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> Flute And Teeth
Claudia's Mum
post Dec 6 2007, 02:59 PM
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Hello

My daughter wants to play the flute. I know nothing about wind instruments at all and have heard that you can't start the flute until you have all your adult teeth. My daughter's are still a mixture of adult and baby teeth and she has a big gap between the 2 front teeth which the dentist doesn't intend to tackle until her teens.

Does this preclude her from playing the flute for the time being?

Are teeth an issue for other wind or brass instruments?

Thanks for any information!
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post Dec 6 2007, 04:55 PM
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Let her start! I teach the flute to students from 6-66, with a variety of gaps, baby, adult and false teeth along with braces. Starting with baby teeth is more of an issue with clarinet and saxophone due to the pressure put on the bottom teeth.
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post Dec 7 2007, 02:45 AM
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Thats very untrue. Not to talk badly about my friend but his top teeth are messed up and he is the highest chair Freshmen flute there is. He is 5 chair out of 18 and he is pretty damn good.
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post Dec 7 2007, 09:55 AM
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As the others have said...Let her start....the sooner the better, Children adapt very well and her muscles in the embochure will develop nice and early...The teeth issue will have little if any influence once she gets going...dont delay...start today... find a good teacher, preferably a flute specialist who can shape her embochure from the outset and she'll be blazing a trail in no time...

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post Dec 10 2007, 08:30 AM
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QUOTE(harmony2 @ Dec 6 2007, 04:55 PM) *

Let her start! I teach the flute to students from 6-66, with a variety of gaps, baby, adult and false teeth along with braces. Starting with baby teeth is more of an issue with clarinet and saxophone due to the pressure put on the bottom teeth.


What pressure on bottom teeth? There shouldn't be any at all on clarinet or saxophone. Only the top teeth should have any contact with the instrument. Perhaps thats what you meant to say?
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post Dec 10 2007, 05:29 PM
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Thanks for your replies. Will have to think about it as it will be instrument number 4!
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post Dec 14 2007, 01:48 PM
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my eldest son is finding it hard to form a good embouchure whilst his two top front teeth are growing, but he's determined enough that he'll get there eventually. What he can do he plays musically. Its just very limited.
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post Dec 14 2007, 02:15 PM
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Agree with the others who have said teeth shouldn't be a problem (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

From my own experience, when I started to play flute I could get two pound coins in the gap between my front teeth, and I played all the way through the braces experiences etc, so it can be done, and also know of others who have coped well with changing teeth/mouth arrangements (not the right word but can't think of any other!)

Good luck (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

xx
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