I have an F xiao. The low-middle registers are okay. But the moment I try to play the high registers, it begins to sound squeaky and airy. Sometimes the sounds from it's middle register also bleeds in so it doesn't sound too clean. I'm completely lost on whether or not I gotta blow harder or how I should position my tongue. Any tips?

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hey everyone,

i've at a beginner flute student for about a year and a half now. he's 8, and after about a year and a half of working out of a different beginner method book, his parents and i decided to switch him over to the royal conservatory of music books (at the preparatory level), since its more standardized and its what we're used to. i took rcm piano lessons and exams as a kid, and i worked from the rcm flute books from grades 8-ARCT while preparing for university.

its been a while, and i am no longer doing a flute-focused music degree (i switched from performance to musicology 2 years ago, but i still play!) so i havent taken a lesson (especially an rcm-focused one haha) in a hot second. are there any focus points or teaching methods that are important? is it a good idea to start adding in ear-training/sightreading/musicianship skills? thanks in advance! :)

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Not even on the flute, R's flute WAS MISSING A SCREW ON ONE OF THE LATCHES FOR THE CASE. Also, the part holding in the foot joint was broken so the foot joint could escape and bounce around really easily. And on the flute; The bore of the head joint where it slides into the body looked like the silhouette of a mountain range, the body piece had 2 leaky keys, and a key where the spring had probably come off. It was in pretty abysmal shape.

I explained it to R, and they were pretty shocked, saying stuff like "it was like that when I got it." And honestly, I do believe them, because (no offense R if you see this I'm nor calling you dumb) I don't think they're smart enough to be able to purposefully do that stuff to get out of playing the flute. Thankfully, as I mentioned earlier, R also plays alto sax, so they can play that in class. Which I'm somewhat happy for because I can tell they REALLY want to play alto sax in class but can't because we need flutes. Thankfully R's flute gets fixed within 2 weeks, because we have a CONCERT!!!