I picked up a Xiao to try learning a wind instrument just for fun, but I'm having a very hard time understanding how to blow correctly and form the proper embouchure to get any sort of sound out of it. Currently I can get it to resonate once every 30-40 attempts for less than a second and I can't make heads or tails of what I'm doing wrong lol
I followed a few lesson tutorials on youtube, but I guess they expect prior experience with wind instruments because they move past it pretty quickly.
Do you have any tips on learning to play wind instruments as a beginner, or any better resources online?
Submitted February 06, 2026 at 06:58PM by nihilisticdonut https://www.reddit.com/r/Learnmusic/comments/1qxv9xh/how_do_you_learn_proper_embouchure/?utm_source=ifttt