play the didgeridoo.
How To: Play a didgeridoo
Lesson one of ten on how to play the didgeridoo from www.yirdaki.com! This is a five part series until the last five segments are finished.
How To: Make a plastic didgeridoo
This shows you how to make a didgeridoo, the Australian tribal instrument, out of PVC pipe.
How To: Build rhythm on the didgeridoo
Here we introduce two easy to learn rhythms for the didgeridoo student. There is also some advice on developing your own rhythms too!
How To: Practice circular breathing while playing didgeridoo
Circular breathing will enable you to play your didgeridoo continuously. In this movie we'll show you how easy it is by breaking the process down in to small simple steps.
How To: Make the basic drone sound on a didgeridoo
In this lesson we explain how you can make the basic drone sound on a didgeridoo. We then show you how your drone can be further refined.
How To: Embellish the sound of the didgeridoo with your voice
You can embellish the basic drone sound of the didgeridoo by using your voice. If we liken the basic drone to the canvas for our musical expression, then your voice is the paint you use to colour that sound.
How To: Practice basic rhythm building in the didgeridoo
Here we demonstrate how you can use your tongue to begin to make basic rhythms.
How To: Play flute scales in D flat (Db)
A member of the woodwind family, the flute is a reedless instrument that plays music when air is blown over the opening or an edge. Early flutes were made of bone and date back 30,000 to 50,000 years in certain parts of the world. In this series of videos, learn more about playing the flute in the key of Db from our expert.
How To: Play flute scales in D Major
In this series of videos, learn more about playing the flute in the key of D Major from our expert. Part 1 of 17 - How to Play flute scales in D Major.
How To: Play flute scales in E Flat (Eb)
In this series of videos, learn more about playing the flute in the key of Eb Major from our expert.
How To: Play flute scales in Gb (G Flat)
In this series of videos, learn more about playing the flute in the key of Gb Major from our expert.
How To: Play flute scale in C Major
In this series of videos, learn more about playing the flute in the key of C Major from our expert, Kiely Griffin.
How To: Play flute scales in A flat (Ab)
In this series of videos, learn more about playing the flute in the key of Ab from our expert. An experienced player, she first teaches you about what a musical scale is and and how a flute actually sounds. You will learn scales easily by watching these videos and also learn how to play chords on the flute.
How To: Play flute scales in A Major
In this series of videos, learn more about playing the flute in the key of A major from our expert. An experienced player, she first teaches you about what a musical scale is and and how a flute actually sounds. You will learn scales easily by watching these videos and also learn how to play chords on the flute.
How To: Whistle like a mourning dove
This video demonstrates how to whistle like a mourning dove using nothing but your hands and mouth. To do this, just place one hand on top of the other, put your thumbs together and blow through your thumbs.
How To: Make Native American flutes
In this expert video series, let Werner John show you how to make this incredible instrument. He will illustrate the basic steps required to make a wooden flute. From his knowledge, you will learn about various Native American style flutes and how to make them sing. So, what are you waiting for? Start making this wonderful instrument today.
How To: Play the flute
This video is for flute beginners. Flute basics such as: embouchure, air control, how to play a note, flute assembly, part names, finger placement, and maintenance are demonstrated.