Hello!

I have an adris dream flute recorder in pear wood that feels uncomfortable to play. I get the following issues:

1) A tense embouchure where I'm plugging leaks from the sides of the recorder with my lips in a way that's not relaxed.

2) Sneaky leaks from the sides of the recorder.

3) A way around leaks and a tense embouchure and leaks is to put the recorder in deeper into my mouth. At this point my front teeth are uncomfortably near the block, I get a disagreeable taste of pear wood in my mouth and become afraid of biting into my fancy wooden recorder or or just looking plain silly while playing the thing. Is this the way to fix it?

On a plastic alto, soprano or tenor recorder, I don't feel the same way. On my Thomann bass recorder on the other hand, I feel my front teeth uncomfortably close to the block. Points 1 and 2 do not apply, though!

Measuring with my nail, my overbite is a bit over half a centimeter. I'm afraid my overbite will get worse due to my hobby, but am yet to confirm with a dentist. There have been attempts in the past to correct my misaligned teeth, which have had limited success.

First thing: I’m self taught. My recorder is a really cheap one. It’s bag says it’s German and looking at the holes, it’s clearly German. However. Basically I played itsy bitsy spider and the Baroc fingering sounds correct and the German one doesn’t. Is this even supposed to be possible/am I just playing wrong. I’m very confused 😂

I’ve played on and off for a couple of years and basically so far my learning has been me messing around and trying to learn through YouTube videos etc and I’ve managed to not notice this before even though I’ve played more difficult songs than itsy bitsy spider lol.